YouTube is updating its guidelines to allow new types of content to monetize adult content, including videos showing nudity while breastfeeding and non-sexually suggestive dances.
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 nipple is visible. In the past, these types of videos could only be monetized if the areola wasn’t there. The company’s updated policy notes that content where a woman demonstrates hand expression or uses a breast pump with nipples visible and a baby in the scene is now eligible for monetization.
The platform will continue to limit ad revenue to breastfeeding content where no child is present. The policy also notes that breastfeeding videos must include reference to the context of breastfeeding, such as a child about to breastfeed or actively breastfeeding.
The Google-owned video platform says it has heard feedback about how breastfeeding videos can be a useful resource for parents and wants to offer creators who upload such content the ability to monetize the content. their.
“We’ve heard feedback that for many parents, breastfeeding videos are a helpful resource as they navigate this stage of parenthood. We hope these changes can give all creators more room to share this type of content eligible for ad revenue,” YouTube spokesman Nate Funkhouser said in an email to TechCrunch.
As for the second part of the changes, YouTube is removing restrictions on content that focuses on dance moves that involve grinding or piercing, meaning that this type of content can now generate ad revenue. However, the company will still limit monetization of dance videos with deliberate and repeated shots of breasts, buttocks or genitalia, extreme minimal clothing and sensual movements that mimic sexual acts.
Despite these new changes, all content must comply with YouTube’s Community Guidelines and, for monetization purposes, Advertiser Friendly Content Guidelines.
YouTube reviews content that is now eligible for monetization and enables the ability to display ads on eligible videos.
The policy change announced today isn’t the only one YouTube has made this week. Yesterday, the platform announced some new policies around responsible disclosure in AI videos, along with new tools to request the removal of deepfakes. Although YouTube already has policies in place that prohibit manipulated media, the rise of artificial intelligence has required the company to institute additional policies due to the technology’s ability to mislead viewers who may not know the content is synthetically generated.
