Creator Safety: Proactive and Reactive Steps for Account and Personal Security

In this video, we'll cover two main aspects of keeping yourself safe as a creator on YouTube: 1) a security checklist including proactive and preventative measures you can take at any point in your creator journey, and 2) steps you can take and resources. to support you in the event of an incident and if you need help.

We will see how to help mitigate: account hacking; harmful comments; doxxing; and go beyond the limits.

Next, we'll talk about what to do: if you've been hijacked; if someone steals your identity or that of your channel; if you are the subject of threats or violence; and how to take care of yourself and your well-being

For more information, be sure to check out our Creator Safety Center at https://www.youtube.com/creators/safety/

Advanced protection: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/7519408
Privacy Complaint Process: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/142443
Fix a hacked YouTube account: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/76187
Security check: myaccount.google.com/security-checkup
Account recovery: accounts.google.com/signin/recovery
Reporting channels, videos and other content: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802027
Find help in your area (“What to do if you need help”):
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802245

00:00 Presentation
0:50 Proactive and preventive steps
1:05 Account security (hack prevention)
1:49 Comment moderation (prevention of harmful comments)
2:37 Doxxing Prevention
3:41 Drawing boundaries with spectators
4:30 p.m. Incident resources and assistance
5:07 Account Takeover Recovery
6:09 Identity theft
7:06 a.m. Threats
7:35 a.m. Well-being

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