YouTube to stop supporting third-party ad serving in EU in May, citing GDPR
YouTube is closing off access to third-party ad serving and pixel tracking globally, just ahead of the date when the European Union's sweeping privacy regulation takes effect next month. “YouTube will no longer support third-party ad serving on reserved buys in Europe beginning May 21, and it will … Read More
YouTube Star Karina Garcia Brings Three Products, Including Slime Kit, To Target Stores
Karina Garcia, whose primary channel reaches 7.5 million subscribers and has accumulated more than one billion views to date, is one of YouTube's biggest stars, and more than any other activity, she's known for making slime. Garcia is at the forefront of the slime video trend on YouTube, and thanks …
YouTube restores rabbi’s channel after censorship accusations
"It has come to my attention that the YouTube channel of the Chief Rabbi of Tzfat, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, has been suspended, and I am addressing you in order to understand why the page on which the rabbi's Torah lessons are removed has been removed and why the content has …
Is YouTube’s Growth Slowing? Yes, But It’s Inconsequential
In a new note from prolific Wall Street wordsmith Brian Wieser, Senior Analyst at Pivotal Research Group, an analysis of Nielsen's Digital Content Ratings is put to the test with YouTube. Daily viewing data from August 2016 through March 2018 was put under Wieser's microscope. He's discovered an … Read More
How YouTube’s Channel Recommendations Push Users To The Fringe
YouTube's channel recommendations have helped "unite the far-right" on the platform and actively promote channels that peddle conspiracy theories, according to new research. Jonas Kaiser and Adrian Rauchfleisch's research paper, "Unite the Right? How YouTube's Recommendation Algorithm … Read More
Court: No, YouTube is not the government
Jack Greiner is a lawyer with the Graydon law firm in Cincinnati. He represents Enquirer Media in First Amendment and media issues. Prager University recently got some bad news from a California federal trial court when the court dismissed its lawsuit against YouTube and its parent company Google. Read More
Fan-Made Recreation of ‘Jurassic Park’ Original Movie Released by Universal
Universal released the short film Thursday on YouTube, which comprises a mélange of live-action and animation (and plenty of homegrown dinosaur props). For Universal, the marketing stunt serves twin purposes: The studio is promoting the film's 25th anniversary as well as the upcoming release of the … Read More
An ex-Google engineer is scraping YouTube to pop our filter bubbles
If you've ever used YouTube, you've probably noticed that it's easy to fall into a sort of viewing trance: you start out watching a funny cat video, and suddenly it's an hour later and you've blown through a bunch more—each one recommended to you on the right side of the …
Colleen Ballinger brings her YOUTUBE alter ego to the Alex Theatre Sunday
Ten years ago, Colleen Ballinger was like millions of other people worldwide who were fascinated by the still relatively new world of YouTube videos. Seeing countless odd people posting videos of themselves that reflected either amazing talents or even more amazing levels of self-delusion, she … Read More
Drug lord El Chapo ‘uploaded torture videos to YouTube, personally executed rival gang members …
Prosecutors have detailed their evidence against Mexican drug lord El Chapo, including that he uploaded torture videos to YouTube, personally executed rival gang members and even smuggled seven tons of cocaine in jalapeno cans. The 90-page memo, filed on Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court, laid … Read More