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The claim establishes a notification obligation on YouTube's part, ensuring creators are informed of two specific enforcement actions taken against them.
YouTube's updated Community Guidelines now explicitly state the platform is expanding likeness detection technology to protect civic leaders and journalists from deepfakes and synthetic media, not just creators and artists. This broadens the scope of automated protection against manipulated video and audio content. While the change does not alter user obligations or remove rights, it signals that detection and enforcement of synthetic media policies may increase for content involving public figures and professional journalists.
View change record →If your video is removed for a policy violation or you are suspended from the YPP, YouTube is required to notify you.
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If our moderators decide to remove content, or suspend or terminate the Member's account, we will notify the Member and explain how to contact us.
If we learn that we've collected the personal data of a child under the age of 13 or 16, as applicable, we'll take reasonable steps to delete the personal data. This may require us to delete the Skillshare account...
If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal data without parental consent, we remove such data and terminate the child's account (except where we are required to retain all or a portion of such data for compliance purposes).
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The claim establishes a notification obligation on YouTube's part, ensuring creators are informed of two specific enforcement actions taken against them.
If your video is removed for a policy violation or you are suspended from the YPP, YouTube is required to notify you.
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