Infowars podcasts produced by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones were removed from Apple’s iTunes and its Podcast app on Sunday. In a statement to BuzzFeed News, Apple confirmed that the podcasts were removed for violating its guidelines on hate speech. Five of the six podcasts that Infowars creates will no longer be available for download or …
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Facebook has cracked down on far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones by removing four of his pages, citing breaches of its community standards. The social media site removed the Alex Jones Channel Page, the Alex Jones Page, the Infowars Page and the Infowars Nightly News Page, Facebook said in a blog post Monday. The ban follows Apple’s and Spotify’s removal of his podcasts on …
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Alex Jones, the founder, owner and star of conspiracy site Infowars, has been kicked off YouTube. The Alex Jones Channel, Infowars’ biggest YouTube account with 2.4 million subscribers, now simply bears the message “this account has been terminated for violating YouTube’s Community Guidelines.” YouTube has a “three strikes” policy that terminates accounts after three violations of its community guidelines within …
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Amazon is getting some prime real estate on Comcast’s X1 service. On Thursday, Amazon and Comcast said that they’ll incorporate Amazon’s streaming video service onto X1, the cable company’s high-tech pay-TV service, used by about 62 percent of its customers. The new partnership means Amazon’s library of streaming video will be available and searchable on Comcast X1, like a regular …
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YouTube for Android finally rolled out a dark mode over the weekend, months after it came to iOS. The dimmer display option — which offers an easier viewing experience in low-light conditions — is being automatically applied as it arrives on Android devices, according to 9to5google. It can be turned on and off manually through a toggle in the Settings …
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PepsiCo got a court order in India to have social networks take down posts that say the company’s Kurkure corn puffs contain plastic. PepsiCo obtained an interim order from the Delhi High Court to block these posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, reported Indian site Medianama. The defamation suit reportedly applies to years worth of posts on the social …
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If you don’t use Chrome and you feel YouTube loads slower than it used to or should, you’re not crazy. Your internet connection (probably) isn’t the problem. And neither is your browser. Instead, the culprit is YouTube itself. Last year, Google rolled out a brand-new design for YouTube. This redesign not only brought a dark mode but was part of brand consolidation across …
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A Mozilla engineer says Google’s redesign has made YouTube slower on Firefox and Edge. Chris Peterson, the software community’s technical program manager, tweeted on Tuesday that the video sharing site loads at a fifth of the speed on non-Chrome browsers due to its architecture, as first reported by Sofpedia. YouTube page load is 5x slower in Firefox and Edge than …
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Now playing: Watch this: If you’re not using Chrome, Google’s redesign just made… 5:13 On this podcast, we talk about: How if you’re not watching YouTube on Chrome, expect slowdowns. Facebook launching Watch Party. Apple releasing a patch to fix its slowdown issues for the MacBook Pro. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of …
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YouTube launched an experimental “Explore” tab to guide people to fresh videos and channels on mobile. The tab will show at the bottom of the app’s home screen for 1 percent of those using YouTube on iOS and is designed to let them “broaden their horizons”, according to Tom Leung, the company’s director of product management. “Explore is designed to …
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