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How YouTube let’s plays are preserving video game history
It’s a long-observed fact that the phenomenon of the YouTube let’s play has benefits beyond just entertaining viewers and gradually introducing teenagers to neo
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YouTuber gets 15 month prison sentence, $22,000 fine for toothpaste-filled Oreos
YouTube star Kanghua Ren was just handed a 15 month prison sentence and 20,000 euro ($22,300) fine for a January 2017 video. The video, which generated widespread outrage online, found Ren giving a homeless man in Barcelona repackaged Oreo cookies filled with toothpaste.
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This History Teacher Had His Educational YouTube Channel Banned For Hosting "Hate Speech"
“I’m a history teacher, not someone who promotes hatred.”
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Popular YouTuber Etika Dies At 29
Today, police confirmed the death of Desmond “Etika” Amofah, a well-known gaming YouTuber, after discovering him in Manhattan’s East River yesterday evening. Amofah’s body was found two days after police recovered his belongings on the Manhattan Bridge. Last week, he had published a video that appeared like a suicide note.
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YouTube looks to demonetization as punishment for major creators, but it doesn’t work
Steven Crowder’s case is a perfect example.
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The Fight for the Future of YouTube
The video giant’s recent travails underscore a basic question: How “neutral” should social-media platforms try to be?
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YouTube isn't for kids. But kids videos are among its most popular, study finds
The Pew Research Center suggests children's content is among the most popular on YouTube, even though the company discourages children under 13 from using its platform.
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YouTube faces creator backlash
YouTube's creator backlash is occurring as TikTok emerges as a creator favorite.
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YouTube's 'King of Random' Grant Thompson Dead at 38, Paragliding Accident
YouTuber Grant Thompson died in a paragliding accident in Utah Monday night.
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YouTube lets biggest stars off the hook for breaking rules, moderators say
Moderators say YouTube overrode them when high-profile creators went too far.
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YouTube tests letting ad bans be appealed by filming a YouTube video
Making it easier for creators to earn money
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College football player loses scholarship over his YouTube channel
YouTube views can translate into serious dollars, but if you're a student athlete, you may want to think twice about trying to earn money on the platform. A football player for the University of Central Florida has lost his place in the team, and hence his scholarship, due to his YouTube channel. UCF kicker Donald De La Haye runs "Deestroying," which has over 90,000 subscribers and has amassed 5 million views, thus far. It's not the channel itself that cost him his scholarship, though -- it's the fact that he has athletics-related videos on a monetized account.
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YouTube sues alleged copyright troll over extortion of multiple YouTubers
Minecraft and gaming creators were allegedly affected.
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YouTube is deleting videos of robots fighting because of ‘animal cruelty’
'Forcing animals to fight is not allowed on YouTube,' the site's guidelines state
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'Like you've been fired from your job': YouTubers have lost thousands of dollars after their channels were mistakenly demonetized for months
YouTubers can get their entire channels demonetized, losing out on their livelihoods, only for YouTube to restore their channels without explanation.
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YouTube creators have begun shifting channels after FTC fine leaves futures in jeopardy
Creators describe it as "kind of detrimental."
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YouTube creators may lose verified badges as company makes verification program even stricter
YouTube is rolling out changes to its verification program for creators, making it tougher for growing channels to earn a checkmark beside their name and removing verification badges from people who don’t meet the heightened criteria.
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YouTube backtracks on taking badges away from creators after outcry
Almost a complete reversal of new policies
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Billionaire Threatens to Sue YouTuber For Calling Him 'Fatty McFuckhead' and Photoshopping Him as Trump's Baby
Clive Palmer, an Australian billionaire often called the Donald Trump from Down Under, is threatening to sue YouTuber Friendly Jordies for defamation if he doesn’t pay $500,000. The popular YouTube personality and comedian, whose real name is Jordan Shanks, posted a video with the threatening letter he recently received from Palmer’s attorney which, among other things, claims that Palmer was defamed because the YouTuber called him “Fatty McFuckhead” and a “dense Humpty Dumpty.”
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The internet is roasting YouTube's 'Rewind 2019' video, with people calling it lazy and low-budget
YouTube's annual Rewind video was released Thursday, and has already accrued significantly more dislikes than likes from upset users.
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