- What's up Insiders.
Welcome to this week's News Flash.
A series of updates from the policy
and product teams at YouTube.
Let's get into them.
First up, Let's discuss an experiment
specific to potentially inappropriate comments.
As you may remember, back in 2017 YouTube launched
the ability for channel owners to hold
for review potentially inappropriate comments.
This feature, which can be found in YouTube Studio,
uses technology to automatically detect things
like spam, self-promotion, gibberish, and other
potentially inappropriate content and comments.
Creators have asked us for the ability
to hold even more comments within this feature.
We're now launching an experiment where
a small number of creators will be able to increase
strictness if they're using the hold potentially
inappropriate comments for review setting.
The increased strictness setting will allow creators
to hold more comments for review by applying
a stricter threshold for what is determined
as potentially inappropriate.
This feature is off by default, and only channels
within the experiment will have access.
If you are in the experiment, you can access
this feature by going into YouTube Studio,
clicking on settings, community, defaults,
select hold potentially inappropriate comments
for review, and choose increase strictness.
And of course save.
Let us know if you have any feedback.
Next up, let's discuss a launch.
This one's called videos contributing to audience growth.
Now back in September, we launched an experimental card
within YouTube Analytics on desktop that shows creators
which videos are helping to grow their audience.
Videos were shown in descending order based on
how many new viewers returned to watch more.
The good news, the fact that this
is launching to 100% of creators.
So take a look at this card within YouTube Analytics
and leave us any feedback you have
in the comments below this video.
Next up, let's discuss another launch.
This one is called the shorts remix card.
Now we're launching this card within Shorts Analytics
in the main app to help creators understand
how many remixes were made with their content
and the view count of those remixes.
Now getting remixed is a great way for new audiences
to discover and engage with your content.
And the goal here is to help creators understand
the usage of their content within other creators' content.
We'll be launching this card in December.
Let us know if you have any feedback.
Now to an update.
Previously, creators had to schedule their livestreams
and premieres via pre-set 15 minute increments.
The good news?
That you will now be able to schedule
your live streams, premieres,
and scheduled videos on demand down to the minute.
Next up, let's discuss campaign.
This one is specific to channel memberships and supers.
In an effort to boost awareness among viewers
who may not be aware, we're running an ad campaign
in December specific to channel memberships
on super products like super chat and super stickers
at no cost or effort to creators.
What's the goal?
Well ultimately it's to educate viewers on these products
so they know ways in which they can support
their favorite creators like you.
This is in addition to ongoing efforts to promote
channel memberships on supers to viewers
as new entry points for purchase
and in product edifications.
Next up, let's discuss another launch.
This time of the YouTube copyright transparency report.
Now on December 6th, YouTube launched
our first copyright transparency report.
And it includes data for the first half of 2021.
We'll leave a link to this report
in the description if you'd like to take a look.
Lastly, let's discuss monetization guidelines.
Last week we updated the advertiser friendly
content guidelines specific to an area
called gender identity devices.
Examples of gender identity devices include things
like artificial breasts and artificial penises.
We're making this update in recognition of the fact
that many creators like to do product reviews
for these products, as well as demonstrate
how they can be used within the context
of gender dysphoria, which is not an area
we consider sexually suggestive.
To support trans and non-binary creators,
as well as cis-gendered women, and to align
with industry standards, we're making
this update so that content which features
gender identity devices may now run full ads.
Or as we know it, get the green icon.
Now as with any updates to the ad-friendly guidelines,
there is some small print.
So let's dig into that now.
This update does not mean that content
which features nudity may monetize.
If you're holding your packer up to the camera,
or placing it within your briefs, that may monetize.
If however you're wearing your packer
or artificial breasts, and you're not wearing
anything else, we will treat that as nudity.
As with any updates to the ad-friendly guidelines,
it takes some time for our systems
to learn the guidelines themselves.
So if you see a yellow icon which you feel
is incorrectly applied, make sure you use
the manual review request option within Studio.
If you still feel strongly that the yellow icon
is incorrectly applied, send a support request in.
They'll contact my team, we'll take a look,
and assess whether it's eligible for the green icon.
On a somewhat related note, many creators
have asked us how they can leverage
AdSense's brand controls and block certain ad categories
or advertisers from appearing on their content.
We'll leave a link within the description
under this video to explain how that works
and how you can leverage those controls.
And that's it from this week's
Creator Insider's News Flash.
From the creators of YouTube,
to YouTube creators, we'll see you next week.