Policy Center

What type of content will be age-restricted? How do you make sure your video doesn't violate our policies? Use this page to find the answers and learn more about the principles behind our Community Guidelines.

Learn more about YouTube’s Policies

Privacy

Privacy

Report violations and learn about protecting your privacy.

Hateful Content

Hateful Content

Find out how we handle content that aims to promote hatred or violence against protected groups.

Threats

Threats

Identify and report content that contains violent threats.

Nudity or Sexual Content

Nudity or Sexual Content

Find out how we deal with sexually suggestive or explicit content.

Harmful or Dangerous Content

Harmful or Dangerous Content

Learn about our policies on content that depicts harmful or dangerous acts.

Legal Policies

Legal Policies

Information on our legal removals policies and the process for submitting complaints.

Harassment & Cyberbullying

Harassment & Cyberbullying

Learn about our policies on harassment and cyberbullying.

Impersonation

Impersonation

What we do with accounts that attempt to impersonate someone.

Child Endangerment

Child Endangerment

Learn what to do if you encounter inappropriate content involving minors.

Violent or Graphic Content

Violent or Graphic Content

Explore our policies on violent or graphic content.

Spam, Misleading Metadata, and Scams

Spam, Misleading Metadata, and Scams

Policies on spam and other activity on the site that aims to mislead or trick users.

Additional Policies

Additional Policies

Additional policies on a range of subjects.