System and method for facilitating clearance of online content for distribution platforms

A method for providing clearance workflows for facilitating clearance of online content for distribution platforms, the method being implemented by a computer system including one or more physical processors configured by machine readable instructions, the method comprising:

• obtaining online content hosted over a network from one or more sources, the online content including an individual online content;
• identifying a clearance workflow for the individual online content, wherein the clearance workflow includes an itemized representation of clearance items, wherein clearance items in the itemized representation of clearance items are to be addressed for clearance of the individual online content, the clearance items including clearance events occurring within a duration of the individual online content, wherein individual clearance events are associated with time indications indicating individual points in time when the individual clearance events occur;
• storing the clearance workflow including the itemized representation of clearance items in electronic storage;
• automatically editing the individual online content according to the clearance workflow for the individual online content, wherein automatically editing the individual online content addresses at least one of the clearance items to be addressed for clearance of the individual online content;
• obtaining fulfillment information indicating that one or more of the clearance items included in the clearance workflow have been addressed, wherein the fulfillment information identifies the one or more of the clearance items have been addressed, and wherein the one or more of the clearance items identified by the fulfillment information include the at least one of the clearance items addressed through the automatic editing;
• and
• in a reoccurring manner as the one or more of the clearance items are addressed, updating the clearance workflow stored in the electronic storage for the individual online content, wherein updating the clearance workflow includes removing the one or more of the clearance items identified by the fulfillment information from the itemized representation of clearance items to generate an updated itemized representation of clearance items such that the updated itemized representation of clearance items reflects one or more remaining clearance items that have not yet been addressed.