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* [Managing harmful content
  How does YouTube manage harmful content?
* [Standing up to hate
  How does YouTube protect the community from hate and harassment?
* [Fighting misinformation
  How does YouTube combat misinformation?
* [Curbing extremist content
  How does YouTube prevent radicalization?
* [Supporting political integrity
  How does YouTube support civic engagement and election integrity?
* [Partnering with Researchers
  How does YouTube partner with researchers?
* [Preventing bias
  What does YouTube do to prevent bias?
* [Our Youth Principles
  How are Youth Principles core to Youtube’s product and policy work for children and teenagers?
* [Fostering youth safety
  How does YouTube help keep kids and teens protected on the platform?
* [Protecting user data
  How does YouTube maintain user privacy?
* [Safeguarding copyright
  How does YouTube protect copyrighted content?
* [Sharing revenue
  How does YouTube make money?
* [Promoting digital wellbeing
  How does YouTube support users’ digital wellbeing?
* [Responsible AI
  How does YouTube responsibly approach Generative AI?
Product features
* [YouTube Search
  How our search tool can help you find content you'll love
* [Recommended videos
  How we recommend content we think you'll want to watch
* [News and information
  How we provide context for your search results and videos
* [Health information
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* [Monetization for Creators
  How Creators earn money on YouTube
* [YouTube Live
  How you can reach your community in real time with Live and Premieres
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* [Autoplay
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Rules and policies
* [Policies overview
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* [Community Guidelines
  How we define what we do and don’t allow on YouTube
* [Copyright
  How we help Creators responsibly manage their content
* [Monetization policies
  How Creators can monetize their content as part of the YouTube Partner Program
* [Legal removals
  How we approach content that violates local law
Progress and impact
* [Progress on managing harmful content
  How we're enforcing our policies on harmful content by the numbers
* [Our impact
  How creative entrepreneurs are transforming their lives and communities
Resources
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  Access brand resources such as our YouTube logo, color palettes, and permissions form
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# Policies overview
Viewers and Creators around the world use YouTube to express their ideas and opinions freely, and we believe that a broad range of perspectives ultimately makes us a stronger and more informed society, even if we disagree with some of those views. That's why we have policies to help build a safer community.
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## Community Guidelines
Our Community Guidelines define what we do and don’t allow on YouTube. They exist so that we can protect the community from things such as harmful content, harassment, and spam. They apply to everyone, and to all types of content on YouTube - such as videos, comments, links, and thumbnails.
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## Copyright
We have developed a set of resources to help Creators understand copyright, protect their own copyrighted content, and avoid violating copyright laws.
## Monetization policies
The YouTube Partner Program empowers Creators to make money through their channels. To become a YouTube Partner, Creators must follow our monetization policies. These policies are intended to reward Creators who contribute positively to the community with original content. Eligible Creators who want to monetize their content by running advertisements need to follow our Advertiser-Friendly Content Guidelines in addition to our broader Monetization Policies.
## Legal removals
Since YouTube is available across the world, we have processes in place to comply with local law.
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# Monetization Policies
Being accepted into the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) is a major milestone in any Creator’s journey. As part of YPP, Creators can start monetizing their content, receive email and chat support, and get access to the  to help protect their content.
A key eligibility requirement for YPP is to follow , which include YouTube’s , , and . These policies apply to a Creator’s channel as a whole, and not just individual videos.
## Setting a higher bar for monetization
Over the last few years, YouTube has taken steps to strengthen the requirements for monetization so that spammers, impersonators, and other bad actors can’t hurt the ecosystem or take advantage of good Creators producing high quality content.
To apply for membership in YPP, channels must meet eligibility thresholds related to watch time and subscribers. Following application, YouTube’s review team ensures the channel has not run afoul of YouTube’s monetization, content, and copyright policies. Only channels that meet eligibility thresholds and follow all of our guidelines will be admitted to the program, which makes them eligible to receive access to ads and other monetization products.
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## Advertiser-Friendly Content Guidelines
Just because a Creator is in YPP, it doesn’t mean all videos on their channel will be eligible to have ads. Each video must also comply with our Advertiser-Friendly Content Guidelines. This is by design, as we understand that there are important conversations that have a place on YouTube, such as discussion of mental health or sensitive world events, that might not be deemed brand suitable by advertisers. Other examples of content not suitable for ads include some form of inappropriate language, violence, adult content, and harmful acts.
To help Creators understand which videos on their channel are suitable for ads, we have worked closely with advertisers to create clear and comprehensive Advertiser-Friendly Content Guidelines. Eligible Creators also have the ability to self-rate their content per  and turn on ads monetization for individual videos in their channel.
## What action does YouTube take for videos that do not comply with Advertiser-Friendly Content Guidelines?
If a Creator has turned on ads monetization for a video but our reviewers and automated systems identify that the video does not comply with our Advertiser-Friendly Content Guidelines, the video will have  appear against it. However, if Creators believe that their video is still suitable for all brands, they can  of that video.
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# Legal Removals
While our Community Guidelines are policies that apply wherever you are in the world, YouTube is available in more than 100 different countries - so we also have a process in place to comply with local law.
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