Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki says “sorry for the frustration” we caused after announcing mass verification purge
Yesterday creators who have been uploading to the site for over 14 years, creators with million subscribers, and creators who have been featured in YouTube’s promotional posts were told that they would be losing their verification in late October.
YouTube strikes another blow to creators, announces mass verification purge
Yet another policy change that shows YouTube is turning its back on independent creators.
UK NHS trusts sign data sharing contract with Google, raising privacy concerns
Google’s complete takeover of UK company DeepMind mean NHS contracts are now made direct with Google.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to meet with Google and Facebook to crack down on violent content
Ardern highlighted the fact that tech and social media companies never worked with their competitors and that they must do so to prevent online terrorism.
Antitrust scrutiny is leading to Google and Facebook building bridges with legacy media
No one knows for sure if the new policies are a way to mitigate the regulations imposed by governments to end the monopoly of Google and Facebook, who reported having 60% control of digital marketing over the past year.
Tech giants tried but failed to prevent California Consumer Privacy Act
Only five amendments went through and none of them managed to compromise its goal or introduce loopholes that could be exploited in a future by tech giants.
Strikefree Music provides AI-generated music that won’t get you punished by YouTube’s overzealous policies
If your livelihood as a creator depends on YouTube, you are probably aware that it can all be taken away all too easily, thanks to the video giant’s copyright infringement system.
Surgeon sues Googles over negative reviews of their business – Google says it’s their own fault
Google says that the exaggerated tone and type of self-promotion used by the doctor in his ads on Google’s platform were such that it “invited robust public criticism.”
YouTube bans Trump rally livestream broadcaster RSBN from streaming
After amassing over 300 million views since the network started, and having been funded through “super chats” by the live viewers of the broadcasts, the network is now left with a message saying, “Your ability to livestream has been revoked.”
Russia considers complete ban of Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
The signs are pointing in the direction of the likes of Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube being completely blocked in Russia by early 2021.
PewDiePie backtracks on ADL donation, says he was “advised” to do it, fans could tell “something was off”
“I also didn’t know a lot of things that surfaced throughout this whole thing about the charity…I understand why people had concerns about it and these are things that I would have known myself I had just taken my time,” PewDiePie said.
Ted Cruz condemns coordinated online deplatforming of Alex Jones, calls the trend “troubling”
Cruz said he’s not a fan of Jones but that free speech protects everyone.
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