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YouTube took down 210 channels linked to Hong Kong protests

In the midst of the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, Google announced that it disabled 210 YouTube channels associated with “coordinated influence operations” in…

YouTube to discontinue direct messages feature in September

YouTube on Thursday announced that it will remove the direct messages feature on its platform in September. “We’re constantly reevaluating our priorities and have…

YouTube to stop monetisation of ‘unfair’ manual copyright claims

In an attempt to curb “unfair” and “aggressive” manual copyright claims on its platform, Youtube on Thursday announced further updates to its manual claims…

YouTube’s testing giant thumbnails on its homescreen (and people hate it)

Several users on Reddit and Twitter (spotted by The Verge) on Tuesday spotted bigger thumbnails on YouTube, which the company seems to be testing….

YouTube Super Chat donation feature arrives for South African streamers

Have you always dreamed of having your thoughts and feelings seen by your favourite YouTubers? Well, YouTube on Tuesday expanded its Super Chats donations…

Lollapalooza music festival will stream live on YouTube this weekend. Watch it here

YouTube will live stream “the biggest performances” from the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago all weekend, the company announced on Wednesday. The four-day event,…

YouTube will require timestamps to verify manual copyright claims

YouTube on Tuesday announced that it will now require timestamps on manual copyright claims to specifically indicate where a video is infringing on copyright….

Yes, YouTube is ‘experimenting’ with users’ subscriptions feed

Hold onto your hats, folks. Google’s fixing what isn’t broken again. Facebook did it. Instagram followed. Even Twitter’s done it to an extent. So…

Here’s why Google thinks doubters will love YouTube Music

Google’s taking a big gamble with its new YouTube Music streaming project. The company’s lumping Google Play Music with YouTube’s wealth of music in…

Google’s YouTube Music and YouTube Premium are now official

If something’s not broken and doesn’t need fixing, trust Google to provide a solution. The firm did this with its messaging services — now…

This is South Africa’s hottest music according to YouTube’s Music Charts

YouTube this week announced its new music charts portal, which allows users — and generally interested folk — to gauge which tracks, videos and…

YouTube now ranks the world’s hottest tracks in its ‘music charts’

YouTube might be a video streaming service first and foremost, but it’s also the world’s most popular music distribution tool. So with that in…

YouTube now removes more clips of violence, porn before anyone sees them

YouTube couldn’t wait to tell people just how many videos of extremism and adult entertainment it removed from its platform late last year. Yeah,…

This ‘Kitten Kollege’ YouTube series is the cutest thing you’ll watch today

Okay, so I’m a bit of a mad cat lady. If you ever wanted me to pay attention to something, bury that information in…

3 wounded, shooter kills herself after YouTube HQ shootout

Three people were wounded on Tuesday after a shooting broke out at YouTube’s California headquarters. The shooter later committed suicide. According to a statement,…

YouTube bans videos promoting or selling guns and accessories

YouTube will ban videos that promote guns, gun accessories and educational videos on firearms, the company announced in a relatively silent update. The company…

Watch: Casey Neistat interviews YouTube Head of Business

Popular YouTuber Casey Neistat has been very vocal about the company’s failings in cultivating a healthy platform for users and creators. He’s made multiple videos…

YouTuber boxing match brings in 1.6m viewers

A boxing match between YouTuber rivals KSI and Joe Weller, livestreamed Saturday night, was at its peak watched by 1.6-million viewers. Two days later,…

YouTube CEO offers vague plans for 2018

After a tumultuous 2017, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has published a blog post highlighting the company’s five priorities for 2018 — but the post…

Namibia’s ‘shithole’ video campaign reaches 600m users online

Earlier this month, we uncovered a novel advertising campaign subverting Donald Trump’s “shithole countries” remark. We thought it was pretty damn funny. And it…

YouTube ‘Remix’ music service to launch in March?

YouTube is readying its own music streaming service for debut in March 2018, according to a report by Bloomberg. The service, which is known…

Here are the YouTube videos South Africa was watching in 2017

YouTube this week announced the most watched videos of 2017 worldwide — but there aren’t exactly the videos South Africa was watching. Instead, South Africans were…

[Watch] Top 10 YouTube videos of 2017

YouTube has released its two top 10 lists — one for general content and one for music videos — so without further ado, here are…

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