Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-5430952-20181103172633/@comment-4010415-20181110012449

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: 1) Chish, YT's policies are not that severe.

3) Chish, the entire point behind showing the public the criminals's faces, is so they know how they look for their own safety and to recognize them more easily. They need to be as up-to-date as possible.

Cinder's face did change.

1.2) Ok....then how did these people get those pics? They're still taken from such a position that you'd think the photographer was right there in the arena. 1. No, it won't get your channel taken down, but it could get the video de-monitized for excessive violence. RT were having trouble with Youtube de-monitizing their animated shows for various reasons, and apparently, your video can get de-monitized for some of the dumbest reasons ever (such as Youtube feeling the capitalization in your video's title is weird). So, they could've feared that showing too much blood would be a definite "This video won't earn you any money" thing.

Honestly, in the US (and, of course, Japan), it's not always considered to be full nudity if the genitals and nipples aren't visible or don't exist. Naruto was considered to be for children even in the US, despite the fact that, in the early episodes, Naruto had a habit of transforming himself into a naked girl barely covered by little white clouds.

But, of course, Youtube is a lot more touchy about such things than the general populus of the US. If you get even a flicker of upskirt in a video game featuring high school students, boom, de-monitized, and your video can possibly become required to be for 18+.

3. Like I said, other people in-universe might not KNOW that Cinder's face has changed. She was "gone" by the time Mistral's police arrived. And honestly, even if RNJRWBY told them "She's wearing a mask on the side of her face and has shorter hair now" (remember, they didn't see her full scar... or her Grimm arm), it's not like the police would have any way to get a more current photo of her. If Haven, for some reason, has cameras installed in that room, then why do the police believe Ozpin's lie about Lionheart?

1.2. Livestream screenshots. Remember that the tournament was streamed live to the whole world, and the cameras somehow got an impressive view of Yatsuhashi's face before he got taken out of the match.