YouTube targets potential points of trouble

Brands were finding their ads appear on all kinds of under the radar videos

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Logan Paul would not have been caught by the new YouTube advertising restrictions. Nor would PewDiePie. The standards being laid down by YouTube over what videos count as meriting viewership are not going to address the headline controversies that have plagued the platform for over a year.

The new rules are clear, which honestly is something to welcome. In order to be eligible for advertising to appear, a YouTube channel must have at ...