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by hnburnsy 1605 days ago
From Google support...

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9228390

>Requirements To live stream on mobile, you’ll need: At least 50 subscribers. No live streaming restrictions within the last 90 days on your channel. To verify your channel. To enable live streaming. You may need to wait 24 hours before you can start your first live stream. An Android 5.0+ device.

>Why is my mobile live stream’s audience limited? To help aspiring creators while protecting the community, we've created safeguards to limit the spread of potentially harmful content.

Will they implement the same rate limiting for apps in the Play Store or sending emails from new Gmail accounts?

New support articles coming soon...

Why is my app's audience limited? Why is sending emails from Gmail limited? Why is sharing my Google Doc limited?

2 comments

So basically a big old "fuck you" to anyone witnessing a noteworthy event. No citizen journalism allowed.
Presumably it's to stop copyright infringement. People streaming shows and such.
Use twitch? Or any of the other hundreds of live video platorms out there.
Live footage of an event actually happening is “misinformation” from their perspective.