YouTube reverses course on controversial swearing and monetization policy

The new profanity rules YouTube introduced late last year are being relaxed -- with an update outlining a less restrictive policy that will allow the use of moderate and strong profanity to be used without risking demonetization. The original policy, first introduced in November, would flag any video that used rude language in the first several seconds as ineligible for advertising, with little delineation between "strong" or "moderate" swearing. The policy also seemed to apply retroactively, wi...