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YouTube is working on new policies to prevent creator-on-creator harassment that it will announce later this year, the company said today. The statement was made by Youtubes chief product officer, Neal Mohan, who briefly spoke about the issue at YouTubes VidCon keynote this evening, where both creators and industry insiders were gathered in Anaheim, California.

The news didnt come with any concrete details about what those policies will actually look like, but YouTube said it considers them to be just as important to the YouTube community as any product launch.

Creator-on-creator harassment doesnt have a clear definition, but Mohans announcement comes after a series of incidents that fall under the description. In June, conservative pundit Steven Crowders use of homophobic language to attack Vox host Carlos Maza spawned a heated controversy about how YouTube should moderate speech on its platform and the extent to which it punishes popular creators. The move wasnt spurred by the incident between Crowder and Maza, Mohan told CNET, but its a safe assumption that incidents like it would fall under the new policies, as well as more internal community drama that leads to hurtful videos and amasses worldwide attention.