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YouTube’s trending section shows it has a fake news problem, too
In discussions of the ongoing battle over fake news, we often hear Facebook and Google criticized for playing a hand in spreading false information. And while both have made efforts recently to stem the spread of misinformation on their platforms, they’ve each had some major missteps. YouTube is talked about less often when it comes […]
Op-ed: Logan Paul tases a dead rat, draws YouTube’s harshest crackdown yet
Enlarge / This is Logan Paul if you’ve been spared his videos thus far. (credit: YouTube) Today, YouTube announced that it has temporarily suspended all ads on 22-year-old prankster Logan Paul’s channel, cutting off what is estimated to be nearly $ 1 million in monthly revenue. The crackdown came after Paul pulled a live fish […]
YouTube’s Latest Shake-Up Hits Up-and-Coming Creators the Hardest
YouTube has taken new steps to limit who can profit from views—which may leave the next generation of creators in the lurch. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a6004b127af4c6646bda659/master/pass/Youtube_2_1.jpg
YouTube’s poor AI training led to rise of child exploitation videos
YouTube uses algorithms and human moderators, but it still couldn’t prevent the rise in disturbing, child-exploitative videos on the platform. Why? Well, it’s likely due to various reasons — one of them, according to a BuzzFeed report, is the confusing set of guidelines the company gives its contract workers for rating content. The publication interviewed […]
YouTube’s new music streaming service has some obstacles to overcome (GOOG, GOOGL)
BI Intelligence This story was delivered to BI Intelligence “Digital Media Briefing” subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. YouTube plans to launch a new music streaming subscription service, internally dubbed “Remix,” in March 2018, Bloomberg reports. The service, YouTube’s latest foray in the music streaming space, will include on-demand streaming capabilities, similar to Spotify’s, […]
YouTube’s top 10 videos for 2017 remind us that people watch a lot of ping-pong ball trick shots
Lots of stuff to unpack from the myriad cultural insights offered by this year’s list of top videos from YouTube. Haha, no, I’m just kidding! This year’s list once again reminds us that not only have we developed terrible taste in music, but we spend inane amounts of time watching people perform various idiocies, like […]
Facebook should take a page from YouTube’s playbook
Tom Pennington/Getty Images The World Series was a coming out party for YouTube TV If Facebook is serious about making Facebook Watch a big deal, it needs to plan a similar big TV ad effort. “We need to build this behavior,” said CEO Mark Zuckerberg. If you watched any of the riveting World Series (and […]
YouTube’s Quest to Make TV Work Everywhere
The next generation of YouTube TV is both native to the internet and compatible with the couch. Oh, and it works with your remote. https://media.wired.com/photos/59f3ac9cc1110e5b0fcf412b/master/pass/youtubetv-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
YouTube’s ‘Creators for Change’ premiere at Tribeca’s TV Festival
You can find almost anything on YouTube these days, but with the “Creators for Change” program, the site had a specific goal in mind: Show how its platform could be used for social good. Tonight at the first ever Tribeca TV Festival, YouTube premiered the first three videos from the initiative, touching on topics like […]
