YouTube users will be given a 24-hour suspension if they post abusive comments.

YouTube is rolling out updates Today’s topic is toxic comments, which violate community guidelines. TechCrunch has reported. It used to report. tools like popups It was originally designed to encourage respectful interactions. However, it is now more assertive with warnings and timeouts.

YouTube will notify users if YouTube finds and removes abusive comments. They will be given a “timeout” and banned from posting any more toxic comments for 24 hours. If users believe their comments shouldn’t have been pulled, they can share that feedback — though YouTube didn’t say if that would help remove the timeout.

YouTube tested the feature before it was released today. It found it to work well. YouTube wrote in a blog post that it had found that warnings/timeouts decrease the chance of users leaving abusive comments again.

YouTube famously It has one of the most toxic comments sections on social media. Additionally, it is overrun by bots offering crypto, fake giveaways and other scams. YouTube stated that it is working to address this problem by improving its automated detection systems and machine-learning models to detect and remove spam. YouTube stated that it removed over 1 billion spammy comments within the first half of 2022. It also noted that its machine-learning models are continually improving as spammers change their tactics.