Tom Parker
Tom Parker is a founder and lead editor for Reclaim The Net and provides news and analysis on how we can promote free speech, stop censorship, and protect our personal data online.
Apple bans PewDiePie’s new game Poopdie from the App Store
The game is available now for Android but Apple won’t let users download the game for their iPhone.
PewDiePie on YouTube Rewind 2019: “Despite YouTube’s best efforts, YouTube Rewind is still a disaster”
PewDiePie also explained what went wrong and how he would improve it.
YouTube is training thousands of raters to enforce its new harassment policy
YouTube has already removed comedy videos and political commentary videos under this policy.
YouTube purges iDubbbz Content Cop video and comedy videos as it retroactively enforces new harassment policy
Creators had feared that this new policy would trigger a massive purge on the site.
YouTube purge to hit creators with harsh punishments for going “too far” with insults, mockery and even jokes
YouTube creators have been predicting that a December YouTube purge was coming. Here it is.
Comedian Andrew Doyle trolled The Independent into publishing woke parody hoax as fact
Andrew Doyle, the comedian behind Titania McGrath, said these hoaxes reveal that “the social justice ideology has infected our mainstream media.”
The Emmys adds its first-ever category for esports
The category will recognize journalism about competitive video gaming championships and live events.
Instagrammer sentenced to 14 years in prison for plotting web domain takeover at gunpoint
The influencer hired his cousin to steal the domain at gunpoint.
YouTube slammed over its latest COPPA comments, as community points out the whole situation is YouTube’s fault
Many people believe that YouTube caused the problem by collecting data from children.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki denies using keyword blacklists: “We don’t have any list of blacklisted words”
Numerous reports have suggested that YouTube uses keyword blacklists that affect monetization and search.
Richard Lewis slams Twitch CEO Emmett Shear over inconsistent bans: “You are running a circus”
Lewis pointed to numerous examples of Twitch’s inconsistency and warned that it could lead to users exiting the platform.
Corporations are taking over YouTube, 72% of the top 100 channels are now brands or mainstream celebs
80% of the top 100 channels were independent YouTubers in 2010.