YouTube updated its terms of service agreement on Nov. 18, announcing it will begin inserting ads into non-monetized videos. YouTube wanted creators to know that this rollout will start in November, which means creators might begin seeing ads pop up in their videos soon.

Its service agreement reminded creators that only those who are in its YouTube Partner Program (YPP) are eligible to receive ad-revenue, as reported by Variety.

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Creators can find this update within the service agreement's section, "Right to Monetize." There, it asks creators to agree to the following terms: "You grant to YouTube the right to monetize your Content on the Service (and such monetization may include displaying ads on or within Content or charging users a fee for access). This Agreement does not entitle you to any payments. Starting Nov. 18, any payments you may be entitled to receive from YouTube under any other agreement between you and YouTube (including for example payments under the YouTube Partner Program, Channel memberships or Super Chat) will be treated as royalties. If required by law, Google will withhold taxes from such payments."

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U.S. creators enrolled in the YPP will now have to file any ad-revenue gained as royalties, and are responsible for collecting documents necessary to do so. YouTube said its creators will be "generally unaffected" by this change; however, it does place more responsibility on creators to maintain documentation. YouTube didn't specify how or when YouTube would let creators know of applicable tax withholdings from the U.S. government and whether or not creators are required to withhold state and federal taxes from royalty payments.

At this time, YouTube failed to provide updates for outside of the U.S. creators on how this new tax filing for ad-revenue might or might not affect them and their online businesses. However, the agreement promised to let international creators know of what update -- if any -- would affect them in 2021.

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YouTube also added a section to its terms of service agreement that asked users to not collect any "personable identifying information," including facial recognition, as it violates their terms of service agreement for its users.  "We take user privacy seriously and want you to feel confident that your data is never being misused," the company wrote.

YouTube last updated its terms of service agreement on Dec. 10, 2019.

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Source: YouTube via Variety