Mark Di Stefano / BuzzFeed: YouTube bans videos that “maliciously insult” people based on their race, gender, or sex, will remove some Steven Crowder’s videos targeting Vox’s Carlos Maza — …
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Greg Bensinger / Washington Post: YouTube claims users spend 70% less time on “borderline” content, like conspiracies, since it tweaked recommendations in January but fails to offer more details — …
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Todd Spangler / Variety: YouTube updates guidelines, easing restrictions on simulated violence in gaming content as long as violent or gory imagery is not the sole focus of a video …
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Ava Kofman / ProPublica: ProPublica claims to have found 57 unlabeled state-sponsored channels on YouTube; after presented with a list, YouTube labeled only 35 of them as such — ProPublica …
Read MoreWeWork says it is laying off around 2,400 employees globally — – The beleaguered office-sharing start-up is laying off 2,400 employees in an attempt to right-size the business. — The …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety: Verizon releases a Stream TV device running Android TV, heavily featuring YouTube TV, with none of Verizon Media’s properties promoted and Netflix app blocked — Verizon …
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Blake Montgomery / The Daily Beast: Google and Twitter approved anti-vaccination ads, with widely debunked claims, submitted as part of a test; Facebook, Snap, and YouTube rejected the ads — …
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Oliver Darcy / CNN: Facebook and YouTube say they are removing content that mentions the possible name of the whistleblower whose complaint prompted Trump impeachment inquiry — New York (CNN)Facebook …
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Donie O’Sullivan / CNN: YouTube has run the Trump ad wrongly accusing Biden of corruption, which was seen 10M-30M times, but Google says it strives to ensure ads are “honest” …
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: YouTube rolls out a new homepage design with larger thumbnails and features like an “add to queue” option, a desktop version of “Don’t recommend channel”, more …
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