Tag: YouTube

Big Tech (Big Brother) Strikes Again: Rogan, Malone, and Greene

Big Tech became Big Brother again when it permanently suspended the accounts of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and mRNA platform innovator Dr. Robert Malone, whose interview with Joe Rogan was pulled off YouTube, as we witness more and more interventions by social media companies—and more and more transitions to censor-free sites like Gettr. Hosted…


Australian Govt Must Combat Foreign Interference On Social Media: Inquiry

The Australian government has been urged to act quickly and create a body tasked with tackling foreign interference promulgated on social media ahead of the nation’s 2022 federal election. Large-scale coordinated disinformation campaigns led by the Russian government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have pervaded platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, and YouTube, many…


Sen. Rand Paul Leaves YouTube for Rumble

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Monday announced he’s leaving YouTube as part of a larger effort to break away from Big Tech. “Many in Congress, on the Left and the Right, want to break up or regulate Big Tech, but few of these loud voices have actually stepped up and quit using Big Tech,” Paul…


YouTube TV Reaches Deal to Restore Access to Disney Channels

Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube began restoring access to Walt Disney Co. channels on its platform on Sunday, after the companies reached a distribution agreement to end a two-day blackout. YouTube wrote on Twitter that “we’ve reached a deal with Disney and have already started to restore access to channels like ESPN and FX.” Neither company disclosed…


Disney Optimistic About Renewing Distribution Agreement With YouTube

The Walt Disney Co believes that it can renew its distribution agreement with Alphabet Inc Google’s YouTube to keep ABC, ESPN, and several other networks on YouTube TV, Deadline reports. The current deal will expire on Dec. 17. “We are optimistic that we can reach a deal and continue to provide their YouTube TV customers…


Australian Broadcaster Alan Jones Announces His Return

Australian broadcaster Alan Jones has announced his return with his new online show, “Alan Jones Direct to the People.” The show will be streamed live from Monday to Thursday on Facebook, YouTube, and Jones’ own new website. “This has never been done in Australia before. It is the tomorrow of media,” he told the press…


YouTube Stays on Roku Devices as Companies Strike Multi-Year Deal

YouTube and Roku Inc announced on Wednesday a multi-year pact to end a battle that dragged for months over accusations of anti-competitive conduct and threatened to strip the internet’s biggest video streaming service from tens of millions of TV devices. “Roku and Google have agreed to a multi-year extension for both YouTube and YouTube TV,”…


Joe Robinet Makes the Wilderness Approachable

With 1.5 million subscribers, Joe Robinet’s YouTube channel has become a go-to for people who want to learn about wilderness camping, backpacking, and solo bushcraft. Yet unlike many other outdoorsmen, he doesn’t call himself a survivalist. “I’m not trying to face nature one-on-one and battle it and get by eating bugs,” he told The Epoch…


YouTube Temporarily Suspends Sen. Johnson’s Channel Over Vaccine Injury Panel

YouTube has again suspended Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-Wis.) channel over a roundtable that featured people who say they were injured by COVID-19 vaccines and experts discussing the shots. “For the 5th time this year, YouTube is censoring me from telling you the truth. This time they don’t want you to hear 3.5 hours of stories…


YouTube Announces It Will Hide ‘Dislike’ Counts on All Videos

YouTube announced Wednesday that it will hide dislike counts on all its videos, claiming it wants to curb “creator harassment.” On Wednesday, the Google-owned company said it will make the metric private after testing it earlier in the year and seeing the number of so-called “dislike mobs” decrease. The like button and count will remain visible,…