YouTube’s main source of revenue is advertising. Additionally, we earn money from our monthly subscription businesses such as YouTube Premium. We’ve also developed tools to help eligible Creators earn money in a variety of other ways such as Super Chat, channel memberships, and merchandise. In most cases, Creators and YouTube share revenue generated from these channels. How does YouTube… Read More »
We have invested millions of dollars to develop a Copyright Management Suite designed to balance the needs of the entire ecosystem. We work with rights holders and Creators of all types to match them to the appropriate features based on the scale of their content on YouTube and the capabilities they’ve dedicated to responsibly manage… Read More »
YouTube maintain user privacy We understand at YouTube and across Google that when you use our services, you’re trusting us with your information. This is a big responsibility and we work hard to protect your information and put you in control. For example, Google’s Privacy Policy is designed to give you transparency over what information we collect,… Read More »
We’re always looking at ways to create an appropriate environment for family content on YouTube, so we invest heavily in the policies, technology, and teams that help provide kids and families with the best protection possible. What is YouTube Kids? YouTube Kids is a separate app built from the ground up to be a safer… Read More »
Does YouTube do to prevent bias? We work hard to ensure that our systems are not designed to be biased against content belonging to individuals or groups based on political viewpoints or other attributes like gender or sexual orientation. Our platform has always been about sharing information everywhere and giving many different people a voice.… Read More »
With so many users around the world coming to YouTube to learn about political leaders, participate in civic engagement, and develop informed opinions about current events, we have a responsibility to support an informed citizenry and foster healthy political discourse. To deliver on this responsibility, we remove policy-violative content, raise authoritative news sources, reduce the… Read More »
YouTube contribute to radicalization We work hard to protect users from extremist content. We address extremist content by removing videos that violate our hate speech policy and violent criminal organizations policy. Our recommendation systems significantly limit the reach of borderline content and harmful misinformation that brushes up against the policy line but does not cross it. What policies address… Read More »
YouTube combat misinformation We address misinformation on our platform with a range of tools: removing content that violates our policies, raising up authoritative sources for news and information, and reducing recommendations of borderline content and harmful misinformation. What policies exist to fight misinformation on YouTube? Several policies in our Community Guidelines are directly applicable to… Read More »
Between hate speech and harassment Our hate speech policy protects specific groups and members of those groups. We remove policy violative content. We consider content hate speech when it incites hatred or violence against groups based on protected attributes such as age, gender, race, caste, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status. This policy also includes… Read More »
YouTube is an open video platform where anyone can upload a video and share it with the world. With this openness comes incredible opportunities, as well as challenges – which is why we’re always working to balance creative expression with our responsibility to protect the community from harmful content. At the heart of our approach… Read More »