YouTube's Community Guidelines - Google Support

The guidelines below help keep YouTube fun and enjoyable for everyone. ... That's why we've got rules around keeping children safe, sex & nudity, and self ... SkiptomaincontentYouTube'sCommunityGuidelinesWhenyouuseYouTube,youjoinacommunityofpeoplefromallovertheworld.TheguidelinesbelowhelpkeepYouTubefunandenjoyableforeveryone. Ifyouseecontentthatyouthinkviolatestheseguidelines,usetheflaggingfeaturetosubmititforreviewbyourYouTubestaff. Spam&deceptivepractices TheYouTubeCommunityisonethat'sbuiltontrust.Contentthatintends toscam,mislead,spam,ordefraud otherusersisn'tallowedonYouTube. Spam,deceptivepractices,&scamspolicies Impersonationpolicy Externallinkspolicy Fakeengagement policy Additionalpolicies Sensitivecontent  Wehopetoprotectviewers,creators,andespeciallyminors.That'swhywe'vegotrulesaroundkeepingchildrensafe,sex&nudity,andselfharm.Learnwhat'sallowedonYouTubeandwhattodoifyouseecontentthatdoesn'tfollowthesepolicies. Nudity&sexualcontent policies Thumbnails policy Childsafetypolicy Suicide&self-harmpolicy Violentordangerouscontent Hatespeech,predatorybehavior,graphicviolence,maliciousattacks,andcontentthatpromotesharmfulordangerousbehaviorisn'tallowedonYouTube. Harmfulordangerouscontentpolicies Violentorgraphiccontent policies Violentcriminalorganizationspolicy Hatespeech policy Harassment&cyberbullying policies Regulatedgoods Certaingoodscan'tbesoldonYouTube.Findoutwhat'sallowed—andwhatisn't. Saleofillegalorregulatedgoodsorservicespolicies Firearmspolicy Misinformation CertaintypesofmisleadingordeceptivecontentwithseriousriskofegregiousharmarenotallowedonYouTube.Thisincludescertaintypesofmisinformationthatcancausereal-worldharm,likepromotingharmfulremediesortreatments,certaintypesoftechnicallymanipulatedcontent,orcontentinterferingwithdemocraticprocesses. Misinformationpolicies Electionsmisinformationpolicies COVID-19medicalmisinformationpolicies Vaccinemisinformationpolicy Getcreator tipsfor YouTubepoliciesandguidelines. Pleasetaketheserulesseriously.IfaYouTubecreator’son-and/oroff-platformbehaviorharmsourusers,community,employeesorecosystem,wemayrespondbasedonanumberoffactorsincluding,butnotlimitedto,theegregiousnessoftheiractionsandwhetherapatternofharmfulbehaviorexists.Ourresponsewillrangefromsuspendingacreator’sprivilegestoaccounttermination. Wasthishelpful?Howcanweimproveit?YesNoSubmittrueHelpCoronavirusdisease2019(COVID-19)updatesYouTube'sCommunityGuidelinesYouTubepoliciesReportingandenforcementPrivacyandsafetycenterCopyrightandrightsmanagementSearchClearsearchClosesearchGoogleappsMainmenuSearchHelpCentertrue59false