What are YouTube's "advertiser-friendly" guidelines? Controversial update explained as streamers call out the no-swearing policy
Numerous streamers and content creators have called out YouTube for their recent "advertiser-friendly" policy changes to their profanity rules, causing many videos, both from the past and present, to be demonetized. Prominent creators such as MoistCr1TiKaL have been highly critical of the changes because they retroactively affect many of his past videos.
Profanity has always been a point of debate in the platform's guidelines, and in the recent past, the platform used to make it a point to punish creators for using more offensive slang, such as "f*ck," in the opening part of a video. However, the update seems to have made some crucial changes, including expanding the pool of demonization-worthy words to almost every swear word.
Content creators such as RTGame have asked fellow YouTubers not to bother asking the platform for help as it opens up their account to further scrutiny, which has the potential to have even more videos flagged for profanity and subsequently age-restricted.
Age-restricting a video is a death sentence for creators who depend on their uploaded content to generate revenue because YouTube limits its reach among potential viewers.
A significant problem the community has brought up is YouTube's lack of clear and transparent communication about the change in guidelines. In a now-viral video, MoistCr1TiKaL called out the platform, claiming that he was forced to actively search on forums for answers and seek legal help to clear doubts.
The updated policy guidelines on profanity and swear words can only be found on Google's support page under the 'Monetize with the YouTube Partner Program' tab.
Several updates have been announced, including the monetization of adult content. The definitions of violent and harmful
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