The YouTube blog said in a post today that adult content will be strictly regulated and presented in an effort to make it more relevant to users.
YouTube said it would take a stricter approach to adult content, including removing videos with pornographic images or sexual behavior. It will also raise the bar for video content that is "sexually suggestive", and if a video is deemed to be "sexually suggestive" but does not need to be removed, the age of viewing the video will be restricted, and it will only be available to users over 18.
In addition, YouTube will adjust its algorithm to downgrade videos that are "sexually suggestive" or contain indecent content, so that videos containing similar content will no longer appear repeatedly in the "most viewed" or "user favorite" lists.
YouTube said it would improve video thumbnails and no longer automatically generate a video index from 25/50/75, but users can still select three thumbnails from the system-generated video index to describe the video.
In addition, YouTube said that it will be more precise about the description of the video. The site has long prohibited users from Posting misleading information in video descriptions, tags, video titles and other data in order to increase video views.
YouTube reiterated that it will still strictly enforce the policy and will remove videos that violate it, and may even cancel user accounts.
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