Not having watched the video, it's most likely that the castling rules were not specific enough so people that like to look for loopholes could technically claim promotion to a rook on the e-file would allow it. It wasn't actually a rule.
Vertical castling-rule change
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Has anyone seen this video? Is this true that they changed the rules? https://youtu.be/56OWd2SJ4SM