YouTube Will Provide More Context on Policy Violations with Two Coming Updates
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Loading... - Benjamin Diaz
- 23 Jan 2023
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Amid growing frustration among YouTube creators in regards to the platform’s most recent policy update, YouTube has provided updates on two key developments on this front, with the next stage for its display of timestamps for Community Guidelines violations, and a new ‘Guided Resolution Flow’ to address concerns.
YouTube’s been developing its timestamps option over the past few months, which provides more specific guidance as to when a violation has occurred in a video clip.
As you can see in this example, the timestamps display shows when exactly the violation occurred in the video, and which specific policy is in question. There are also links to more information about the policy, which provides a far more transparent process for upload issues.
Users can then opt to appeal any reports, or they can remove the relevant segment in order to keep the video up, and/or regain their monetization status.
The option is still only available to selected creators, but YouTube says that it’s looking to expand the alerts soon. Read More…
