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'Very tired' PewDiePie to take break from YouTube
The Swedish star, 29, has been involved in accusations of racism and anti-Semitism in recent years.
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YouTube Created a Generation of Young Stars. Now They Are Getting Burned Out.
Having achieved success, some top influencers are deciding to disconnect from the video-sharing platform, worn down by what some say are the demands of YouTube’s algorithm for fresh content to promote.
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Why the ‘Queen of Shitty Robots’ Renounced Her Crown
YouTuber Simone Giertz gave up wildly popular but barely functioning machines and confronted her fears of imperfection (while facing her own mortality and making an awesome Truckla EV).
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An 8-Year-Old Made $26 Million on YouTube This Year, Topping a 5-Year-Old Who Made $18 Million
Forget lemonade stands. The big money is in children making content for children.
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The rise of EduTube: how social media influencers are shaping universities
Popular vloggers are influencing how students learn and where they study. But are universities keeping up?
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BuzzFeed News is recruiting teenagers to make election-themed TikTok and Instagram videos
Three teens will be crowned ambassadors: "I feel it's really important to pass the mic to them."
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YouTube warns more videos than usual could be removed as content moderation is automated amid coronavirus outbreak
YouTube said Monday that because of reduced in-office work, the platform is relying more on machine learning than on humans to review videos.
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YouTube deletes conspiracy theorist David Icke's channel
YouTube has deleted conspiracy theorist David Icke’s account. The video-sharing site said the 68-year-old violated its policies on sharing information about coronavirus.
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What's up Pyongyang? North Korea experiments with vlogging to fight "fake news"
Mention North Korean propaganda in casual conversation (as you do) and one name is likely to come up: Ri Chun Hee, the hanbok-wearing, effervescent bearer of news, good and bad, on the DPRK’s screens for over four decades.
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‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to become a Spotify exclusive, leaving Apple Podcasts - 9to5Mac
Joe Rogan has announced today that his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience will become a Spotify exclusive starting later this year. The show is currently available on a variety of platforms, with full video versions posted to YouTube. As of today, it sits in second place on the Apple Podcasts charts.
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YouTube makes video chapters official
Creators can chop up the YouTube seek bar into segmented, titled chapters.
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Black YouTubers sue Google
A group of Black YouTubers is suing YouTube and its parent, Google, alleging that the companies discriminate against their videos based on race. The suit claims that YouTube uses its automated tools to "restrict, censor and denigrate" Black creators, hurting their subscribers and revenue, while videos with racist hate speech are hosted and allowed to make money on the site even after being flagged for violating YouTube's rules.
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YouTube will no longer let viewers help creators with subtitles and captions
YouTube is nixing its Community Contributions feature which let users help creators by translating titles, descriptions, closed captions, and subtitles.
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Ryan Kaji, 9, earns $29.5m as this year's highest-paid YouTuber
Ryan’s World ‘child influencer’ also made estimated $200m from branded toys and clothing
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YouTube says it’s getting better at taking down videos that break its rules. They still number in the millions.
The Google-owned video site is blocking millions of videos featuring hate speech and disinformation, but researchers say there’s still more it could do
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YouTube adds a new way to tip creators
A new feature for fans of YouTube creators.
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Why a YouTube Chat About Chess Got Flagged for Hate Speech
AI programs that analyze language have difficulty gauging context. Words such as “black,” “white,” and “attack" can have different meanings.
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The Highest-Paid YouTube Stars: MrBeast, Jake Paul And Markiplier Score Massive Paydays
MrBeast is the new No. 1 with record earnings, and Jake Paul ranks second despite past scandals. Here’s how much these celebs raked in.
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YouTube permanently bans Fox News host Dan Bongino
Fox News Channel host Dan Bongino on Wednesday became among the most-followed conservative personalities to be permanently banned from YouTube, a week after the Google-owned video service said he had posted COVID-19 misinformation.
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YouTuber Hit With Ungodly Number Of Anime Copyright Strikes Gets A Win For Everyone
The Toei and Totally Not Mark fight sparked a new fair use rule on the video platform
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