YouTube’s link spam situation is so bad that Shorts is banning links
YouTube’s link spam situation is so bad that Shorts is banning links Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeYouTube is taking preventative measures to tackle the increase in scams and spam appearing across its TikTok rival, YouTube Shorts. Starting August 31st, YouTube will gradually make links across Shorts comments, descriptions, and the vertical live feeds unclickable to prevent users from potentially being ex...