Harassing The Harassers: A Lawyer Reads YouTube's New Harassment Guidelines (VL148)

Published: Dec. 12, 2019, 12:17 a.m.

Never one to let the clamor die down, YouTube has announced a brand new harassment and cyberbullying policy. But while arguably well-intentioned, could the vagaries of the new rules (and explanatory blog post accompanying them) leave creators more confused than ever? Prolonged interactions are never maliciously intended...in Virtual Legality. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AT: https://youtu.be/H2TXeN0EWxw #YouTube #Terms #Harassment *** Discussed in this episode: "Many of you have told us we need to do a better job preventing harassment on YouTube..." Tweet - December 11, 2019 - YouTube Creators (@YTCreators) https://twitter.com/YTCreators/status/1204763712130707457 "YouTube unveils broader anti-harassment policies for threats and insults about race, sexual orientation and gender" Washington Post - December 11, 2019 - Taylor Telford https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/11/youtube-unveils-broader-anti-harassment-policies-threats-insults-about-race-sex-gender/ "Carlos Maza, Steven Crowder, and Arbitrary YouTube "Guidelines": A Lawyer's View (VL64)" YouTube Video - June 5, 2019 - Hoeg Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuxEtUEkx_Q "An update to our harassment policy" YouTube Official Blog - December 11, 2019 https://youtube.googleblog.com/2019/12/an-update-to-our-harassment-policy.html "Harassment and cyberbullying policy" YouTube Policies - Updated December 11, 2019 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802268 *** FOR MORE CHECK US OUT: On Twitter @hoeglaw At our website: https://hoeglaw.com/ On our Blog, "Rules of the Game", at https://hoeglaw.wordpress.com/