YouTube on Wednesday said a new learning special called “BookTube” will feature a panel discussion with Michelle Obama about her memoir Becoming. The special will premiere in March during Women’s History Month. The former first lady will talk about her bestselling book with YouTube creators including Jouelzy, Ariel Bissett, Kat O’Keeffe, Jesse George and …
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YouTube is trying hard to clear out disturbing content. Over the past three days, YouTube has disabled comments on tens of millions of videos and terminated over 400 channels for comments they left on videos, and reported illegal comments to law enforcement, the video platform told creator Philip DeFranco on Wednesday. A YouTube spokesperson has confirmed the numbers in an …
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AT&T on Thursday pulled its advertising from Google-owned YouTube after a blogger demonstrated how comments on the platform were being used by a “soft-core pedophelia ring” to share child exploitation videos. This comes after Disney, Epic Games and Nestle made similar moves Wednesday, Bloomberg News reported. “Until Google can protect our brand from offensive content of any kind, we are removing …
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YouTube is streamlining the three-strikes system it uses to penalize people who post content that violates the site’s community guidelines. Starting Feb. 25, all YouTube channels will receive a one-time warning the first time they post content that violates the rules. There will be no penalty, but the content will be removed. After that, it’s three strikes and you’re out. …
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In a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, three US senators are calling for an investigation into whether US mobile carriers are throttling traffic to certain streaming apps like YouTube and Netflix without telling customers. The letter, sent Wednesday by Democratic Sens. Edward Markey of Massachusetts, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Ron Wyden of Oregon, said that throttling could be a …
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In a post on Tuesday about her 2019 goals, YouTube Chief Executive Susan Wojcicki touted several milestones Google‘s massive video site surpassed last year, and she fessed up to one she wasn’t proud of. “One record we definitely didn’t set out to break was the most disliked video on the Internet,” she said. “Even at home, my kids told me …
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Social media companies are removing hate speech from the internet more quickly and efficiently than ever — in Europe at least. The EU released a report on Monday showing that 89 percent of content flagged to social networks gets analyzed within 24 hours, and that the companies remove 72 percent of content reported as illegal hate speech in total. Social …
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The Super Bowl is live now, and even after halftime, it’s still anyone’s game. It’s a rematch of 2002’s Super Bowl 36, which started the Tom Brady and Bill Belichick dynasty, when the underdog Patriots knocked off the then-St. Louis Rams to win the first Super Bowl in franchise history. Now, Brady and Belichick are seeking their sixth Super Bowl ring. Led …
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YouTube is changing its recommendation system in an attempt to reduce the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories. On Friday, YouTube said it’ll start reducing recommendations of borderline content, or videos that come close to but don’t “quite cross the line” of violating its Community Standards. For example, the company said this’ll include “videos promoting phony miracle cure for a serious …
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This year there’s more ways to stream the Super Bowl live over the Internet than ever. And if you live in Bangor or Reno or Wilmington, you can now add one more to the list. Starting today, YouTube TV is available in 95 additional TV markets, including those three, and will roll out nationwide soon. Until now the $40-per-month service, which …
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