diff --git a/app/helpers/better_together/content_helper.rb b/app/helpers/better_together/content_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e4802924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/better_together/content_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'nokogiri'
+require 'uri'
+
+module BetterTogether
+  # Helper methods for content rendering
+  module ContentHelper
+    ALLOWED_TAGS = %w[
+      a abbr b blockquote br cite code dd dl dt em i li ol p pre q s small strong sub sup u ul
+      h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 img span div iframe
+    ].freeze
+
+    ALLOWED_ATTRIBUTES = %w[
+      href title target rel src alt class id width height frameborder allow allowfullscreen
+    ].freeze
+
+    YOUTUBE_DOMAINS = %w[
+      youtube.com www.youtube.com m.youtube.com youtu.be
+      youtube-nocookie.com www.youtube-nocookie.com
+    ].freeze
+
+    def safe_html(html)
+      sanitized = sanitize(html.to_s, tags: ALLOWED_TAGS, attributes: ALLOWED_ATTRIBUTES)
+      fragment = Nokogiri::HTML::DocumentFragment.parse(sanitized)
+      fragment.css('iframe').each do |iframe|
+        src = iframe['src']
+        next unless src
+
+        uri = URI.parse(src) rescue nil
+        iframe.remove unless uri && YOUTUBE_DOMAINS.include?(uri.host)
+      end
+      fragment.to_html.html_safe
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/better_together/content/blocks/_html.html.erb b/app/views/better_together/content/blocks/_html.html.erb
index 67de1b803..92d57d3e6 100644
--- a/app/views/better_together/content/blocks/_html.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/better_together/content/blocks/_html.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 <%= render layout: 'better_together/content/blocks/block', locals: { block: html } do %>
   <%= cache html.cache_key_with_version do %>
-    <%= sanitize_block_html(html.content) %>
+    <%= safe_html(html.content) %>
   <% end %>
 <% end %>
diff --git a/spec/helpers/better_together/content_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/better_together/content_helper_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f207a8e3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/helpers/better_together/content_helper_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+module BetterTogether
+  RSpec.describe ContentHelper, type: :helper do
+    describe '#safe_html' do
+      it 'escapes dangerous tags' do
+        input = "<p>Hello</p><script>alert('xss')</script>"
+        output = helper.safe_html(input)
+        expect(output).to include('<p>Hello</p>')
+        expect(output).not_to include('<script')
+      end
+
+      it 'allows permitted markup' do
+        input = '<p><strong>Bold</strong> and <a href="https://example.com">link</a></p>'
+        output = helper.safe_html(input)
+        expect(output).to include('<strong>Bold</strong>')
+        expect(output).to include('<a href="https://example.com">link</a>')
+      end
+
+      it 'allows youtube iframes' do
+        input = '<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xyz" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>'
+        output = helper.safe_html(input)
+        expect(output).to include('<iframe')
+        expect(output).to include('src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xyz"')
+      end
+
+      it 'allows youtube-nocookie iframes' do
+        input = '<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xyz" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>'
+        output = helper.safe_html(input)
+        expect(output).to include('<iframe')
+        expect(output).to include('src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xyz"')
+      end
+
+      it 'strips non-youtube iframes' do
+        input = '<iframe src="https://evil.com/video"></iframe>'
+        output = helper.safe_html(input)
+        expect(output).not_to include('<iframe')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end