Peggy K's Creator News

This week YouTube renamed the Inauthentic Content monetization policy Generic or Repetitive Content. They added two new categories of content that violate monetization policies: Unsatisfying or Offputting Content and AI Personas Related to Sensitive Topics. In July 2025  YouTube renamed the Repetitious Content monetization policy Inauthentic Content. This was not a policy change. Instead the update was meant to "clarify that this policy includes content that is mass-produced or repetitive", including new examples. At the time it seemed pretty clear that this was addressing the masses of low-quality AI slop flooding the platform.  This update is a similar clarification. Note that this does not affect the  Reused Content policy . Are these new monetization policies?  YouTube says explicitly that this is NOT a policy change . Instead this is meant to be a better explanation of current policy. They also make cl...

Wildfires are my nightmare. They are fast moving, destructive, and near unstoppable when the winds are strong. My heart goes out to folks in Los Angeles County affected by the current fires (which are still mostly uncontained as I write this). It’s sickening that there are selfish people flying drones into the fire areas, for likes or “content”. One of the big water-dropping Super Scooper planes was seriously damaged by a drone and aircraft have been unable to work in some areas due to unauthorized drone activity. I hope they are penalized. This week the big creator news is Meta’s new moderation policies. There are also updates for YouTube, Medium, WordPress, X and more. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email. Top news and updates this week Meta shifts moderation policy, allows more hateful content, and shifts from 3rd party fact checks to community notes. The YouTube Shorts editor now lets you create or upload Shorts up to 3 minutes long (with l...

  Earlier today  Mark Zuckerberg announced  that Meta would be making big changes to moderation on Facebook, Instagram and Threads, the name of “free expression”. One the one hand, there have been problems with Meta’s mostly automated moderation, and it is good if they are addressing that by hiring additional people for content review. But it’s pretty clear that Meta’s updated Community Standards and moderation policies are designed to align with the incoming Trump administration. The updated content policies mostly focus on allowing content around gender, sexuality and immigration that was previously prohibited as hate speech. Meta is also removing third party fact checking in the US in favor of Community Notes. In a video statement , Zuckerberg calls out “governments and legacy media” that supposedly have been pushing censorship, and suggests that these changes are meant to push back against that and promote free expression. Right. It’s not clear how bad this ...

It’s that time again! Here are my top YouTube updates in 2024. Just about every year since I started my weekly creator recap I have rounded up the biggest changes for YouTube and other Google products. It turns out 2024 was a big year! Note that YouTube is constantly running tests. I mention a few in my summary, but I have mostly focused on features that have launched. Creator Features YouTube Shorts Live Streaming YouTube on TV AI-Powered Features Podcasts Community Guidelines and Policy Updates Monetization My top updates feed right into the Creator Trends for 2024 and into 2025. The new thumbnail test and compare tool i n YouTube Studio. My 2025 wish? Title testing too. The Community tab being made available to all channels, and expanded testing of new Community features. Hopefully the new Communities will be more widely available i...

Updated Google Publisher Policies go into effect on February 16, 2025. The updated policy requires publishers to clearly disclose data collection, sharing and usage in connection with the use of "Google services", taking into account current privacy-enhancing technologies and range of devices where ads may display. If you use AdSense for Content, AdMob or Google Ad Manager, you will have to agree to and abide by the updated terms. You should have received an email from AdSense with the subject line "Update to Google Platforms program policies" with the new policy information.  Google explains: The changes reflect advances in privacy-enhancing technologies (such as on-device processing, Trusted Execution Environments, and secure multi-party computation) and the broader range of surfaces on which ads are served (such as Connected TVs and gaming consoles). They also maintain the obligation on partners to provide transparenc...