Real dead bodies, deaths or heavy gore
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What triggers it
Graphic dead bodies outside education, moment-of-death footage, executions, heavy blood or gore, focal street fights, war footage with graphic injury.
What YouTube says
“Graphic dead bodies in a non-educational video”
We last checked this against YouTube's page on .
How to fix it
Blur bodies and wounds, keep fights brief and in context, and add news or educational framing.
Good to know
Look for uncensored corpses, the moment someone dies, executions, open wounds, heavy blood, street fights as the main subject, and war footage with visible injuries. Lesser outcome (limited ads, not none): injured bodies in educational or documentary settings, non-graphic raw war footage, graphic descriptions of tragedies. Does NOT count: blurred or fully obscured violence, mild violence with minimal blood, routine police action.
Can FYProof spot it?
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