I've watched his videos for years, and this is common. Malon has not yet responded to our questions about the newer and apparently inaccurate moderation flag.]ĭoes somebody at YT have an axe to grind with this creator? Shortly after we received Malon's email, Summoning Salt posted an email screencap alleging that YouTube had now flagged the video in question for violating the service's 'sex and nudity policy,' despite the video having no sexual or nude content. Sometimes content doesn't violate our policies, but it may not be appropriate for viewers under 18, like when it includes excessive use of sustained profanity.' Malon's answer ignores Ars' direct question about apparently inconsistent moderation on the platform based on language. In an email to Ars Technica, YouTube spokesperson Jack Malon forwarded the following statement: 'We correctly age-restricted this video in accordance with our vulgar language policy, which applies equally to all creators on YouTube. So you have to be logged-in to see the thumbnails or watch the videos. A close-up of the razor over her very exposed vagina. One of the thumbnails for those videos was a close-up of the woman you mentioned shaving. So youtube's rules and guidelines are some of the least consistent stuff you can find. There's even a close up of one of the anchors shaving. Simply type naked news into the search bar and Youtube will happily serve anyone news delivered by women in their underwear performing a strip tease leaving absolutely nothing to the imagination. (I suppose sex 'or' nudity would be more accurate.)įun fact, youtube has a pretty healthy stream of softcore porn on it that it doesn't moderate. If I remember correctly, some of the robots are not wearing clothing, so that would definitely run afoul of a 'sex and nudity' policy.

Youtube could take the cat out of the box and decide what the rule is? Rules with severe punishments should not work like some kind of shoreginer's cat situation where you don't know what it is until they apply it to you. But I have heard rants from LinusTwchTips, ItsAGundam, heck even Hermitcraft content creators over the years about the incredibly inconsistent way that YouTube moderates its content. Like OP said - maybe bleep out rants and strings of swear words if it is an issue? Of course, I agree it should not be moderated to 18+. Why does it matter if it was a clip of someone else? Why would that matter? It is SummoningSalt's video that contains it. It's a speedrunner playing a game, somewhere in the middle of the video - hardly the stuff of R-rated content. It's not even him (SummoningSalt) swearing.

However, if you *want* to monetize, and your audience might include kids, maybe *don't* include a 3 second clip containing 6 F bombs. YouTube moderation is broken and inconsistent.

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