The chairman of Canada’s broadcast regulator says it might ask platforms such as YouTube to “manipulate” their algorithms to make Canadian music easier to find, under powers in the proposed online streaming bill. Ian Scott told a Senate committee examining the bill that although the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission would not want to manipulate…
Abandoned by His Dad at 14, Host of a YouTube Channel Is a Father Figure in Living Rooms Worldwide
Your past doesn’t have to determine your future; popular YouTube star Rob Kenney, 58, from Seattle, Washington, is a living example of this. Despite being abandoned by his father when he was just 14, Kenney now serves as a father figure in living rooms across the world through his popular YouTube channel: “Dad, How Do…
Elon Musk Rips Into YouTube for ‘Nonstop Scam Ads’
June 9, 2022
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Elon Musk took aim at YouTube against its “scam ads” on June 7, setting off speculation about another potential acquisition following his attempt on Twitter. The billionaire turned his fire on the Google company in recent Twitter posts on Tuesday, which included a meme mocking what he saw as a double standard in the video…
YouTube Could Be Liable for Unauthorised Uploads If Slow to Act, German Court Rules
June 3, 2022
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BERLIN—Google’s YouTube and other platforms could have to pay copyright damages over unauthorized uploads even if the content was put online by a third party, Germany’s top court ruled. The platforms would be liable only if they did not act quickly to block access once they had learned of illegal uploads, the court said in…
YouTube Says Bill Could Cover User-Generated Content, Despite Minister’s Assurances
YouTube says user-generated content, such as cooking videos made in people’s kitchens, could be regulated by an online streaming law, despite assurances from the heritage minister that this will not happen. Speaking publicly for the first time about Bill C-11, Jeanette Patell, head of government affairs for YouTube Canada, says the draft law’s wording gives…
YouTube Blocks Account of Next Hong Kong Leader, Citing US Sanctions
YouTube has taken down the channel of John Lee Ka-chiu, the sole candidate campaigning for Hong Kong chief executive, citing compliance with U.S. sanctions. Despite running unopposed, Lee began promoting his campaign on YouTube and Facebook. But YouTube, operated by Google, blocked the Beijing-backed candidate’s channel on April 20 in compliance with U.S. sanctions…
Russia Takes Steps to Punish Google Over YouTube Fakes
April 7, 2022
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Russia’s communications watchdog said on Thursday it was taking punitive measures against Google, including a ban on advertising the platform and its information resources, for violating Russian law. Roskomnadzor accused Google’s YouTube video-sharing platform, which has shut out Russian state-funded media globally, of becoming “one of the key platforms spreading fakes (fake images) about the…
Audio Files Being Consumed as ‘Digital Drugs’: Study
March 31, 2022
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A study on the Global Drug Survey 2021 has raised questions on the phenomenon of binaural beats in audio files being consumed as “digital drugs” capable of “eliciting mental and emotional responses” akin to psychoactive drugs. “We’re starting to see digital experiences defined as drugs, but they could also be seen as complementary practices alongside…
YouTube Unblocks Indian News Channel Banned for Reporting Russian Statement
March 29, 2022
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YouTube unblocked Indian news channel WION—which had been banned for reporting Russia’s statement on the Ukraine war—on March 26 after the news channel’s campaign against YouTube’s censorship garnered over 26,000 tweets in support. “After a massive, viewer-led 12-hour campaign that saw over 26k (and counting) tweets in our support, YouTube unblocked WION,” the news outlet…
UK Defence Ministry Insists YouTube Remove ‘Russian Disinformation’ Hoax Videos
The UK government has written to YouTube asking it to remove “doctored” clips of a hoax call about the war in Ukraine featuring Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. British Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Wednesday published a letter it wrote to YouTube the day before, insisting the platform remove or block access to two videos published…
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