Heavy profanity in title, thumbnail or throughout
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Heavy profanity or sexual terms in the title, thumbnail or metadata; videos focused on profanity (compilations, out-of-context clips); repeated vulgar or sexual language; excessive sexual sounds.
What YouTube says
“Use of heavy profanity or sexually suggestive terms in the content’s title, thumbnail, or associated metadata”
How to fix it
Remove profanity from the title and thumbnail, bleep dense swearing, and avoid swear compilations.
Good to know
Songs and stand-up get more latitude when not gratuitous.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's said, the words on screen and the caption. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: not for this rule
- Speech: looked at for this rule
- On-screen text: looked at for this rule
- Caption: looked at for this rule
- Hashtags: not for this rule
Sounds other than speech, such as music, aren't checked.
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