YouTube bars racist, sexist and insulting videos

YouTube is taking another step to curb hateful and violent speech on its site.

The video-streaming company owned by Google said it will now take down videos that lob insults at people based on race, gender expression, sexual orientation or other "protected attributes." YouTube will also prohibit veiled threats of violence, taking a step further into moderating what people can say in the millions of videos they create and upload daily.

The company has been criticized by politicians, viewers and video creators for the material it allows on — and bans from — the site. It's been accused of allowing hate speech and extremism and creating spaces for harassment to linger online.

YouTube also announced it would take action against channels that have been found to repeatedly harass people in videos. In many cases, it will "demonetize" the channel, YouTube said, by turning off any ad revenue those videos would normally generate for their creators.