YouTube relaxes violent video game content restrictions

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YouTube has updated its policy on violent video game content uploaded to the platform.

ā€œWe know there’s a difference between real-world violence and scripted or simulated violence – such as what you see in movies, TV shows, or video games – so we want to make sure we’re enforcing our violent or graphic content policies consistently,ā€ YouTube team member Hazel posted. ā€œStarting on 12/2, scripted or simulated violent content found in video games will be treated the same as other types of scripted content.ā€

Going fowards, gaming creators wonā€™t have to adhere to the previous age-restriction barriers ā€“ as revealed in this weekā€™s blog post ā€“ but the relaxed rules wonā€™t apply to advertisers.

There are still limits on what violent content can be posted without age restrictions, however:

ā€“ Future gaming uploads that include scripted or simulated violence may be approved instead of being age-restricted.

ā€“ There will be fewer restrictions for violence in gaming, but this policy will still maintain our high bar to protect audiences from real-world violence.

ā€“ We may still age-restrict content if violent or gory imagery is the sole focus of the video. For instance, if the video focuses entirely on the most graphically violent part of a video game. More graphic scenes like dismemberment, decapitations, showing of human corpses with these severe injuries may be age-restricted, while less graphic content may be approved.

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