“ is just a form of mental illness that needs to be cured.”.“ has an agenda to run the world and get rid of us.”.“ threaten our existence, so we should drive them out at every chance we get.”.“ are less intelligent than us because their brains are smaller.”.Here are examples of hate speech not allowed on YouTube. Creates content that harms the YouTube ecosystem by persistently inciting hostility against a group with attributes noted above for personal financial gain.Exposes a group with attributes noted above to risks of physical harm based on the local social or political context.Repeatedly targets, insults and abuses a group based on the attributes noted above across multiple uploads.Repeatedly encourages abusive audience behavior.In some rare cases, we may remove content or issue other penalties when a creator:

Providing it in the title or description is insufficient. This can include clickable URLs, verbally directing users to other sites in video, as well as other forms.įor educational content that includes hate speech, this context must appear in the images or audio of the video itself. Please note these policies also apply to external links in your content. This policy applies to videos, video descriptions, comments, live streams, and any other YouTube product or feature.

Historical footage of an event, like WWII, which doesn't promote violence or hatred.

We won’t allow a documentary claiming there's scientific evidence today that an individual or group is inferior or subhuman. A documentary about the scientific study of humans: A documentary about how theories have changed over time, even if it includes theories about the inferiority or superiority of specific groups, would be allowed because it’s educational.A documentary promoting violence or hatred wouldn’t be allowed. A documentary about a hate group: Educational content that isn’t supporting the group or promoting ideas would be allowed.This is not a pass to promote hate speech. We may allow content that includes hate speech if the primary purpose is educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic in nature. Music videos promoting hateful supremacism in the lyrics, metadata, or imagery.Content containing hateful supremacist propaganda including the recruitment of new members or requests for financial support for their ideology.Attacks on a person’s emotional, romantic and/or sexual attraction to another person.Deny that a well-documented, violent event took place.Call for the subjugation or domination over individuals or groups based on any of the attributes noted above.Conspiracy theories saying individuals or groups are evil, corrupt, or malicious based on any of the attributes noted above.Allege the superiority of a group over those with any of the attributes noted above to justify violence, discrimination, segregation, or exclusion.This includes statements that one group is less than another, calling them less intelligent, less capable, or damaged. Claim that individuals or groups are physically or mentally inferior, deficient, or diseased based on any of the attributes noted above.Use of racial, religious or other slurs and stereotypes that incite or promote hatred based on any of the attributes noted above. This can take the form of speech, text, or imagery promoting these stereotypes or treating them as factual.Praise or glorify violence against individuals or groups based on the attributes noted above.Dehumanizing individuals or groups by calling them subhuman, comparing them to animals, insects, pests, disease, or any other non-human entity.

Company information for ispeech