Criticism has worked: YouTube promises to revise tough content monetization rules

At the beginning of 2023, new monetization rules went into effect on YouTube, which completely eliminated profits for videos showing overt violence, profanity and a lot of other undesirable content. What angered users the most was that the rules also applied to videos that had already been released, depriving bloggers of a significant share of revenue.

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The leadership of the video hosting has taken into account the critical comments of bloggers and viewers and promised to review the rules of monetization and tweak them.

This was stated by a representative of the site Michael Aciman in an interview with TechCrunch.

I've been hearing a lot of feedback in recent weeks from content creators about this update. Feedback is really important to us, and right now we [are] in the process of making adjustments to the rules to address the issues. We'll reach out to the community as soon as we have something to share.

It's anyone's guess as to when YouTube will change its monetization rules, but until then, bloggers should be selective about what topics they upload.