- Hey everybody. This is Roberto Blake
with a quick update video for you guys.
Today, we need to talk about a change
in the YouTube policy and guidelines,
specifically the community guidelines
and the strikes system with regard
to YouTube when you violate
the community guidelines policies.
Now this was just announced today, February 19th.
These new policies will go into effect, February 25th, 2019.
So this is the most recent information we have
on the policy. I'm going to link
to this information in YouTube's blog
and also to the two videos they released
on their channel about this.
For clarification, this does not affect
YouTube copyright strikes.
I know there are a lot of different issues
with this in the community. People are very vocal about it.
I'm not gonna be talking about
or addressing it on this video at all
or in the comments section.
These are two separate issues.
Two different types of policies
and systems that apply,
and I don't want to confuse people,
especially smaller YouTubers who don't understand
the YouTube copyrights system
or the community guidelines and the differences.
So we're gonna be focusing the conversation
on the community guidelines.
I'm also waiting for pending new information
from YouTube, regarding copyright
and regarding that system.
So you'll just have to wait until they address that
and I cover it in a different video.
So I have some notes here
because I want to make sure I cover everything
and that I get this right for you guys
because there's a lot of misinformation floating around.
Part of the new changes
that'll take affect February 25th, 2019,
are that instead of just the three strikes system,
YouTube will issue a warning
prior to enacting the first three strikes.
This warning can be appealed,
just like a regular community guideline strike.
However, unlike a community guideline strike,
it does not expire in 90 days.
It only expires if you win the appeal,
at which case you are entitled to another warning
if your first one is appealed.
After a channel's been issued a warning,
if they violate policies again,
then they go on to get a first strike.
Now what has changed, is this first strike
will not be just restricting the streaming privileges
of the YouTube content creator during the 90 day period.
Instead what will happen is
that they will be one week of banned
from uploading or posting to YouTube
in its entirety across all YouTube systems.
Here's what that means.
If you get a first strike,
for one week you won't be able
to upload a regular YouTube video,
you will not be able to livestream,
you will not be able to post to the community tab,
and you will not be able to post YouTube stories.
You will retain the ability to comment on YouTube videos
and participate in live chat,
but you will not have access to essentially push content
to YouTube and you won't have access
to the custom thumbnails feature.
If you receive a second strike within the 90 day window,
then this suspension, this ban,
will exist for two weeks.
If you receive a third strike within the 90 day period,
your channel will be terminated.
That is pretty much what the standard is
and it's very close to what the original system
has been up until now.
Now a reminder.
This is for community guideline strikes.
This does not overlap with copyright strikes.
You can have a community guideline strike
and you can have a copyright strike separately from that.
They do not combine for a total of two strikes.
It's three strikes in each system
and as I said, copyrights is completely separate issue,
and I want us to focus on the community guidelines,
to avoid confusion.
YouTube's also going to be making an effort
to be more transparent than they have been
about why you received the strike in the first place,
so you can properly appeal if it was a mistake
or if it was done falsely.
We do know about trolls and harassment campaigns
so that can definitely be a factor.
And so I think this an important thing
that YouTube has done.
I'm going to kind of just avoid having
an opinion about this for the time being.
I want to hear more from you guys
in the comments section about what you think
about this change in the policy.
Also, if you've ever had a community guideline strike
against your channel,
do you think that these changes
are actually gonna be better,
and what was your experience?
Have you successfully appealed a community guideline strike
and what do you guys think about this particular policy
with the community guidelines, specifically?
We've done a livestream before
where we went through
YouTube's Terms of Service and Policy.
It is a long, excruciating video.
It is extremely detailed and I talked about it
with you guys in the community
during the livestream and tried
to explain what it means
and we determined whether things
were vague or not.
So I'm gonna link to that. It's really long.
I'm also going to link to the two videos
YouTube put out on their channels
about these policy changes.
I'm gonna link to the blog post that they did,
and I'm also gonna link to an article
from Tube Filter, so you can get as much information
about this update as possible
because I want you to be informed.
Anyway, that's it for this video, guys.
By the way, I'm going to give you guys
some coupon codes for the YouTube starter kit.
If you're new here,
that is a thumbnail template pack that I made
for people who are struggling with YouTube thumbnails.
Completely unrelated to all of this,
but I just wanna give you guys some individual coupon codes.
So it's first come, first serve.
I think there's gonna be like ten coupon codes down there.
It gets you like $40 off.
So enjoy that.
Also, here's something else really quick.
If you are a small YouTuber,
I'm curious as to whether you're intimidated
by these policy changes, specifically,
because I know it feels like
the barred entry keeps moving for you.
So I just kinda want acknowledge small YouTubers
and that I know these changes
might feel a lot scarier for you.
Those of us who are more established,
yes, it's annoying,
but we know how to navigate the platform.
So I'm just really curious about what you guys think.
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