The rules cover every YouTube product and feature, including external links, and the list is not complete
Creators are told not to post content on YouTube if it fits any of the prohibited descriptions on this page. The policy applies to videos, video descriptions, comments, posts, live streams, playlists and any other YouTube product or feature. It also applies to external links in content, including clickable URLs, verbally directing viewers to other sites in a video, and other forms. YouTube says the list of prohibited content is not complete, so content not described can still violate the policy. Throughout the policy a minor means anyone under 18.
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Don’t post content on YouTube if it fits any of the descriptions below.
This policy applies to videos, video descriptions, comments, posts, live streams, playlists, and any other YouTube product or feature.
Keep in mind that this isn't a complete list.
Please note these policies also apply to external links in your content.
This can include clickable URLs, verbally directing users to other sites in video, as well as other forms.
A minor is someone under 18 years old.
Qualifications & exceptions
The prohibited categories are not a complete list ("this isn't a complete list").
Links count even when not clickable: verbally directing users to other sites in a video is covered.
Not stated here
The page does not list the "other forms" of external links it covers.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Sexually explicit or exploitative content featuring minors is banned, including minor nudity posted as a joke
YouTube does not allow sexually explicit content featuring minors or content that sexually exploits minors. The ban expressly includes nudity of minors posted with comedic intent, so a humorous purpose does not make it acceptable.
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Sexualization of minors: Sexually explicit content featuring minors and content that sexually exploits minors including minor nudity posted with comedic intent.
Qualifications & exceptions
Comedic intent does not take minor nudity outside the ban.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
YouTube reports child sexual abuse imagery to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
YouTube says it reports content containing child sexual abuse imagery to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which the page describes as working with global law enforcement agencies. This means such content is not only removed but passed to an outside organization that works with police.
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We report content containing child sexual abuse imagery to the [National Center for Missing and Exploited Children](https://www.missingkids.com/home), who work with global law enforcement agencies.
Qualifications & exceptions
The reporting statement covers content containing child sexual abuse imagery, not every violation of this policy.
Not stated here
The page does not say what account or uploader information, if any, accompanies the report.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Content showing minors in dangerous acts, or encouraging minors to do them, is not allowed
YouTube does not allow content showing a minor taking part in dangerous activities, or encouraging minors to do dangerous activities, particularly if viewers could imitate the act or the content encourages or praises it. Creators should never put minors in harmful situations that may lead to injury, including dangerous stunts, challenges, dares or pranks. Dangerous acts include, but are not limited to, the categories listed under YouTube's Extremely Dangerous challenges, such as asphyxiation or electrocution. Examples include content showing minors drinking alcohol, using vaporizers, e-cigarettes, tobacco or marijuana, misusing fireworks, or using firearms unsupervised.
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Harmful or dangerous acts involving minors: Content showing a minor participating in dangerous activities or encouraging minors to do dangerous activities, particularly if someone watching could imitate the dangerous act or if the content encourages or praises the dangerous act.
Never put minors in harmful situations that may lead to injury, including dangerous stunts, challenges, dares, or pranks.
Dangerous acts include, but are not limited to, any act in the categories listed under Extremely Dangerous challenges, such as asphyxiation or electrocution.
Examples include content that shows minors:
Drinking alcohol
Using vaporizers, e-cigarettes, tobacco, or marijuana
Misusing fireworks
Using firearms unsupervised
Qualifications & exceptions
The risk of imitation or the content encouraging or praising the act makes it "particularly" covered; it is not a precondition.
The listed activities are examples; dangerous acts are "not limited to" the listed categories.
For firearms, the example is minors using firearms unsupervised.
Not stated here
The Extremely Dangerous challenges categories are defined in a separate policy that was not supplied.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Content inflicting or advocating abuse or neglect of a child is banned; depictions need context and blurring
YouTube does not allow content that inflicts, or advocates inflicting, physical, sexual or emotional maltreatment or neglect of a child, including inflicting emotional distress on minors. Content that contains such abuse may receive an exception only when it is within an educational, documentary, scientific or artistic context and is blurred. Both conditions are stated, and the exception is still at YouTube's discretion ("may receive").
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Inflicting or advocating for the infliction of physical, sexual or emotional maltreatment or neglect of a child, including inflicting emotional distress on minors.
Content that contains infliction of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse of a child within an educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic context and with blurring may receive an exception.
Qualifications & exceptions
The exception requires both educational, documentary, scientific or artistic context and blurring.
Even then the content only "may" receive an exception.
Not stated here
The page does not specify what level of blurring is enough.
Content that could cause emotional distress to minors who appear in it or watch it is not allowed
YouTube does not allow content that could cause emotional distress to minor participants or minor viewers. The page lists exposing minors to mature themes, simulating parental abuse, coercing minors, and violence. The rule covers both minors featured in the content and minors who watch it.
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Content that could cause minor participants or viewers emotional distress, including:
Exposing minors to mature themes
Simulating parental abuse
Coercing minors
Violence
Qualifications & exceptions
The test is that the content "could" cause distress; actual distress need not be shown.
The four listed forms follow "including" and are not presented as exhaustive.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Content aimed at young children and families may not hide sexual, violent, self-harm or horror themes
Under "misleading family content", YouTube does not allow content that targets young minors and families but contains sexual themes, violence, obscenity or other mature themes, medical procedures, self harm, adult horror characters, or other inappropriate themes intended to shock young audiences. Such content may receive an exception when it is within an educational, documentary, scientific or artistic context, but YouTube says this is not a pass to target young minors and families with mature themes intended to shock young audiences.
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Misleading family content: Content that targets young minors and families, but contains:
Sexual themes
Violence
Obscenity or other mature themes not suitable for young audiences
Medical procedures
Self harm
Use of adult horror characters
Other inappropriate themes intended to shock young audiences
Content that targets young minors and families with age-inappropriate themes within an educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic context may receive an exception.
This is not a pass to target young minors and families with mature themes intended to shock young audiences.
Qualifications & exceptions
The rule applies to content that targets young minors and families.
The educational, documentary, scientific or artistic exception is discretionary and never covers mature themes intended to shock young audiences.
Not stated here
The page does not define "young minors" or say how YouTube decides that content targets them.
Content labeled as suitable for kids may not contain age-inappropriate themes; metadata must match the audience
Family friendly cartoons that target young minors but contain adult or age-inappropriate themes, such as violence, sex, death or drugs, are prohibited. YouTube does not allow content labeled as suitable for kids, in the title, description, tags or audience selection, if it contains age-inappropriate themes. Creators should make sure titles, descriptions and tags match the audience they are targeting and that the audience selection accurately represents the audience the content suits. A creator can also age restrict content on upload if it is intended for mature audiences.
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Family friendly cartoons that target young minors and contain adult or age-inappropriate themes such as violence, sex, death, drugs, and more.
We don’t allow content labeled as suitable for kids in the video's title, description, tags, or in the audience selection if it contains age-inappropriate themes.
Make sure your titles, descriptions, and tags match the audience you're targeting.
You can also age restrict your content upon upload if it’s intended for mature audiences.
Qualifications & exceptions
A kids label in any of title, description, tags or audience selection triggers the rule.
Age restricting on upload is an option the creator "can" use for mature content.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Content that shames, bullies, sexualizes or reveals personal information of a minor is not allowed
Under cyberbullying, harassment and doxxing of minors, YouTube does not allow content that intends to shame, deceive or insult a minor; reveals a minor's personal information such as email addresses or phone numbers; contains sexualization; or encourages others to bully or harass. Revealing a minor's personal information is prohibited regardless of whether the information was already shared by others or by the minor themself.
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Cyberbullying, harassment, and doxxing of minors: Content that:
Intends to shame, deceive or insult a minor
Reveals a minor’s personal information, such as email addresses or phone numbers, regardless of whether it is shared by others or the minor themself.
Contains sexualization
Encourages others to bully or harass
Qualifications & exceptions
Prior sharing of the information by others or by the minor does not make revealing it acceptable.
Email addresses and phone numbers are examples ("such as") of personal information.
Content & IP Rights · Company practice
YouTube may age restrict adults doing dangerous acts others could imitate; a warning may not prevent it
YouTube may add an age restriction to content containing adults participating in dangerous activities that adults or minors could easily imitate. The page notes that simply saying "Don't try this at home" may not result in an exception. Age restriction is something YouTube may apply; it is separate from removal under the prohibitions above.
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We may add an age restriction to content that includes any of the following.
Harmful or dangerous acts that adults or minors could imitate: Content containing adults participating in dangerous activities that adults or minors could easily imitate.
Note: Simply saying, “Don’t try this at home” may not result in an exception.
Qualifications & exceptions
YouTube "may" age restrict; it is not automatic.
A verbal disclaimer alone may not be enough to avoid the restriction.
Not stated here
The linked page on age-restricted Harmful or Dangerous content was not supplied.
Content & IP Rights · Company practice
YouTube may age restrict adult content resembling family content, and explicit language or heavy profanity
YouTube may add an age restriction to content meant for adult audiences that could easily be confused with family content, including cartoons with adult themes such as violence, sex or death. Content using sexually explicit language or excessive profanity may also lead to age restriction. Creators are reminded they can age restrict their own content on upload if it is intended for mature audiences.
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We may add an age restriction to content that includes any of the following.
Adult themes in family content: Content meant for adult audiences but could easily be confused with family content.
This includes cartoons that contain adult themes such as violence, sex, or death.
Remember you can age restrict your content upon upload if it’s intended for mature audiences.
Content using sexually explicit language or excessive profanity may lead to age restriction.
Qualifications & exceptions
Both are discretionary ("may").
This covers adult content that is not aimed at children but could be confused with family content; content that targets young minors with these themes is prohibited under the misleading family content rule.
YouTube may disable comments, live features, recommendations and more on allowed content featuring or uploaded by minors
Even when content does not violate YouTube's policies, if it depicts children or is uploaded by minors, YouTube may disable some features at both the channel and the content level to protect minors. The features listed are comments, live chat, live streaming, video recommendations (how and when the video is recommended), posts, Shorts video remixing, and views from signed-out users.
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To protect minors on YouTube, content that doesn’t violate our policies but depicts children or is uploaded by minors may have some features disabled at both the channel and content level.
Comments
Live chat
Live streaming
Video recommendations (how and when your video is recommended)
Posts
Shorts Video remixing
Views from signed-out users
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to content that does not violate the policies, so it is a restriction on features rather than a penalty.
The features "may" be disabled and the list follows "may include".
Not stated here
The page does not say how YouTube decides which features to disable or whether a creator can appeal it.
Content & IP Rights · Company practice
YouTube may apply stricter standards to comments, posts and live chat on channels owned by or featuring minors
In addition to disabling features on content that depicts children or is uploaded by minors, YouTube may apply stricter display standards to comments, posts and live chat messages on channels owned by minors, or on channels associated with content that depicts or is uploaded by minors. This affects what other people's comments and messages are shown on those channels.
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We may also apply stricter display standards to comments, posts, and live chat messages on channels owned by minors or associated with content depicting or uploaded by minors.
To protect minors on YouTube, content that doesn’t violate our policies but depicts children or is uploaded by minors may have some features disabled at both the channel and content level.
Qualifications & exceptions
Discretionary ("may also apply").
Covers channels owned by minors and channels associated with content depicting or uploaded by minors.
Not stated here
The page does not describe what the stricter display standards are.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Live streams with minors under 16 and no visible adult may be removed; channels can lose live streaming
Live streams featuring minors under 16 who are not visibly accompanied by an adult may be removed or have their live chat disabled. Channels that do not comply may temporarily or permanently lose their ability to live stream, or lose access to other features.
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Live streams with minors under 16 who are not visibly accompanied by an adult may be removed or have their live chat disabled.
Channels not in compliance with this policy may temporarily or permanently lose their ability to live stream or access to other features.
Qualifications & exceptions
The age threshold here is under 16, not the under-18 definition used elsewhere in the policy.
The adult must be visibly accompanying the minor.
Loss of live streaming or other features may be temporary or permanent.
Not stated here
The page does not say how long a temporary loss lasts or which other features may be lost.
YouTube advises adult supervision, age-appropriate activities and attire, and privacy settings when posting minors
Before posting content of yourself, your family or friends, YouTube asks you to think carefully about whether it may put anyone at risk of negative attention, describing minors as a vulnerable population. Its guidance is to make sure the minor is supervised by an adult and doing age-appropriate activities such as demonstrating hobbies, educational content or public performances; to make sure the minor's attire is age-appropriate and avoid attire that overexposes the minor or is form-fitting; and to use YouTube's privacy settings to limit who can see the videos. Minors under 18, or under the age of majority in their country, are pointed to Google's Be Internet Awesome resource for staying safe online.
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Before posting content of yourself, your family, or friends, think carefully about whether it may put anyone at risk of negative attention.
Minors are a vulnerable population, and YouTube has policies to protect them from unwanted attention.
Make sure the minor is supervised by an adult and is performing age-appropriate activities such as demonstrating hobbies, educational content or public performances.
Make sure the attire worn is age-appropriate. Avoid attire that overexposes the minor or is form-fitting.
Use YouTube's privacy settings to limit who can see the videos you post.
If you are under 18 or the applicable age of majority in your country, [Be internet awesome](https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/) can help you be safe online.
Qualifications & exceptions
These are best-practice instructions; the separate list of content that must not be posted is in the next card.
The Be Internet Awesome pointer is addressed to users under 18 or the applicable age of majority in their country.
Not stated here
The linked page of further child safety best practices and the Be Internet Awesome site were not supplied.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Do not post minors filmed in bedrooms or bathrooms, soliciting strangers, or in activities drawing undesired attention
YouTube says not to post content that features minors and meets one or more of these: filmed in private spaces at home such as bedrooms or bathrooms; features minors soliciting contact from strangers, doing dares or challenges online, or discussing adult topics; shows activities that could draw undesired attention to the minor, such as body contortions or ASMR; or reveals personal details about a minor. Meeting any one item is enough. YouTube adds that these are just some examples.
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Don’t post content on YouTube that features minors and meets one or more of the following:
Filmed in private spaces at home such as bedrooms or bathrooms.
Features minors soliciting contact from strangers, dares or challenges online, or discussing adult topics.
Shows activities that could draw undesired attention to the minor, such as performing body contortions or ASMR.
Reveals personal details about a minor.
These are just some examples, you can get more best practices for child safety here.
Qualifications & exceptions
Any one of the listed conditions is enough ("one or more").
The list is illustrative ("just some examples").
Not stated here
The linked page of further child safety best practices was not supplied.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Banned examples include sexual dares involving minors, minors with weapons or vapes, and kid-labeled shock cartoons
YouTube gives examples of content not allowed: videos or posts featuring minors in provocative, sexual or sexually suggestive activities, challenges and dares, such as kissing or groping; showing minors involved in dangerous activities such as physical stunts, using weapons or explosives, or using a controlled substance like alcohol or nicotine, including vapes or e-cigarettes; and a video tagged "for children" or with its audience set to "Yes, it's made for kids" that features family friendly cartoons doing inappropriate acts like injecting needles. YouTube says these are only some examples and asks creators not to post content if they think it might violate the policy.
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Here are some examples of content not allowed on YouTube.
Videos or posts featuring minors involved in provocative, sexual, or sexually suggestive activities, challenges and dares, such as kissing or groping.
Showing minors involved in dangerous activities. For example, physical stunts, using weapons or explosives, or using a controlled substance like alcohol or nicotine including use of vapes or e-cigarettes.
A video with tags like "for children", or whose audience is set to “Yes, it’s made for kids”, featuring family friendly cartoons engaging in inappropriate acts like injecting needles.
Remember these are just some examples, and don't post content if you think it might violate this policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
These are examples, not a complete list.
Creators are told not to post content if they think it might violate the policy.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Incentives for physical contact, ads for abuse content, predatory communications and sexualized compilations are banned
Further examples of banned content: offering money, praise, likes or any other incentive to a minor to take part in physical contact with someone else; a video or post that advertises sexual or abusive content featuring minors; predatory behavior involving communications with or about minors; and aggregating innocent content of minors for the purposes of sexual gratification. The last example means a compilation can violate the policy even when each original clip was innocent.
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Offering money, praise, likes, or any other incentive to a minor to participate in physical contact with someone else.
A video or post that advertises sexual content featuring minors or abusive content featuring minors.
Predatory behavior involving communications with or about minors.
Aggregating innocent content of minors for the purposes of sexual gratification.
Qualifications & exceptions
Advertising such content is covered even if the content itself is not on YouTube.
Aggregation is banned when its purpose is sexual gratification.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Kids' fight videos without context and blurring, risky pranks, and shaming or simulated abuse of minors are banned
Other examples of banned content: fight or bullying content featuring kids that lacks educational, documentary, scientific or artistic context and blurring; challenges, pranks or stunts that pose a risk of physical injury or serious emotional distress; encouraging minors to take part in dangerous activities, even if no minors appear in the content; content simulating parental abuse or abandonment, simulating exposure to death or violence, or causing minors intense shame or humiliation; and using cartoons, puppets or family entertainment characters to appeal to children where the content features adult themes like violence and sex.
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Fight or bullying content featuring kids without educational, documentary, scientific or artistic context and blurring.
Challenges, pranks, or stunts that pose the risk of physical injury or serious emotional distress.
Encouraging minors to participate in dangerous activities, even if there are no minors in the content.
Content simulating parental abuse or abandonment, simulating exposure to death or violence, or causing minors intense shame or humiliation.
Using cartoons, puppets, or family entertainment characters to appeal to children where content features adult themes like violence and sex.
Qualifications & exceptions
Fight or bullying content needs both context and blurring to fall outside this example.
Encouraging dangerous activities is covered even when no minor appears on screen.
Not stated here
YouTube's separate policies on challenges and pranks were not supplied.
Content & IP Rights · Company commitment
Violating content is removed with an email notice; unverifiable links and violative URLs can lead to removal
If content violates this policy, YouTube says it will remove the content and email the creator. If YouTube cannot verify that a posted link is safe, it may remove the link. Violative URLs posted within a video itself or in the video's metadata may result in the whole video being removed.
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If your content violates this policy, we will remove the content and send you an email to let you know.
If we can’t verify that a link you post is safe, we may remove the link.
Note that violative URLs posted within the video itself or in the video’s metadata may result in the video being removed.
Qualifications & exceptions
Removal of unverifiable links and of videos containing violative URLs is discretionary ("may").
Not stated here
The page does not say how YouTube verifies whether a link is safe.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
A first violation usually brings a warning training can clear after 90 days; 3 strikes in 90 days may end a channel
For a first violation of the Community Guidelines, a creator will likely get a warning with no penalty to the channel. The creator can take a policy training so the warning expires after 90 days, counted from when the training is completed, not when the warning was issued. If the same policy is violated within that 90-day window, the warning may not expire and the channel may get a strike. Violating a different policy after completing training brings another warning. Three strikes within 90 days may lead to the channel being terminated. A single case of severe abuse can lead to termination without this sequence.
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If this is your first time violating our Community Guidelines, you'll likely get a warning with no penalty to your channel.
You will have the option to take a policy training to allow the warning to expire after 90 days.
The 90 day period starts from when the training is completed, not when the warning is issued.
However, if the same policy is violated within that 90 day window, the warning may not expire and your channel may be given a strike.
If you violate a different policy after completing the training, you will get another warning.
If you get 3 strikes within 90 days, your channel may be terminated.
Qualifications & exceptions
The first-violation warning is "likely", not guaranteed.
The 90-day expiry runs from training completion.
Termination after three strikes is discretionary ("may").
Severe abuse or a channel dedicated to violations can be terminated after a single case.
Not stated here
The linked page on the strikes system was not supplied.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
YouTube may terminate for repeated violations, one case of severe abuse, or a channel dedicated to violations
YouTube may terminate a channel or account for repeated violations of the Community Guidelines or Terms of Service. It may also terminate after a single case of severe abuse, or when the channel is dedicated to a policy violation. YouTube may also stop repeat offenders from taking policy trainings in the future, which removes the option to let warnings expire.
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We may terminate your channel or account for repeated violations of the Community Guidelines or Terms of Service.
We may also terminate your channel or account after a single case of severe abuse, or when the channel is dedicated to a policy violation.
We may prevent repeat offenders from taking policy trainings in the future.
Qualifications & exceptions
Termination is discretionary ("may").
A single case of severe abuse is enough; no prior warning or strike is required.
Not stated here
The page does not define "severe abuse"; the linked page on terminations was not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company commitment
Zero tolerance for predatory behavior; YouTube helps law enforcement when reported content suggests a child is in danger
YouTube states it has zero tolerance for predatory behavior. If it thinks a child is in danger based on reported content, it says it will help law enforcement investigate the content.
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We have zero tolerance for predatory behavior on YouTube.
If we think a child is in danger based on reported content, we’ll help law enforcement investigate the content.
Qualifications & exceptions
The law enforcement help is triggered by YouTube's own judgment ("If we think") based on reported content.
Not stated here
The page does not say what information YouTube gives law enforcement when it helps investigate.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
YouTube does not allow content that endangers the emotional or physical well-being of anyone under 18
The policy's general rule is that YouTube does not allow content that endangers the emotional and physical well-being of minors. For this policy a minor is anyone under 18 years old. The specific prohibited categories (sexualization, dangerous acts, abuse, emotional distress, misleading family content, and bullying or doxxing of minors) are listed later on the page. YouTube says that in some cases it may make exceptions for content with educational, documentary, scientific or artistic context, including content in the public's interest; that exception is discretionary.
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YouTube doesn’t allow content that endangers the emotional and physical well-being of minors.
A minor is someone under 18 years old.
In some cases, we may make exceptions for content with educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic context, including content that is in the public’s interest.
Qualifications & exceptions
The age threshold is fixed by the page: a minor is someone under 18.
YouTube "may" make exceptions "in some cases" for educational, documentary, scientific, artistic or public-interest content; it is not an automatic right.
Not stated here
The page does not say how YouTube decides whether content endangers a minor's well-being beyond the listed categories and examples.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
YouTube may make exceptions for educational, documentary, scientific, artistic or public-interest content
The page says that in some cases YouTube may make exceptions to this policy for content with educational, documentary, scientific or artistic context, including content in the public's interest. The wording is discretionary: YouTube decides when an exception applies, and the page does not promise one. Later items narrow it for specific categories: depictions of child abuse need that context and blurring, and age-inappropriate content aimed at young minors is not given a pass to shock young audiences.
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In some cases, we may make exceptions for content with educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic context, including content that is in the public’s interest.
Qualifications & exceptions
Only "in some cases" and "may": the exception is at YouTube's discretion.
For child-abuse depictions the page also requires blurring; for content aimed at young minors and families the exception is not a pass to use mature themes intended to shock young audiences.
Not stated here
The page does not say how YouTube evaluates educational, documentary, scientific or artistic context.
Content aimed at young children and families may not contain sexual, violent, obscene or other mature themes
An update notice at the top of the page says YouTube does not allow content that targets young minors and families but contains sexual themes, violence, obscenity or other mature themes that are not suitable for young audiences. Creators are told to make sure that their titles, descriptions and tags, and also their audience selection, match the audience the content is suitable for. The notice itself states no exception, but the page says YouTube may in some cases make exceptions for educational, documentary, scientific or artistic context, and its misleading family content section adds that such context is not a pass to target young minors and families with mature themes intended to shock them.
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Content that targets young minors and families but contains sexual themes, violence, obscene, or other mature themes not suitable for young audiences, is not allowed on YouTube.
In addition to your titles, descriptions, and tags, ensure your audience selection matches the audience your content is suitable for.
In some cases, we may make exceptions for content with educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic context, including content that is in the public’s interest.
Qualifications & exceptions
The rule turns on content that targets young minors and families; the page does not define "young minors".
The audience-selection instruction applies in addition to titles, descriptions and tags.
Content with educational, documentary, scientific or artistic context may receive an exception at YouTube's discretion, but the page says this is not a pass to target young minors and families with mature themes intended to shock young audiences (misleading family content section).
Not stated here
The update notice gives no date, so when this rule took effect is not stated.
Content & IP Rights · User right or choice
Report violating content to YouTube, and contact local law enforcement immediately if a child is in danger
The page asks anyone who finds content that violates this policy to report it to YouTube. If someone believes a child is in danger, the page says they should contact their local law enforcement immediately to report the situation. A user who finds multiple videos or comments to report can report the whole channel instead. The reporting instructions themselves are on a linked page that was not supplied.
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If you find content that violates this policy, report it.
If you believe that a child is in danger, you should get in touch with your local law enforcement to report the situation immediately.
If you've found multiple videos or comments that you would like to report, you can report the channel.
Qualifications & exceptions
Reporting to YouTube is framed as a request; contacting law enforcement is what the page says a person "should" do when they believe a child is in danger.
Not stated here
The linked instructions for reporting Community Guidelines violations were not supplied, so the reporting steps are not described here.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
The page also states that YouTube does not allow unauthorized impersonation that may mislead viewers
Near the top of this Child Safety page, the saved copy includes a paragraph about impersonation, not child safety. It says YouTube does not allow unauthorized impersonation of a person, entity or channel that may mislead viewers in a way that could harm the YouTube community. Impersonation may include deceptively copying branding, content or usernames, and may include using AI to copy a person's voice or likeness to make it look as if the channel is owned or authorized by that person. It also says YouTube enforces trademark holder rights.
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YouTube does not allow unauthorized impersonation of a person, entity, or channel that may mislead viewers in a way that could harm the YouTube community.
It may also include using AI to copy the voice or likeness of an individual, to make it appear as if the channel is owned or authorized by that individual.
YouTube also enforces trademark holder rights.
Qualifications & exceptions
The prohibition covers unauthorized impersonation that may mislead viewers in a way that could harm the YouTube community, not every resemblance.
The listed forms of impersonation are examples ("may include").
Not stated here
Why an impersonation paragraph appears on the Child Safety page is not explained; YouTube's separate impersonation policy was not supplied.
How YouTube enforces trademark holder rights is not described on this page.