YouTube Removed Over 100K Videos and 17K Channels in Q2 2019. YouTube detailed the work it put into removing harmful content last quarter, revealing over 100,000 individual videos were removed. That number represents a 5x increase in video removals from Q1 to Q2. In addition, over 17,000 channels and 500 million comments were removed in the same […]
With fashion and beauty content seeing significant increases in viewership across its platform, it makes sense for YouTube to give beauty and style videos their own dedicated focus, in order to better showcase what exactly it has on offer. This week, YouTube is rolling out YouTube.com/Fashion, “a single destination for style content on YouTube”. As explained […]
10000 Years Of History Show That Expecting Big Tech To Self-Regulate Is A Fantasy. Though social media and the big tech companies are relatively young, many citizens and lawmakers are fed up with their abuses. The House of Representatives has undertaken a sweeping antitrust investigation of the industry. People ranging from Senator Elizabeth Warren to Facebook co-founder Chris […]
Google reportedly reached a settlement with the FTC today. Google will allegedly pay between $150 and $200 million to end the FTC investigation into whether YouTube violated a children’s privacy law, Politico reported this afternoon. The FTC reportedly voted along party lines (3-2) to approve the settlement, which will now be reviewed by the Justice Department. The […]
The platform has also introduced new age-based categories. YouTube is set to launch a separate website for children later this week, a support page detailing its latest updates has revealed. It will apparently be the desktop/web version of its existing Kids app, so you could probably expect similar features and safeguards available through the application. The Google-owned video […]
