- Nov 10, 2017
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WTF?! Considering starting a YouTube channel? Maybe you already have one and are trying to add to your subscriber base. If so, here’s some potentially worrying news: The video platform says it can now ban users it deems “no longer commercially viable.”
The strange rule appeared in YouTube’s new terms of service, which it emailed to users over the weekend. It appears in the “Account Suspension & Termination” section under the “Terminations by YouTube for Service Changes” subheader.
The exact wording of the new terms, set to come into effect in the US on December 10, reads: “YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if YouTube believes, in its sole discretion, that provision of the Service to you is no longer commercially viable.”
The changes to the ToS are supposed to make them “clearer and easier to understand,” yet they’ve had the opposite effect for most people.
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YouTube can now delete accounts that aren't "commercially viable"
The strange rule appeared in YouTube's new terms of service, which it emailed to users over the weekend. It appears in the "Account Suspension & Termination" section...
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