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We proactively use automated tools and human moderation to detect and act on prohibited content.
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You agree that Your Content will not: be unlawful, harmful to adults or minors, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortious, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, offensive, invasive of another's privacy, hateful...
"Content that violates our community guidelines is flagged by a mix of automated detection and human reporting — most is automatically detected — and we go to great lengths to make sure violative content isn't widely viewed...Excerpt from YouTube's Community Guidelines
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The clause states: “Content that violates our community guidelines is flagged by a mix of automated detection and human reporting — most is automatically detected — and we go to great lengths to make sure violative content isn't widely viewed...”
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