YouTube lifted the ban on Justin Timberlake's music video for Tunnel Vision due to its artistic quality after it was briefly removed from the video sharing website earlier in July, ABC News reported.

The video was originally removed on July 3 for its display of topless women dancing in front of the camera while a fully-clothed Timberlake dances in various montages. The seven-minute clips also features images of the singer's face projected onto the naked dancers.

The video was taken off YouTube hours after its debut for violating the YouTube's content policy, but was later uploaded once more with a content warning requiring users to sign in and verify their age. The VEVO video is once more acceptable to YouTube visitors.

YouTube's guidelines state that "Most nudity is not allowed, particularly if it is in a sexual context. Generally if a video is intended to be sexually provocative, it is less likely to be acceptable for YouTube." The Google-owned website is wary of nudity in videos uploaded onto its website, but a Google spokesperson said Timberlake's video was considered an artistic exception.

"While our guidelines generally prohibit nudity, we make exceptions when it is presented in an educational, documentary or artistic context, and take care to add appropriate warnings and age restrictions," the spokesperson said on July 5.

Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines music video was released earlier in the year and also features female nudity, but was not granted by YouTube the same artistic exception Tunnel Vision received. Thicke's uncensored video is still blacklisted by YouTube.

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