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YouTube blocks account of Hong Kong CE candidate John Lee
YouTube blocked the account of Hong Kong’s sole chief-executive election candidate John Lee to comply with US sanctions. Read more…
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India bans 22 more YouTube channels on national security grounds
India has banned 22 YouTube channels for disinformation on subjects concerning national security and public order. Read more…
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Russia demands Google stop spreading threats via YouTube
Russia has demanded that Google stop spreading what it called threats against Russian citizens on its YouTube video-sharing platform. Read more…
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YouTube has popular investment channels and South Koreans are flocking
Investment channels on YouTube are attracting millions of South Koreans who have jumped into stock market trading over the past year. Read more…
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YouTube blocks all anti-vaccine content – better late than never?
YouTube will block all anti-vaccine content, including content that contains misinformation about other approved vaccines. Read more…
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YouTube suspends Sky News Australia over COVID-19 misinformation
Sky News Australia has been temporarily suspended by YouTube following a review of content for compliance with its COVID-19 policies. Read more…
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YouTube to buy India’s video commerce startup simsim
YouTube to acquire Indian social commerce startup, simsim with an aim to help viewers discover and buy products from local businesses. Read more…
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YouTube removes Xinjiang human rights videos forcing move to Odysee
A Xinjiang human rights group is moving its videos to little-known service Odysee after some were taken down by Google-owned YouTube. Read more…
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Facebook tracking rise in violent rhetoric, YouTube suspends Trump
Facebook has seen an increase in signals indicating potential future acts of violence and YouTube suspends Donald Trump’s channel. Read more…
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Trump returns to Twitter but stays blocked on other social media platforms
Trump returned to Twitter on Thursday as other social media services including Facebook Inc continued to block his accounts. Read more…
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YouTube to ban content targeting individuals using conspiracy theories
YouTube said it was banning content that targets an individual or a group using conspiracy theories such as QAnon or pizzagate. Read more…
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Philippines takes a step closer with bill to tax tech giants
A proposed bill in Philippines to tax tech giants like Facebook, Google and Youtube, and Netflix, has moved a step closer to becoming law. Read more…
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YouTuber tackling taboos in Cambodia – with a dose of feminism
Catherine Harry’s popular vlog on YouTube tackles gender taboos that still pervade her native Cambodia. Read more…
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Advertising growth is slowing – blip, bump or honesty creeping in?
Advertising growth is slowing. Shares in Alphabet dropped significantly after the company announced that advertising on Google and particularly YouTube has slowed. Read more…
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French Muslims sue Facebook & YouTube – massacre streaming
A Muslim group in France is suing Facebook and YouTube, accusing them of inciting violence by allowing the streaming of footage of the Christchurch massacre. Read more…
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YouTube to expand original programming production for more markets
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) – YouTube is creating scripted series and other original programming for international markets including France, Germany, Japan, Mexico and India to try to draw new customers to its paid subscription service, Read more…
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Video creators pressure YouTube to modernize subscription model
ANAHEIM, Calif. (Reuters) – Video makers with millions of subscribers on YouTube expressed frustration at a trade show last week that the service notifies only a portion of their followers about new posts, causing declines Read more…
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Where should telcos sit in the age of ubiquitous video?
Video is running out of control. You could say ‘growing exponentially’ but that would be like saying a firehose is quite a strong stream of water. Video traffic is already the most popular form of Read more…
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YouTube revamps music service to tap local tastes
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – YouTube is hiring music experts across the world to make its revamped music streaming subscription more locally “authentic,” officials at YouTube, a unit of Google, told Reuters on Friday. Music programmers Read more…
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Is the future for YouTube and Facebook as rosy as some suggest?
If you are in the journalism arena you get used to receiving press releases full of statistics. Normally there are headlines in the billions or hundreds of millions and normally about usage of this, take Read more…