Scroll through YouTube today and you will run into the same pattern again and again: a synthetic voice gliding over stock video, a top-ten list clipped from a news site, or a slideshow padded with ...

In 2025, YouTube will tighten its Partner Programme rules, targeting channels with 'mass-produced, repetitious, or inauthentic' content. While subscriber and watch-time thresholds remain unchanged, ...

This story was originally published on Social Media Today. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Social Media Today newsletter. After announcing a change to its monetization ...

YouTube recently announced that it will be updating its guidelines for the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) on July 15, to exclude “mass-produced and repetitious” content. This affects creators who earn ...

Meta announced an initiative to crack down on “unoriginal content” on Facebook through a blog post on July 14. The company took action against around 500,000 accounts in the first half of 2025 for ...

YouTube is updating its partner program (YPP) monetisation policy this July to better address the rise of mass-produced and repetitious content on the platform, content the platform says is already ...

Love it or hate it, monetisation is the mechanism that ensures many of your favourite content creators can continue creating content. It is also an aspect of social media platforms that is in constant ...

Some creators are wary of YouTube’s AI slop cleanup, but marketers see it as a win for the platform. On July 15, YouTube updated its creator policies for the YouTube Partner Program, renaming the ...