'Forcing animals to fight is not allowed on YouTube,' the site's guidelines state

Minecraft and gaming creators were allegedly affected.

A popular YouTube channel dedicated to sharing video game music was recently hit with over a hundred copyright claims, the latest to fall under intense scrutiny as Nintendo appears to be ramping up efforts to prevent the illicit distribution of its music.

Making it easier for creators to earn money

YouTube built its business on keeping users hooked. This has been a gift to extremist groups. An investigation in the company’s second-biggest market found serious consequences.

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.

Moderators say YouTube overrode them when high-profile creators went too far.

Opinion: I worked on AI for YouTube’s "recommended for you" feature. We underestimated how the algorithms could go terribly wrong.

Japanese 'ambient musician' Hiroshi Yoshimura never found fame during his lifetime. But YouTube has changed that.

London police confirmed Saturday that Marina Joyce, a 22-year-old YouTuber who was missing for 10 days, has been found and is "safe and well."

YouTube's creator backlash is occurring as TikTok emerges as a creator favorite.

“We are honoured that ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ has just hit one billion views on YouTube,” Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor explained in a statement.

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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In his first interview, YouTube's UK managing director defends the platform's algorithms.

As Alphabet prepares to report quarterly earnings, investors will largely remain in the dark about one of its most important businesses.

The video giant’s recent travails underscore a basic question: How “neutral” should social-media platforms try to be?

Today's kids are three times more likely to aspire toward a career as a YouTuber rather than an astronaut, according to a new study.

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Today Lee Steinfeld 'Leonhart' discusses launching a successful YouTube channel and raising funds for charity.  At Your Money Geek, we are huge fans of pop culture and side hustles, so whenever someone manages to combine the two together it piques our interest.  When someone manages to turn their side hustle into a full-time gig, we are doubly interested. We are thrilled that Lee Steinfeld aka Leonhart agreed to stop by the blog to discuss his awesome YouTube channel. Lee Steinfeld turned his passion for Pokemon cards into a thriving and successful full-time gig. Whether you are a fan of his