YouTube

What is YouTube?

YouTube is a user-generated video sharing platform that allows people to discover, watch and share videos. You can create your own channel and subscribe to the channels of other people or organisations. Viewers can rate, comment on and share videos or add them to playlists. Many people use YouTube for video blogging or vlogging. YouTube can also be used to live stream, which is video that is simultaneously broadcast and recorded in real time.

Website: youtube.com

Apps: Android app, Apple iOS app

How do people use YouTube?

Learn more about the benefits and risks associated with how people use video sharing services like YouTube.

YouTube is used for: content sharing, live streaming, messaging/online chat and photo/video sharing.

YouTube Premium, a paid version of YouTube, and YouTube Kids are also available.

How can you report abuse or inappropriate content or ask for content to be removed?

• Report a video
  How to report a video that is inappropriate.
• Report an abusive user
  How to report a user for cyberbullying, inappropriate behaviour or impersonation.
• Report a legal complaint
  Learn how to request the removal of content on legal grounds.
• Report a privacy violation
  How to report a video the violates your privacy or safety.
• Other reporting options
  Find out about other pathways to report or flag content.
• Age restricted content
  Understand how YouTube applies age restrictions to content.
• Community guidelines strikes
  Understand what happens when content is flagged as breaching community guidelines.
• Appealing against video strikes
  How to appeal against community guidelines actions.
• Account and channel terminations
  Outlines what happens when a channel is terminated that is in breach of community guidelines.
• Community guidelines
  The guidelines you are expected to follow when using YouTube.

How can you protect your personal information?

• Privacy settings
  Learn how to make your YouTube account as secure as possible.
• Change video privacy settings
  How to make a video private and restrict how it is shared.
• Hide or show likes and saved playlists
  Learn how to hide your activity and playlists on YouTube.
• Protect your identity
  Advice on how to protect your identity on YouTube.
• Privacy policy
  YouTube, which is owned by Google, follows Google’s privacy policy, including the information they collect about you and how they use your data.
• Adjust advertising settings
  Learn how to manage the types of ads you see on YouTube videos.

Key safety links

• Safety tips
  Tips for staying safe while using YouTube.
• Resources for parents
  Advice for parents and carers about YouTube.
• Help centre
  A searchable database of help topics.