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What triggers it
Branded content for alcohol, financial services, healthcare and medicines, gambling, or elections and political content.
What YouTube says
“you are responsible for confirming that your brand partners are certified by Google as necessary.”
We last checked this against YouTube's page on .
How to fix it
Confirm the brand is certified where needed and set age and country limits in the paid promotion settings.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown, what's said, the words on screen and the caption. 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: looked at for this rule
- Hashtags: not for this rule
Related YouTube rules
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