"The policy changes introduce clearer rules around three main categories of content: online gambling, social casino games, and graphic gaming content. YouTube will expand its enforcement on gambling-related material to include digital goods with monetary value--such as in-game skins, cosmetics, and NFTs--if they are linked to non-Google-certified gambling sites or apps. Also, content that depicts or promotes social casino games--even when no real money is exchanged-- will now be age-restricted to protect younger audiences. YouTube stopped allowing creators to verbally mention or display online gambling services not approved by Google back in March."
"Starting November 17, the updates will prevent accounts under 18 and signed-out users from watching videos with games focused on showing "realistic human characters" involved in scenes of "mass violence against non-combatants" or torture. It'll also cover online gambling, even when no actual money is involved. Additionally, videos featuring realistic depictions of human violence, including torture or large-scale harm to non-combatants, may face new restrictions if the violent scenes are prolonged, zoomed in, or central to the video. However, no specific examples were given, so it's unclear if it pertains to over-the-top violence like Mortal Kombat or something more grounded, like in Call of Duty."
YouTube will age-restrict more videos containing game scenes with graphic violence and gambling with digital goods starting November 17. Accounts under 18 and signed-out users will be blocked from viewing games that focus on realistic human characters in scenes of mass violence against non-combatants or torture. Enforcement expands across three categories: online gambling, social casino games, and graphic gaming content. Digital goods with monetary value—such as in-game skins, cosmetics, and NFTs—will be treated as gambling when linked to non-Google-certified sites or apps. Social casino content without real-money exchange will be age-restricted. Criteria for violent content include prolonged, zoomed-in, or central depictions, but concrete examples and boundaries remain unclear.
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