YouTube Policy: YouTube is a video streaming platform used by millions of people around the world. People around the world use it to watch online content.
YouTube will take action against videos in India whose titles and thumbnails are misleading and give viewers different information than the content shown in the video. The company calls such videos “egregious clickbait”. YouTube is starting to enforce strict rules against such videos. Let us tell you about them in detail.
Who will be taken action against – Action will be taken mainly on videos of breaking news and current events that use misleading titles. These videos encourage people to click on the video by using the wrong title but the video contains different information.
How will the action be taken – Initially YouTube will remove videos that do not follow the rules, but will not put any strike on the channel. This will give creators time to create content according to the new guidelines.
Why did YouTube take this step – YouTube says that misleading titles and thumbnails deceive and frustrate viewers, especially when they use YouTube to find important or real-time information.
On which videos will action be taken – For example, videos whose title claims about major political events, but they are not discussed in the video.
How will it detect – YouTube has not clarified how it will categorize news and current events. Also, YouTube has not told how it will detect misleading video thumbnails and titles.