In a related development, YouTube said its effort to crack down on misinformation with more human moderators hit some snags, acknowledging mistakes in deleting some channels in the wake of the Florida school shooting. YouTube's reversal of several enforcement actions against video creators are a … Read More

It may seem like the dream job, but according to YouTube sensation and multi-millionaire Zoella, life in the social media spotlight isn't always easy. The 28-year-old vlogger recently revealed her life away from the cameras is not always what it seems as she opened up about her struggles with anxiety … …

After those words come someone's Academy Awards acceptance speech, which can range from brief to chair-scaling to tear-jerking, helping create an indelible Oscar moment for the winner — think Jennifer Lawrence tripping up the stairs, Roberto Benigni standing atop the theater's seats, Adrien Brody … Read More

It may be of no surprise that the majority of YouTube viewers in the Middle East are youth, some of the most tech-savvy and digital consumers in the world. 80 percent of Saudi millennials visit YouTube once a day, according to a recent report by YouTube revealing that Saudi Arabia …

YouTube has come under fire for the lengths it goes to for diversity, facing a civil lawsuit alleging they stopped hiring white or Asian men for technical positions in 2017. White man Arne Wilberg filed the suit in January 2018 following five years working for Google, and four years as …

A number of airgun and air rifle related YouTube channels have been unceremoniously banned in the days since the February 14 massacre in Parkland, Florida. The vast majority of the accounts taken down were given no advance warning, a wide departure from YouTube's official “three strikes and … Read More

This “video segmentation” tool, as they call it (well, everyone does) is rolling out to YouTube Stories on mobile in a limited fashion starting now — if you see the option, congratulations, you're a beta tester. A lot of ingenuity seems to have gone into this feature. It's a piece …

The Wall Street Journal writes that Google-owned YouTube is being sued by former employee (and white male) Arne Wilberg because of its diversity-oriented hiring practices. “Last spring, YouTube recruiters were allegedly instructed to cancel interviews with applicants who weren't female, black or … Read More

Google AI now can give YouTube videos a wacky background. Machine learning proves its worth for new video effects tech: distinguishing between faces and backgrounds at 100 frames per second. by. Stephen Shankland. March 1, 2018 2:07 PM PST. Google's AI software can detect the subject of a … Read More

YouTube last year stopped hiring white and Asian males for technical positions because they didn't help the world's largest video site achieve its goals for improving diversity, according to a civil lawsuit filed by a former employee. The lawsuit, filed by Arne Wilberg, a white male who worked at Google …