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Ofcom describes media literacy as work to improve people's online skills, knowledge and understanding. A plain guide to what that covers, what the regulator says it does about it and how it connects to creators, ads and AI.
What the UK Information Commissioner's Children's Code expects of online services, and what YouTube requires creators to do when young viewers may be watching. A plain guide for creators and the teams around them.
Hold, pause or turn off comments, filter words and links, hide users and review spam: a plain guide to the comment moderation tools YouTube documents for creators, and what each one does.
Who can complain, how a complaint is assessed, what a formal investigation involves and what happens after a ruling: the Advertising Standards Authority's own process, explained in plain English.
Follower numbers are only a starting point. A guide to the factors brands weigh when choosing creators, and how platform matching tools fit into the process.
A creator's channel often looks like one person, but it usually runs on a small team. Here are the roles involved, and how platforms let teams share access safely.
When must an influencer label a post as an ad, and how? A guide to UK, US and EU disclosure guidance, checked against the regulators' own pages on 12 October 2026.
