Overview
- Effective Tuesday, YouTube broadened ad eligibility for videos that dramatize or discuss sensitive issues without graphic detail, with the update announced on its Creator Insider channel.
- Eligible material now includes prevention messaging, fleeting references, non-graphic news and personal accounts, plus educational, documentary, or artistic depictions.
- Ads remain restricted on content centered on child abuse and eating disorders, and videos featuring graphic detail, glorification, or raw footage are ineligible.
- The guidance applies to areas such as domestic abuse, self-harm or suicide, adult sexual abuse, abortion, and sexual harassment.
- YouTube cites creator feedback about over-restriction, while reporters flag enforcement gray areas, and the move aligns with a broader easing of the platform’s content policing.