Disclose and Risk Deletion: YouTube’s Branded Content Trap for Firearms Creators

YouTube’s branded-content rules may force firearms reviewers to choose between disclosing manufacturer relationships and risking removal of videos featuring guns or ammunition. Original illustration by AmmoLand News made with OpenAI.

YouTube’s new Branded Content Policy creates a direct and potentially devastating problem for firearms creators: disclose a manufacturer relationship and risk having the video removed, or conceal that relationship and risk running afoul of federal deceptive-advertising law.

The policy does not prohibit disclosure. It requires it.

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