YouTube , is now taking action against the offensive content that has been plaguing the platform for several years. After the recent scandal that led many companies to abandon YouTube 's advertising program which is often associated with offensive content , the platform has begun to see the threat more clearly.
In an effort to please advertisers but also punish those who display offensive content, the platform released guidelines on what constitutes a friendly video and which ones are deemed unsuitable for advertising.
In short, content that promotes discrimination or discourages or humiliates an individual or group of people based on their race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other personality characteristics will not be considered suitable for advertising and will not generate money for the video owners.
The restrictions don't end there as any videos that feature family characters in violent, sexual or malicious scenes will also be banned. Similarly, malicious, inflammatory, or derogatory content will be blacklisted.
There will certainly be many voices accusing YouTube of censorship, which is of course far from the truth. This is because the videos will be on the platform as they have been until now, but they will no longer generate advertising revenue for those who publish them.
It should be noted that this stance by YouTube sends a strong message to people who, due to the money they generated from advertising through such videos, believed that their opinions were correct and accepted by society as a whole.
