Overview
- Enforcement expands to gambling that uses digital goods with real monetary value, explicitly including video game skins, cosmetics and NFTs.
- Videos that depict or promote social casino sites where no real money is wagered will be restricted to viewers 18 and older.
- YouTube will age-restrict a limited set of gaming clips that focus on torture or mass violence against non-combatants when characters are realistic humans.
- Uploads made before November 17 that violate the new guidelines may be removed or age-restricted without strikes, while standard three-strikes penalties apply to new violations.
- YouTube says most channels should see little to no impact, with the changes aligning with prior industry actions and following volatility in the Counter-Strike 2 skins market.