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YouTube is disabling links on Shorts to cut down on spam


YouTube is disabling links on Shorts to cut down on spam

August 14, 2023 at 11:30 PM

YouTube Shorts is making a change to address the growing issues around spam on the short-form video platform. The company says that starting on August 31st, links that appear in the Shorts comments section, Shorts descriptions, and the vertical live feed will no longer be clickable. This new policy is meant to be a preventative measure that makes it harder for scammers and spammers to mislead and scam users via links.

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