The community guidelines warning below hits me every time I log into my YouTube dashboard, and it’s remained there for several years.
It’s given me some anxiety because if I get 3 community guideline strikes, my channel can be terminated. Fortunately, YouTube is making a big policy change, which will allow me to get rid of this warning for good.
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What is a community guideline strike?
YouTube says this includes or is not limited to instances of nudity or sexual content, violent or graphic content, harmful or dangerous content or spam. For example, if you post a video that is meant to educate people about sexual health and it violates YouTube’s sexual content policy, you may receive a strike from YouTube.
Therefore, I highly recommend studying YouTube’s community guidelines policies, so you don’t have to put up with this hassle. Click here to read YouTube’s community guidelines.
Why is YouTube making this change?
YouTube believes that most creators don’t want to violate YouTube’s policies. Therefore, they want to give them another chance,
“Despite the fact that they don’t re-offend, they sort of live in fear of re-offending, and we don’t wanna stifle creativity. Yeah, you know, we want creators to be able to express their creativity within the the boundaries of our rules.”
I asked my subscribers, “have you ever received a community guidelines strike on your channel?”
11% said yes, lost appeal, warning remains on my channel.
In the old system, whenever you received a community guidelines strike and didn’t win the appeal, you received a permanent warning on your YouTube channel.
In the new system, you can go through some training and get the warning removed. If you don’t violate the policies again in the next 90 days. YouTube says that 80% of creators who get a warning never go on to get a first strike.
For example, I received this warning on my channel several years ago and never received another strike. Now I can take a training course and have the warning removed.
What happens when you complete the course?
- If you don’t violate the same policy for 90 days, the warning on your channel will be lifted.
- If you violate the same policy within 90 days, your video will be removed, but you’ll receive a strike on your channel.
- If you violate the same policy after 90 days, your video will be removed, but you’ll receive a warning on your channel. You’ll also have the option of taking a new training course.
Previously creators received one warning throughout the lifetime of their channel. Now they’ll get individual warnings depending on the policy that they violate. This gives you an opportunity to learn why your content may have crossed the line and be able to take multiple training courses at the same time.
Even if you receive a community guidelines warning in the future, you can get it removed by attending the training and then not violating the YouTube’s policies in the next 90 days.
Keep in mind, if you violated YouTube’s policies 3 times in the past, which resulted in your channel being terminated, this is not gonna provide a path to get your channel back.
When will YouTube be making this change?
This change will be rolling out over the next several weeks.
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Watch this video on how to report an impersonator so they can stop stealing your videos
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