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Plague Inc game adds a new “fake news” mode
A sign of the times.
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki admits humans reviewers check whether content “makes sense” to be on Trending
Creators have long suspected that a lot of the content on Trending is curated by humans.
YouTube Rewind 2019 tries to win over creators
Viewers are describing it as “lazy” and “boring.”
Pinterest to censor images and content about weddings that took place at a plantation
“We are working to limit the distribution of this content and accounts across our platform…”
Browser extension Pink-Out trolls the trademark trolls
The extension raises awareness of an important topic in a light-hearted way.
PETA call on Twitch to suspend streamer Alinity after repeated “cruelty” with her dog and other pets
PETA say they are calling on Twitch to end the displays of what it says is “cruelty”.
Guardian parody account Shaniqua O’Toole complied with DMCA notice, Twitter still suspended the account
Twitter claims the account violated its rules against “platform manipulation and spam”.
Comedian Pete Davidson makes audience sign NDA that they won’t criticize his performance on social media
You can watch but you can’t talk about it.
Student says he can access celebrity iCloud accounts but Apple won’t pay enough of a bug bounty for the info
The student has previously been rewarded by Apple for finding bugs.
Russia blocks stock photo site Shutterstock
Russia’s heavy-handed approach hits the stock photo industry.
YouTube tells creators to brace for an account purge
YouTube says it’s to delete spam accounts.
Barstool Sports reached over 10,000 paid subscribers in just three days
The independent media group is growing.