On January 5, 2022, YouTube will be updating its Terms of Service (“Terms”) to help clarify and make it easier to understand what to expect as you use the service. These changes won’t affect the way you use YouTube. Here are some review summary of the changes and the updated Terms here.

At a glance, this update covers:
More clarity on what to expect: YouTube will provide more transparency about how they develop, improve, and update their service, including more detail about the reasons they make changes and updates, and the advanced notice they provide to you.

General updates for improved readability: Whiles it Terms remain a legal document, they’ve done their best to make them easier to understand. This includes reorganizing some sections (such as Account Suspension and Termination) and rewording others (such as Changing this Agreement).

Inclusion of the Community Guidelines strikes process: Your use of YouTube has always been subject to the Community Guidelines and its strikes process, but they are now explicitly including the Community Guidelines strikes information in the Terms to increase transparency. There are no changes to how Community Guidelines strikes operate, or when a channel or content might receive a strike.

Please make sure you have read the updates to the Terms. By continuing to use YouTube after 5th January,2022, you will be agreeing to their updated Terms.

Note, if you allow your child to use YouTube Kids, or manage your child’s use of YouTube through Family Link, take a moment to talk to them about these changes.

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