YouTube now allows monetization on videos with breastfeeding nudity and 'non-sexually graphic dancing' | TechCrunch
YouTube is updating its guidelines to allow new types of content to monetize adult content, the company announced today.
the dancing thing sounds like they wanna take on tiktok
Its all about that muhney
Given their "Shorts" videos on youtube I think they want to do exactly that.
If anyone can make TikTok but shittier, it's Google.
If they would stop freaking out about a word like "sex", that would be great. It's jarring to have every third word beeped over in certain discussions.
Do you mean seggs? I've never heard of this sex word. 🙄
Seggs and seh beh day.
What about the nude yoga?
Out of curiosity I tried searching just nude yoga as a string and all the results were clothed clickbait. I guess maybe I’m a little rusty at finding softcore porn on normally ‘clean’ sites since I haven’t been a youngin using my parents old laptops in quite some time lol not a necessary skill as an adult I guess
I have definitely come across accounts sexualizing breastfeeding. Especially on Instagram. It's so fucking weird and gross in that context.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
With this new update, creators can now earn more ad revenue on breastfeeding content where a child is present in the video, even if the areola is visible.
The company’s updated policy notes that content where a woman is demonstrating hand expression or breast pump usage with nipples visible and a baby in the scene is now eligible for monetization.
“We heard feedback that for many parents, videos about breastfeeding are a helpful resource as they navigate this stage of parenthood.
We hope these changes can give all creators more space to share this type of content with eligibility for ad revenue,” YouTube spokesperson Nate Funkhouser said in an email to TechCrunch.
However, the company will still restrict monetization on dance videos with deliberate and recurring shots on breasts, butt or genitalia, extreme minimal clothing and sensual moves that mimic sexual acts.
Yesterday, the platform announced a few new policies regarding responsible disclosure on AI videos, along with new tools for requesting the removal of deepfakes.
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That’s uhhh… really specific wording there lol
im going to make this really easy on all parties involved.. content creators, me, youtube...
im. not. using. youtube.
creators, find some other mechanism. my fav is direct to your website.
Yeah, creators, just build, host, and maintain your own streaming video service.
To be fair, it already exists - PeerTube is a thing. The real reason people stay on YouTube is the network effect[1] - everyone else is there, so why would you leave? They're not coming with you, they're not giving you money on the new platform, they can just stay on YouTube and keep life simple by not worrying about a bunch of choices. Epic has spent billions losing money trying to compete with the network effect that Steam benefits off, so it's clear how much money and risk it takes... only for nothing to really change. It's not something that we can expect creators to drive without collective effort, and that kind of is happening with Nebula (which is part owned by the creators who join it) - we can only hope they keep that momentum going so they begin to form a real threat to YouTube's dominance.
Sorry, why should I care which apps or websites you use?
That's fine if as a consumer you only use a pc or maybe a phone but tvs are way more locked down and limited to the apps they can have. Even with Android tv you still have to hope there's an app you can sideload since it doesn't have a browser. And the tv is where i primarily watch YouTube.
The alternative is TikTok
Let's be honest..
Are breastfeeding videos ever, anything but fetish content? Like EVER?
And if they can cater to that fetish totally fine, why aren't my fetishes allowed??
Umm, yes. Breastfeeding doesn't come to new mothers naturally. It's a learned skill. And many new mothers have never been taught. When my wife was shown by a lactation consultant at the hospital, they were so busy they only were able to stay for 10m. And this was with a mother and baby having issues.
Easily accessible videos properly demonstrating techniques with a real baby would have been extremely helpful, but at the time exposed breasts for the purposes of breastfeeding weren't allowed on YT at all, let alone monetized. This has been huge effort by feminist groups for a reason.
And if they can cater to that fetish totally fine, why aren’t my fetishes allowed??
As already stated, it isn't necessarily a fetish, but you bring up a good point - why YouTube is enforcing some puritanical Christo-fundamentalist ethical standard is kind of ridiculous. As a European, where we have a less puritanical view of sex I'd like to be given the choice. It's not complicated to keep sexual content behind a tickbox choice like on Twitter or Reddit, especially not when, you know, Google Play is their only real gatekeeper here and guess who owns them? They also already use credit cards and the like for "age verification", so any excuse they have is vanishing more and more.
It's more for the advertisers Google hosts on YouTube than any values Google is trying to project on their users, I bet. Advertisers don't want their products advertised next to explicit content.
Google search is a little different in that the content is fairly separated from ads, unlike YouTube where they're inescapable.
You have a point. Google Images already shows you explicit content if you tick a box.
Holy shit. You're like the jealous dude who accuses his partner of cheating when she has never cheated. He only suspects of cheating because he himself is a cheater.
Stop sexualizing a very natural event.
I think I get why they are actually are allowing it, they won't say why, but I get why. It might have something to do with maps. If you know what maps are then you'l understand, if you don't then there's always a chance of learning. Not like the tradition map, but it's another definition.
