#trusted flagger

Spam404, The State of YouTube & Moving Forward

Context

Google and/or YouTube have hired a third-party company to help clean up spam, abusive, or malicious content on YouTube. This company is Spam404. Basically, they’ve become the police for the YouTube Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, etc.

This is part of their “Trusted Flagger” or “YouTube Sheriff” program. Spam404 aren’t the only ones involved in this, but they’re the primary group…