The YouTube Priority Flagger Programme helps provide robust tools to government agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). These agencies and NGOs are particularly effective at telling YouTube about content that violates our Community Guidelines.
The YouTube Priority Flagger Programme includes:
- A web form that government agencies and NGOs can use to contact YouTube directly
- Visibility into decisions on reported content
- Prioritised flag reviews for increased actionability
- Ongoing discussion and feedback about YouTube content areas
- Occasional online training
Programme eligibility
Government agencies and NGOs are eligible to participate in the YouTube Priority Flagger Programme. Ideal candidates:
- Have identified expertise in at least one policy vertical
- Flag content frequently, with a high accuracy rate
- Are open to ongoing discussion and feedback with YouTube about content areas
Certain organisations, including organisations from countries/regions where there's a history of human rights abuses or speech suppression, may be subject to further review.
How to join the YouTube Priority Flagger Programme
If you represent an NGO or government agency, get in touch with your local point of contact at YouTube or Google.
Tip: Before becoming a Priority Flagger, participants from governments and NGOs must attend a YouTube training session to learn about our Community Guidelines and enforcement processes.
Programme requirements
The Priority Flagger Programme exists to help enforce our Community Guidelines. Participants must:
- Commit to regularly reporting content that may violate our guidelines. YouTube reserves the right to remove any participant who doesn't participate significantly in the programme.
- Be open to ongoing discussion and feedback on various YouTube content areas.
- Sign in to YouTube to flag content as part of the Priority Flagger Programme.
- Give their email address or the email address for at least one individual in their organisation who is the continuous point of contact for the Priority Flagger Programme. We'll send periodic emails about the Priority Flagger Programme to this email address.
All participants in the Priority Flagger Programme are subject to a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
Flag review process
YouTube content moderators review videos flagged by Priority Flaggers according to YouTube's Community Guidelines. Content reported by Priority Flaggers is not automatically removed or subject to any differential policy treatment — the same standards apply for flags received from other users. But, because of their high degree of accuracy, our teams prioritise flags from Priority Flaggers for review.
The Priority Flagger Programme exists exclusively for the reporting of possible Community Guideline violations. It is not a flow for reporting content that may violate local law. Requests based on local law can be filed by following the instructions here.