YouTube is apparently relaxing its monetization rules for graphic video game violence. Creators can now show the brutal action and still receive full advertising revenue….
They just need to keep it out of the first seven seconds.
In other words, blood, dismemberment, and digital carnage are acceptable once the advertisers have been given enough time to cash their check.
The timing is nothing short of predominant during this week’s Laggin Out show. With GTA VI approaching and games like Call of Duty continuing to push the boundaries of graphic effects, YouTube has a considerable financial incentive to stop clutching its pearls over gaming violence. The platform also appears to be loosening its restrictions surrounding fictional drug use in gameplay.
The change provides creators with clearer boundaries, but the crew questioned why YouTube waited this long. Violent games and those streaming them are hardly a new revelation. What has changed is the amount of advertising money likely to arrive with the next generation of blockbuster releases.
YouTube may call it a policy update. The rest of us will call it what it is: violence is suddenly acceptable when there is enough ad revenue attached to it. Apparently, morality has a seven-second timer.
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