Self-harm or eating-disorder topics: age limit or warning
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What triggers it
Educational, documentary, recovery or dramatized content about suicide, self-harm or eating disorders that includes method details, graphic descriptions, or triggering recovery details.
What YouTube says
“In some cases we may consider the following criteria when deciding whether suicide, self-harm, or eating disorder content should be allowed, age-restricted, removed, or have a Crisis Resource Panel placed on the video.”
We last checked this against YouTube's page on .
How to fix it
Remove method details and numbers, keep graphic content blurred, and include crisis resources in the video and description.
Good to know
Check for detailed methods, graphic descriptions, specific weights or calorie counts in recovery content. Supportive discussion without details usually stays fully available (it may still get a crisis resource panel).
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown, what's said and the words on screen. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: looked at for this rule
- Speech: looked at for this rule
- On-screen text: looked at for this rule
- Caption: not for this rule
- Hashtags: not for this rule
Related YouTube rules
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