How YouTube Works - Product Features, Responsibility, & Impact

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wonder<br>how YouTube works? </span></h1> </div> <div class="ytr-hero-alpha__content"> <div class="lb-font-body"> <p class="md md-p">Every day, millions of people come to YouTube to be informed, inspired, or just plain delighted. Over time, questions have come up about how YouTube works, so we’ve created this site to provide some answers - and explain what we’re doing to foster a responsible platform the users, creators, and artists who make up our community can rely on.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ytr-hero-alpha__compartment ytr-hero-alpha__compartment--media ytr-hero-alpha-grid__cell ytr-hero-alpha-grid__cell--md-span-12 ytr-hero-alpha-grid__cell--lg-span-7"> <video class="ytr-js-autoplay-video" preload="metadata" autoplay="true" playsinline="true" muted="true" loop="true"> <source src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211201072623im_/https://kstatic.googleusercontent.com/files/4a89e3acaea8be8bf25c4bad465f244b1ec1d7e2c0fee3e6fe1e2360abb83cda82b09a721b096f671a219eba665e4ade3724a682b2a2b05bd76de86a5772f325" type="video/mp4"> <source 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ytr-top-questions-grid__paragraph"> <h2 class="md md-h2">Making YouTube safer</h2> <p class="md md-p">At the heart of our approach are the four Rs - we <strong class="md md-strong">Remove</strong> content that violates our policies, <strong class="md md-strong">Reduce</strong> the spread of harmful misinformation and borderline material, <strong class="md md-strong">Raise up</strong> authoritative sources for news and information, and <strong class="md md-strong">Reward</strong> trusted Creators.</p> </div> <div class="ytr-top-questions-cards-grid"> <div class="ytr-top-questions-cards-grid__cell"> <a class="ytr-article-card" href="/web/20211201072623/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/our-commitments/managing-harmful-content/"> <span class="ytr-flex-row ytr-flex-row--vert-center"> <img lb-auto-init="LBImageLoader" lb-options="{ "_0x": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/u0trDWfXYEdAjjoAnLXPnj9n0jTFeI8zOBTaz63K-jv-Km-8xQ0qYdCCriEkbnveOsN9layXOrGGQjkjB8NkKb3eNqK0f2yu2MT02Q=v3-s51 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experience while you’re using YouTube. So our products help you find what you’re looking for and stay in control of what you see. Meanwhile, our policies explain what you can and cannot do while you’re there, so everyone plays by the same rules.</p> <p class="md md-p">Read on to find out how each of our products and policies work.</p> </div> </article> <div class="lb-grid__cell lb-grid__cell--md-span-12 lb-grid__cell--lg-span-7" data-lb-auto-init="ArticlePage"> <p class="md md-p" md-node-state="empty"><figure class="ytr-media"> <div class="ytr-media-grid ytr-media-grid--reverse"> <div class="ytr-media-grid__cell ytr-media__image-wrapper ytr-media-grid__cell--span-12"> <style> .video-play-btn--uaysbx0esku::before { content: 'Inside YouTube'; } </style> <div class="ytr-media__video-wrapper"> <button class="video-play-btn video-play-btn--title-scrim video-play-btn--uaysbx0esku" lb-auto-init="LBModalTrigger" lb-options="{'modalId':'modal-1'}" video-id="uAYSBx0ESkU" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20211201072623im_/https://i3.ytimg.com/vi/uAYSBx0ESkU/maxresdefault.jpg');" aria-label="Inside 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href="/web/20211201072623/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/product-features/live/"> <span class="lb-font-card-title ytr-section-features-plus__link-text"> YouTube Live </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="lb-expansion-panel__divider"></div> </div> <div lb-auto-init="LBExpansionPanel" class="lb-expansion-panel lb-expansion-panel--light" lb-expansion-panel-options="{'family': 'features-plus-links'}"> <div class="lb-expansion-panel__heading" role="heading" aria-level="2"> <div lb-auto-init="LBExpansionPanelTrigger" lb-expansion-panel-trigger-options="{'family': 'features-plus-links', 'index': 1}" class="lb-expansion-panel__trigger lb-expansion-panel__trigger--user-settings" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-expanded="true" aria-controls="id-panel-2" id="id-panel-header-user-settings"> <span class="lb-expansion-panel__trigger-name"> <span class="lb-font-subtitle lb-font--no-crop ytr-accordion__drawer-title"> User settings </span> </span> <span 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</span> </a> </div> <div class="ytr-list-link"> <a class="ytr-section-features-plus__link" href="/web/20211201072623/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/community-guidelines/"> <span class="lb-font-card-title ytr-section-features-plus__link-text"> Community Guidelines </span> </a> </div> <div class="ytr-list-link"> <a class="ytr-section-features-plus__link" href="/web/20211201072623/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/copyright/"> <span class="lb-font-card-title ytr-section-features-plus__link-text"> Copyright </span> </a> </div> <div class="ytr-list-link"> <a class="ytr-section-features-plus__link" href="/web/20211201072623/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/monetization-policies/"> <span class="lb-font-card-title ytr-section-features-plus__link-text"> Monetization policies </span> </a> </div> <div class="ytr-list-link"> <a class="ytr-section-features-plus__link" href="/web/20211201072623/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/legal-removals/"> <span class="lb-font-card-title ytr-section-features-plus__link-text"> Legal removals </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="lb-expansion-panel__divider"></div> </div> </div> <div class="lb-grid lb-margin-top-m ytr-section-features-plus--desktop"> <div class="lb-grid__cell lb-grid__cell--md-span-12 lb-grid__cell--lg-span-12"> <div class="lb-grid"> <div class="lb-grid__cell lb-grid__cell--sm-span-12 lb-grid__cell--md-span-6 lb-grid__cell--lg-span-4"> <div class="lb-margin-bottom-xs"> <span class="lb-font-subtitle lb-font--no-crop ytr-accordion__drawer-title"> Product features </span> </div> <div class="lb-margin-top-s ytr-list-link"> <a class="ytr-section-features-plus__link" href="/web/20211201072623/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/product-features/search/"> <span class="lb-font-card-title ytr-section-features-plus__link-text"> YouTube Search </span> </a> </div> <div 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href="/web/20211201072623/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/product-features/live/"> <span class="lb-font-card-title ytr-section-features-plus__link-text"> YouTube Live </span> </a> </div> </div> <div class="lb-grid__cell lb-grid__cell--sm-span-12 lb-grid__cell--md-span-6 lb-grid__cell--lg-span-4"> <div class="lb-margin-bottom-xs"> <span class="lb-font-subtitle lb-font--no-crop ytr-accordion__drawer-title"> User settings </span> </div> <div class="lb-margin-top-s ytr-list-link"> <a class="ytr-section-features-plus__link" href="/web/20211201072623/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/user-settings/privacy/"> <span class="lb-font-card-title ytr-section-features-plus__link-text"> Privacy controls </span> </a> </div> <div class="lb-margin-top-s ytr-list-link"> <a class="ytr-section-features-plus__link" href="/web/20211201072623/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/user-settings/ad-settings/"> <span class="lb-font-card-title ytr-section-features-plus__link-text"> Ad Settings 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href="/web/20211201072623/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/overview/"> <span class="lb-font-card-title ytr-section-features-plus__link-text"> Policies overview </span> </a> </div> <div class="lb-margin-top-s ytr-list-link"> <a class="ytr-section-features-plus__link" href="/web/20211201072623/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/community-guidelines/"> <span class="lb-font-card-title ytr-section-features-plus__link-text"> Community Guidelines </span> </a> </div> <div class="lb-margin-top-s ytr-list-link"> <a class="ytr-section-features-plus__link" href="/web/20211201072623/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/copyright/"> <span class="lb-font-card-title ytr-section-features-plus__link-text"> Copyright </span> </a> </div> <div class="lb-margin-top-s ytr-list-link"> <a class="ytr-section-features-plus__link" href="/web/20211201072623/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/monetization-policies/"> <span class="lb-font-card-title ytr-section-features-plus__link-text"> Monetization policies </span> </a> </div> <div class="lb-margin-top-s ytr-list-link"> <a class="ytr-section-features-plus__link" href="/web/20211201072623/https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/policies/legal-removals/"> <span class="lb-font-card-title ytr-section-features-plus__link-text"> Legal removals </span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="ytr-section ytr-section-progress-impact lb-margin-bottom-xl lb-margin-top-l" id="our-progress-and-impact"> <div class="ytr-section__window ytr-section-progress-impact__hero"> <div class="lb-grid"> <article class="lb-grid__cell lb-grid__cell--md-offset-1-span-10 lb-grid__cell--lg-span-8"> <span class="lb-font-weight-600 lb-font-gamma-headline"> Our progress and impact </span> <div class="lb-margin-top-m lb-font-body lb-font-color-grey5"> <p class="md md-p">Find out more about how we’re progressing on our commitment to responsibility and the impact that YouTube has 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