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YouTube removed 1.9 mn videos in Jan-Mar 2023 in India for community norm violation

Globally, YouTube removed over 6.48 million videos for violating community guidelines

31 Aug 2023 12:15 AM

AA Edit | Widen ambit of fake news fight

The forces which abuse democratic freedoms to undermine the very idea of democracy are dominant in our country, too

20 Aug 2022 12:15 AM

According to YouTube, the latest feature will help users discover new creators and content. (Photo: AFP/File)

YouTube rolls out personalized 'New to you' feed

The new tab is available on the YouTube homepage across mobile, desktop and TV devices

26 Oct 2021 10:47 AM

The company's new rules will also apply to Google ads served as part of the YouTube Partner Program. (Photo: AFP/File)

Google to demonetise YouTube videos on climate misinformation

Google will not only demonetise the content, but will also limit monetisation tools to creators

10 Oct 2021 10:24 AM

There are plenty of videos with good music on YouTube. (Representational image)

How to Easily Convert a YouTube Video into an MP3 file?

YouTube doesn’t let us download our favorite music or video in MP3 format

07 Oct 2021 12:42 PM

Now, when you open a video in the YouTube app on your iPhone, if you close the app (either by swiping up or clicking the home button), the video will continue playing in a small window. (AFP Photo)

YouTube Premium subscribers can now use iOS picture-in-picture feature

It seems the much-demanded feature is finally available though perhaps for a limited time and only for YouTube Premium subscribers currently

25 Aug 2021 6:45 PM

Premium Lite includes ad-free viewing across YouTube's main app. (Photo: AFP/File)

YouTube testing 'Premium Lite' subscription for cheaper, ad-free viewing

Premium Lite is currently being tested in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden

03 Aug 2021 8:50 AM

Shiva Music has entered several languages including Bhojpuri, Khortha, Bangla, Santhali, Ho Munda, Sambalpuri, Odia, and others.

Shiva Music: The Leading Music and Film Productions Brand

It was in 2020 that Shiva Music Amar Bangla received the Gold Button award from Youtube for crossing the mark of 10,00,000 subscribers

29 Jun 2021 3:19 PM

Actress Kaashish Vohra is currently doing a Telugu film under a big production house and also something on a reputed OTT platform.

Actress Kaashish Vohra features in another smashing hit 'Bedardi Se Pyaar Ka'

Breaking records on the internet, the somg has been trending on number 1 on the world’s most subscribed YouTube channel T-Series

17 Jun 2021 6:30 PM

The second part of MeraBhaiTu, titled MeraBhaiTu 2.0 is also coming out very soon on the 16th of June. — By arrangement

SohailMonirulShaikh Portrays The True Qualities Of An Outstanding Digital Creator

One great example is his work MeraBhaiTu, which has over 32 million views on YouTube

15 Jun 2021 9:36 PM

The billions of tax dollars avoided by multinational e-commerce, whilst feeding off the commercial data generated by their customers, often without explicit permission and without compensation and we have a fishbowl of growing global inequity. (Photo: AFP)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | The social media djinn: Excluding and unsocial

India women are 26 per cent less likely to access mobile Internet due to misogyny, harassment and revenge porn

09 May 2021 12:00 AM

Sharon Lowen | View from the Covid cocoon

The inspiration came from an idea to scan my daughter’s childhood photos for a digital birthday gift as I couldn’t give a physical present

31 Jan 2021 12:19 AM

A “YouChoose 2020” interactive voting special will also walk people through the voting process using “memes” such as a tutorial comparing voting to following a recipe and an auto repair video that breaks down the “nuts and bolts” of voting. (Photo | AFP)

YouTube adds information panels to videos to give voters reliable info ahead of US election

As most voters take to voting by post amid the pandemic, YouTube has put out videos on Mail-in Voting to combat posts spreading falsehoods.

24 Sep 2020 5:04 PM

TikTok’s interim CEO Vanessa Pappas proposed a meeting of safety officers from each company to work out details of a collective approach, “which we believe will help us all improve safety for our users”. (Photo | Pixabay - iXimus)

Come together to stop spread of suicide content, TikTok urges Facebook, Google, Snapchat, others

It is proposed that nine social media firms speedily identify violent, graphic content, including suicide, and swiftly notify the others.

22 Sep 2020 7:33 PM

YouTube Shorts will be modified based on user feedback before being made more broadly available.

As YouTube Shorts gets rolled out in India, could it dull desi TikToks' allure?

YouTube Shorts videos are limited to 15 seconds, according to the Google-owned platform used by some 2 billion people worldwide.

15 Sep 2020 6:26 PM

While it is “understandable” that social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter remove content that incites or promotes violence, “they are not currently archiving this material in a manner that is accessible for investigators and researchers to help hold perpetrators to account”, HRW said.

Not enough to remove hate speech, social networks must archive evidence: Human Rights Watch

Online posts could also help document atrocities and abuses such as chemical weapons attacks in Syria and police abuse in the United States.

10 Sep 2020 4:22 PM

In July, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority issued a final warning to Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, ordering it to filter any obscene content. It also blocked the video-streaming app Bigo Live, though the ban was lifted after a few days once the platform agreed to moderate “immoral and indecent content”. Now, its the turn of YouTube.

Pakistan tightens grip on internet, tells YouTube to remove objectionable content

Lawmakers in Punjab passed a bill last month to put publishers in prison if they print or import material with “objectionable” content.

28 Aug 2020 8:16 PM

For decisions on removing content on violent extremism and content endangering child safety, YouTube tolerated a lower level of accuracy that resulted in a tripling of the number of videos pulled for breaking those rules, it said.

Triple the number of YouTube videos removed for endangering child safety, promoting extremism

Software relied on this quarter to “cast a wider net so that content that could potentially harm the community would be quickly removed.”

26 Aug 2020 4:01 PM

Trump has used Twitter in particular to stoke unsubstantiated doubts about mail-in voting, just months before Americans are expected to vote by mail in massive numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic. Google-owned YouTube will take down content aimed at manipulation, including “videos that contain hacked information about a political candidate shared with the intent to interfere in an election,” according to a statement. (Photo | AP)

If Trump loses, social media anticipates a fight, plans strategy to beat back misinformation

Facebook is considering options including a “kill switch” to shut off political advertising after election day to thwart misinformation.

22 Aug 2020 2:18 PM

Alongside pop-ups warning “the way Aussies use Google is at risk”, which began appearing for Australian Google users on Monday, the tech titan also urged YouTube creators worldwide to complain to the nation’s consumer watchdog.

Google drafts YouTubers worldwide in campaign against Australia’s bid to make it pay for news

“The YouTube you know and love is at risk in Australia,” the company tweeted from its YouTube Creators account.

18 Aug 2020 5:23 PM

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