{"id":215743,"date":"2023-03-09T09:42:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T14:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=275676"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:52:08","slug":"good-news-youtube-content-creators-can-swear-swear-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/good-news-youtube-content-creators-can-swear-swear-again\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube content creators can finally speak their minds with new swearing policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Content creators will be able to swear again. Yes, as shocking as it may sound, <strong>YouTube<\/strong> implemented a new policy in November that restricted the use of swear words in videos and, through algorithmic detection and manual user complaints, went so far as to <strong>demonetize the videos of many content creators<\/strong>, who complained publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter aligncenter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Que pesadilla de YT<br><br>Otra vez <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamYouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TeamYoutube<\/a> me desmonetiza dos v\u00eddeos (sin avisarme por email) por &quot;lenguaje malsonante extremo&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HnkrXvqCX6\">https:\/\/t.co\/HnkrXvqCX6<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jrp0HQk6H1\">https:\/\/t.co\/jrp0HQk6H1<\/a><br><br>Pido revisi\u00f3n manual y tardan pocos minutos en confirmar la decisi\u00f3n<br><br>Al menos fingid que lo revis\u00e1is<\/p>&mdash; BaityBait (@BaityBait) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaityBait\/status\/1604815694952292352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a video uploaded to the official <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2hIyPAt-xDA\">Creator Inside<\/a><\/strong> channel, YouTube says it <strong>will ease the restrictions<\/strong> it put in place after reviewing data on how these new regulations were applied and finding that they &#8220;resulted in a stricter approach than we intended.&#8221; Although the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/thread\/64073546?hl=es&amp;msgid=205107458\">restrictions will technically be relaxed<\/a> and content creators will still be able to monetize their videos, they are still somewhat confusing, and <strong>do not fully reverse those previously put in place<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/10d25878-96d2-11e6-8469-00163ed833e7\/287048719\/Youtube-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Youtube<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/Youtube.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/Youtube.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/3\/7\/23629345\/youtube-swearing-profanity-guidelines-advertising-creators-outrage\">The Verge<\/a><\/strong>, YouTube&#8217;s new guidelines at the end of last year indicated that a video could be considered &#8220;not suitable for advertisers&#8221; (i.e. demonetized) <strong>if a swear word was included in the first 15 seconds<\/strong>. To make matters worse, if the content creator used many swear words throughout the video, <strong>the video could receive a strike<\/strong> (of the 3 necessary to suspend a user&#8217;s account permanently), and the change was retroactive, so <strong>the regulations also applied to videos uploaded before their implementation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed-Youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Profanity Update - Advertiser Friendly Guidelines\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2hIyPAt-xDA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While not completely overturning the changes made in November, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/6162278?hl=en#Inappropriate_language&amp;zippy=%2Cguide-to-self-certification\">the new regulations<\/a> <strong>would allow creators to continue to receive a percentage of ad revenue<\/strong> if they used &#8220;serious profanity&#8221; in the first 7 seconds of the video (previously, they would disable your video).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">YouTube also states that &#8220;video content that uses profanity, moderate or strong, after the first seven seconds may be monetized <strong>unless it is used repeatedly for the majority of the video<\/strong>.&#8221; Under the previous regulation, videos in this situation were demonetized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The changes came into effect on <strong>March 7<\/strong>, according to YouTube, which also clarifies that by March 10 it will have &#8220;reviewed again&#8221; all those videos that have lost part of the demonetization, and that it will also re-analyze those videos that have been completely demonetized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These changes come just a few weeks after YouTube&#8217;s former CEO, <strong>Susan Wojcicki<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/susan-wojcicki-ceo-de-youtube-company-25\">left her position at the company after 25 years of service<\/a>, and her replacement, <strong>Neal Mohan<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/ai-generate-content-priorities-youtube-2023\">announced the company&#8217;s priorities for this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube has softened the regulations that it imposed last November and that went so far as to demonetize videos that included swear words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":215744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-215743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321805,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215743\/revisions\/321805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215743"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=215743"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=215743"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=215743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}