Youtube Straightaway Removing Mature Content Targeting Children

YouTube is immediately removing videos amongst "mature" content that target younger children too families (based on title, description too tags), including videos amongst sexual themes, obscene content, too violence. Previously these videos were only age-restricted.

Videos labeled "for children", "for kids" or "family fun" volition autumn nether this policy.

Examples of content that volition immediately endure removed

Such content that is non targeted to children may endure historic menses restricted, but non removed.

Any content that was uploaded prior to this update may endure removed, but should non effect a strike.
recent changes to YouTube policy to protect kids.

Read on to larn how to protect your channel from video removals, or appeal a hit or historic menses restriction.

How to protect your channel from video removals

Always brand certain your videos comply amongst the YouTube Community Guidelines. If you lot brand "edgy" cartoons or other content that mightiness endure mistakenly considered to endure aimed at children, brand certain your video descriptions, titles too tags jibe your intended audience.

You tin also age-restrict your ain videos afterward they are uploaded. Age-restricted videos tin exclusively endure viewed yesteryear 18+ viewers signed inward to their account.

Also piece of occupation on inward hear that if you lot desire to monetize your videos, they must comply amongst the advertiser-friendly guidelines. Age-restricted videos are non eligible for monetization.

If you lot are making videos for children, endure certain to follow YouTube's guide for creating content for YouTube Kids.

How to appeal a Community Guidelines Strike or Age Restriction

If you lot believe that your video was incorrectly removed or age-restricted, you lot tin submit an appeal.

To appeal an historic menses restriction, click the "Appeals Link" side yesteryear side to your age-restricted video inward your channel's Video Manager.  You tin exclusively appeal historic menses restriction on your video once.

To appeal a Community Guidelines strike:

1. Sign inward to YouTube on a desktop computer.
2. Click your profile pic at transcend right, too thus select Creator Studio (studio.youtube.com)
3. In Creator Studio, on the left menu, click Other features then select Status too features 
4. Go to the Community Guidelines Status department where your hit should endure listed
5. Select Appeal this decision

There are around limitations:

• You may exclusively appeal a Community Guidelines hit in 1 trial (but in that place is no penalization for rejected appeals)
• You may exclusively appeal for thirty days afterward the alert or hit was issued
• YouTube may restore the video, gain upwards one's hear to age-restrict it, or decline the appeal