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YouTube Removes True Crime Video From Kendall Rae for Being “Harmful and Dangerous”
True crime could be the latest genre that’s no longer safe on YouTube.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Honored by Forbes Most Powerful Women List for Tackling “Harmful Content”
Wojcicki is also recognized for tweaking YouTube’s algorithm in 2019.
Facebook Ordered to Reinstate Page of Controversial Italian Political Group
The court ruled that Facebook “excluded or extremely limited it from the Italian political debate.”
YouTube Issues Strike to Bearings Channel as It Ramps Up Retroactive Enforcement of Its New Harassment Policy
A three-year old video was also removed.
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.
Reddit Tests “Crowd Control”, a Feature That Lets Mods Suppress Comments and Opinions From Outsiders
Some may dub it “echo chamber” mode.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Suggests a Decentralized Future for Twitter
The idea is somewhat at odds with how Twitter has operated up to this point.
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.
Tom Brokaw Laments Lack of Trust in Journalists in Social Media Era, “We’ve Lost Control”
Brokaw seems to think fake news is something new.
Macron’s Far-Reaching Hate Speech Laws Are Facing Criticism and Challenges
The EU has frozen the bill.
