News YouTube says it will start cracking down on videos with clickbait titles in India

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Source: TechCrunch

A lot of YouTube videos have flashy, misleading titles and thumbnails, such as “BREAKING NEWS” or “The president steps down,” to bait the user into watching the video, which has non-related content.

YouTube said Wednesday that it is now cracking down on such videos — especially if videos cover topics like breaking news or current events — starting in India. The company noted that it will also start enforcing stricter rules against clickbait titles and thumbnails in the coming months.

The enforcement will include YouTube removing such videos without issuing a strike against the creator of the channel at the beginning of this program.
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Nice. Hopefully shitty Indian YT channels get warnings or lose monetization on such clickbait videos.
 
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