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What actions should YouTube take to prevent channel takeovers and crypto scams?

3 pointsby BobCatabout 2 years ago
I've reported numerous scams, which all use old videos of Elon - can't they use Content Match to prevent those videos from being reposted?

2 comments

wmfabout 2 years ago
They could add a waiting period for channel renames so that it notifies the owner via email and the rename doesn&#x27;t take effect for, say, 24 hours.<p>They could also trivially check for channels being renamed to something like &quot;Tesla&quot; or &quot;Space X&quot;.<p>Live streams containing QR codes or on-screen text mentioning crypto are also suspicious.<p>Live streams with comments and chat disabled are another (weak) signal of fraud.
mdmglrabout 2 years ago
Some of these channels roared massive businesses. So it seems like enterprise identity tools with a robust permissions model.<p>There is a lot of analog here between releasing YouTube videos and releasing software. So certainly an interesting problem to tackle.