YouTube is cracking down on content related to gambling as sports betting and other online prediction markets have taken off in the United States.
The platform announced Tuesday it will no longer allow content that directs users to “unapproved” gambling websites through links, images, text, logos or verbal references. YouTube defines unapproved gambling sites as those that don’t meet local legal requirements and haven’t been reviewed by YouTube or parent company Google. The update builds on YouTube’s existing policy prohibiting linking to external sites that violate its rules, including unapproved gambling sites.
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Source: CNN News
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