I have some really good news tonight - my Best of RTGame 2022 video has finally had its age restriction REMOVED. We campaigned so hard for fairer policies on Youtube that they've now restored the original video that caused so much trouble for my channel, almost three years later. This genuinely feels like a massive weight has been lifted for me
For those that don't remember or know, back at Christmas 2022 I had a mass flagging and demonetization of my channel due to Youtube changing its policy on swearing. This was retroactively applied to all content with no chance of appeal. I made several videos about this affecting my content at the start of 2023, and I thought I would have to quit Youtube altogether because of it. It's also why many of my videos use Youtube as a censor for swearing from this time. This mass flagging occured because my Best of 2022 video had been flagged for graphic (video game) violence and age restricted. Despite this occuring for a different policy, it led to a mass flagging of videos across my channel on its upload for the new swearing policy, and a very stressful Christmas.
Since this, not only has Youtube abandoned its policy on swearing, but it now has a system in place to let creators modify videos to adhere to content guidelines. Youtube now allows you to edit a video via Youtube Editor to adhere to policy. In the case of graphic violence for instance, you can actually blur it now on the site without needing to reupload and re-edit the video. This simply did not exist back then, and it is such a massive win for creators on the platform. It only exists now because we kicked up such a fuss and campaigned for this exact system to be in place. I've been in meetings with Youtube staff from all ends pushing for this exact change to be implemented, as I believe it safeguards creators from unknown future policy tanking their careers overnight.
I touched on some of this in my recent video about the policy on swearing being dropped, but this video being restored and the system surrounding that is honestly a much bigger deal. Thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout this, and for helping me campaign these issues to help creators. And a sincere thank you to Youtube for implementing them. The AI stuff is a whole other battle, but we should still enjoy a win where we can
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I have some really good news tonight - my Best of RTGame 2022 video has finally had its age restriction REMOVED. We campaigned so hard for fairer policies on Youtube that they've now restored the original video that caused so much trouble for my channel, almost three years later. This genuinely feels like a massive weight has been lifted for me
For those that don't remember or know, back at Christmas 2022 I had a mass flagging and demonetization of my channel due to Youtube changing its policy on swearing. This was retroactively applied to all content with no chance of appeal. I made several videos about this affecting my content at the start of 2023, and I thought I would have to quit Youtube altogether because of it. It's also why many of my videos use Youtube as a censor for swearing from this time. This mass flagging occured because my Best of 2022 video had been flagged for graphic (video game) violence and age restricted. Despite this occuring for a different policy, it led to a mass flagging of videos across my channel on its upload for the new swearing policy, and a very stressful Christmas.
Since this, not only has Youtube abandoned its policy on swearing, but it now has a system in place to let creators modify videos to adhere to content guidelines. Youtube now allows you to edit a video via Youtube Editor to adhere to policy. In the case of graphic violence for instance, you can actually blur it now on the site without needing to reupload and re-edit the video. This simply did not exist back then, and it is such a massive win for creators on the platform. It only exists now because we kicked up such a fuss and campaigned for this exact system to be in place. I've been in meetings with Youtube staff from all ends pushing for this exact change to be implemented, as I believe it safeguards creators from unknown future policy tanking their careers overnight.
I touched on some of this in my recent video about the policy on swearing being dropped, but this video being restored and the system surrounding that is honestly a much bigger deal. Thank you to everyone who has supported me throughout this, and for helping me campaign these issues to help creators. And a sincere thank you to Youtube for implementing them. The AI stuff is a whole other battle, but we should still enjoy a win where we can
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