YouTube
Updated on 2025-12-23 CNIL Sanctions Bot
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Terms Changes
12Policy changes detected by Open Terms Archive
YouTube excludes Image Posts as revenue source for Shorts creators
April 22, 2026YouTube excluded ad revenue from Image Posts in the Shorts Feed from the Creator Pool used to compensate Shorts creators.
YouTube uses ad services to analyse data from other sites and apps
April 2, 2026YouTube's privacy policy now explicitly includes Google Ads alongside Google Analytics as services that collect and analyse data across YouTube and other sites and apps, expanding the disclosed scope of cross-platform tracking.
YouTube TV lifts the prohibition on NFL football games on portable devices
February 12, 2026YouTube TV removed the restriction prohibiting NFL football games on portable devices and replaced its single base plan with four distinct subscription tiers. A new section on promotional offers was also added, clarifying that subscribers will be charged the standard plan price once a promotional period ends.
YouTube allows viewers in Taiwan to buy Jewels
January 6, 2026YouTube expanded its Virtual Items Program to Taiwan, allowing viewers to purchase Jewels for microtransactions during live streams, and clarifying that eligibility is based on the viewer’s location.
YouTube details out criteria for educational, artistic, and public interest exceptions to violating content
December 4, 2025YouTube expanded its criteria for exceptions to content violating community guidelines, clarifying that educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic (EDSA) content and public interest content (such as congressional proceedings, campaign speeches, or government debates) will be considered exceptions to otherwise prohibited content across multiple policy sections.
YouTube updates gambling content rules, clarifies certification standards, and reframes dramatized violence guidance
October 29, 2025YouTube updated its Community Guidelines to adjust wording around dramatized violence and online gambling. The platform replaced specific language about torture, dismemberment, or decapitation with broader references to violence against non-combatants.
YouTube now allows promotion of colloidal silver
October 9, 2025YouTube removed colloidal silver from the list of harmful substances that are not allowed to be promoted on YouTube both as prevention and treatment methods
YouTube starts displaying AI-generated summaries of its policies
October 2, 2025The new section provides a concise, bulleted summary of the primary obligations for developers, including requirements for lawful use, transparency, and data protection.
YouTube allows claims of fraud in Brazilian elections
August 28, 2025YouTube removed an explicit prohibition regarding content advancing false claims about the integrity of past elections
Google integrates its Generative AI Services terms into their standard terms
May 22, 2024Starting on 22 May 2024, the additional terms “no longer apply, unless you’re a business partner with a signed agreement that references these terms.”
YouTube closes its fast-track content flagging program to individuals
April 27, 2022YouTube changed the presentation of its YouTube Trusted Flagger program.
YouTube adds health data to the information prohibited from being published
April 12, 2022YouTube forbids the disclosure of another person’s “personal” data, and not only one’s “confidential” data.
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