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🔍 FAQ: Dangerous Challenges and Pranks Enforcement Update 0 Recommended Answers 8 Replies 125 Upvotes
Last edited 1/28/19
Hi everybody,
You can find below some FAQs regarding the recent updates about Dangerous Challenges and Pranks Enforcement.
YouTube is home to many beloved viral challenges and pranks, like Jimmy Kimmel’s Terrible Christmas Presents prank or the water bottle flip challenge. That said, we’ve always had policies to make sure what’s funny doesn’t cross the line into also being harmful or dangerous. Our Community Guidelines prohibit content that encourages dangerous activities that are likely to result in serious harm, and today clarifying what this means for dangerous challenges and pranks.
Q: What exactly are you clarifying related to challenges?
We’ve updated our external guidelines to make it clear that challenges like the Tide pod challenge or the Fire challenge, that can cause death and/or have caused death in some instances, have no place on YouTube.
We’ve updated our external guidelines to make it clear that challenges like the Tide pod challenge or the Fire challenge, that can cause death and/or have caused death in some instances, have no place on YouTube.
Q: What exactly are you clarifying related to pranks?
We’ve made it clear that our policies prohibiting harmful and dangerous content also extend to pranks with a perceived danger of serious physical injury. We don’t allow pranks that make victims believe they’re in serious physical danger – for example, a home invasion prank or a drive-by shooting prank. We also don’t allow pranks that cause children to experience severe emotional distress, meaning something so bad that it could leave the child traumatized for life.
We’ve made it clear that our policies prohibiting harmful and dangerous content also extend to pranks with a perceived danger of serious physical injury. We don’t allow pranks that make victims believe they’re in serious physical danger – for example, a home invasion prank or a drive-by shooting prank. We also don’t allow pranks that cause children to experience severe emotional distress, meaning something so bad that it could leave the child traumatized for life.
Q: What are examples of pranks that cause children severe emotional distress?
We’ve worked directly with child psychologists to develop guidelines around the types of pranks that cross this line. Examples include, the fake death of a parent or severe abandonment or shaming for mistakes.
We’ve worked directly with child psychologists to develop guidelines around the types of pranks that cross this line. Examples include, the fake death of a parent or severe abandonment or shaming for mistakes.
Q: Can I appeal strikes related to dangerous challenges and pranks?
Yes, you can appeal the strike if you think the video content doesn’t violate Community Guidelines.
Yes, you can appeal the strike if you think the video content doesn’t violate Community Guidelines.
Q: How long is the “grace period” for me to review and clean up content?
The next two months – during this time challenges and pranks that violate Community Guidelines will be removed but the channel will not receive a strike. Additionally, content posted prior to these enforcement updates may be removed, but will not receive a strike.
The next two months – during this time challenges and pranks that violate Community Guidelines will be removed but the channel will not receive a strike. Additionally, content posted prior to these enforcement updates may be removed, but will not receive a strike.
Q: Are the examples in this post exhaustive?
The examples we’ve given are not exhaustive and we evaluate all content against our Community Guidelines when making decisions for enforcement. Learn more about our harmful and dangerous policy.
The examples we’ve given are not exhaustive and we evaluate all content against our Community Guidelines when making decisions for enforcement. Learn more about our harmful and dangerous policy.
Q: What about reuploading dangerous challenges or pranks that other people created? Is it ok so long as the person uploading the videos is not the one actually doing the challenge or prank?
We apply the same policies to the original video, reuploads, and reaction videos. We make some exceptions for news coverage or other content that explicitly aims to discourage dangerous behavior, but it's best to keep dangerous pranks or challenges out of your content if you think they might have violated our policies. Parody or satirical content is ok so long as it’s clear everyone involved is in on the prank or the satirical content clearly aims to discourage viewers from engaging in dangerous behavior. Otherwise, even humorous content may be removed if it features footage of people performing dangerous challenges or pranks since we want to avoid people hurting themselves or others.
Hope this helps!
Camilla
Community Manager, TeamYouTube
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