In this video, we cover two main aspects of staying safe as a creator on YouTube: 1) a safety checklist of proactive, preventative steps you can take at any point in your career as a creator, and 2) steps you can take and resources to support you should an incident occur and you need help.

We will show you how to contain the following dangers: account hijacking, hurtful comments, doxxing and boundary violations.

Then we'll talk about what to do: if you've been kidnapped; if someone is impersonating you or your channel; if you're facing threats or violence; and how to take care of yourself and your well-being.

For more information, visit our Creator Safety Center at https://www.youtube.com/creators/safety/.

Advanced protection: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/7519408
Data protection complaint procedure: 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
Report channels, videos and other content: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802027
Find help near you (/"What to do if you need support/"):
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802245

0:00 Introduction
0:50 Proactive and preventive steps
1:05 Account security (hijacking prevention)
1:49 Comment moderation (preventing harmful comments)
2:37 Doxxing prevention
3:41 Drawing boundaries with spectators
4:30 Incident Resources and Support
5:07 Recovery after account hijacking
6:09 Identity change
7:06 Threats
7:35 Well-being

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