The claim
YouTube would replay ads if users divert their gaze from their screens.
Original review summary
The review found that the image depicting YouTube replaying an ad when a viewer looks away was a satirical design by application developer Soren Iverson, not a real YouTube feature. It reports that YouTube has no mechanism to force viewers to watch ads in their entirety. [S1][S1]
Research date:
Sources and attribution
- [S1] Factcrescendo Sri Lanka original review
Original review · Retrieved October 17, 2026