| Spam, Deceptive Practices, & Scams |
Content intended to scam, mislead, spam, or defraud users is not allowed on YouTube. This includes artificially increasing views, likes, or comments, and promoting fraudulent schemes. |
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| Sensitive Content & Child Safety |
Content that endangers children, promotes sexualization of minors, or is otherwise exploitative or harmful to vulnerable groups is strictly prohibited. |
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| Violent or Dangerous Content |
YouTube prohibits content that incites violence, threatens others, or contains graphic violence meant to shock or disgust viewers. |
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| Violent Criminal Organizations |
Content intended to praise, promote, provide information about, or aid violent criminal or terrorist organizations is strictly prohibited on YouTube. This includes recruitment, celebration of attacks, or displaying symbols of these organizations. |
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| Regulated Goods |
Content intended to sell or facilitate the sale of regulated goods and substances, such as firearms, drugs, or unlicensed pharmaceuticals, is not allowed. |
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| Harassment & Cyberbullying |
Content that threatens individuals, makes prolonged name-calling, malicious insults, or targets people with repeated unwanted behavior is not allowed. |
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| Suicide & Self-Injury |
Content that promotes suicide, self-harm, or describes methods of suicide or self-injury is not permitted. |
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| Nudity & Sexual Content |
YouTube does not allow explicit content meant to sexually gratify, including pornography and sexual acts. |
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| Inauthentic Content |
Inauthentic content refers to mass-produced or repetitive content. This includes content that looks like it’s made with a template with little to no variation across videos, or content that’s easily replicable at scale. |
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| Reused content |
Reused content refers to channels that repurpose content that’s already on YouTube or another online source without adding significant original commentary, substantive modifications, or educational or entertainment value. Reused content may also be known as duplicative or scraped content (taking unique or original content from other websites and publishing it as your own). |
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| Nudity and Sexual Content |
Content containing nudity, pornography, or sexually explicit material is not allowed on YouTube. Explicit descriptions, imagery, or sexual acts are strictly prohibited. |
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| Hate Speech |
Content promoting violence or hatred against individuals or groups based on attributes like race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation is not allowed. |
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| Harassment and Cyberbullying |
Content that threatens individuals, reveals personal information, or maliciously insults someone based on personal attributes is prohibited. |
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| Violent or Graphic Content |
Content intended to shock or disgust, including graphic depictions of violence, injury, or death, is not allowed. |
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| Harmful or Dangerous Content |
Content that encourages dangerous or illegal activities that risk serious harm or death is not allowed. This includes challenges, pranks, or instructions promoting harm. |
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| Misinformation |
YouTube does not allow content that spreads medical misinformation, election misinformation, or other types of content that could cause real-world harm. |
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| Child Safety |
Content that endangers children, includes child sexual abuse imagery, or exploits minors in any way is not allowed and will be reported to authorities. |
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| Spam, Scams, and Deceptive Practices |
Content that misleads users, promotes scams, or artificially increases views, likes, or other metrics is prohibited. |
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| Impersonation |
Do not impersonate other people or channels. Content designed to mislead users about someone’s identity is not allowed. |
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| Copyright |
Only upload videos that you made or are authorized to use. Copyright infringement may lead to video removal or channel termination. |
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| Privacy |
Respect the privacy of others. Don’t post private, confidential, or sensitive information without consent. |
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| Threats |
Content containing credible threats or incitement to violence is strictly prohibited. |
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