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Stevie Bonifield
YouTube is easing up its ad policy for videos covering ‘controversial issues.’

Videos that include topics like reproductive rights, self-harm, suicide, and abuse will be able to earn more revenue now as long as they don’t include graphic scenes or descriptions, as spotted by Tubefilter.

Previously, videos that even mentioned potentially controversial topics would often be demonetized.

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