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Manchester United now playing on YouTube

… speak to them – look out for exclusive footage filmed in a variety of locations. How about Angel Gomes, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford and Chris Smalling visiting Chris Eubank Junior's gym? So what are you waiting for? Head over to YouTube.com/ManUtd – the best new destination for United videos … …

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YouTube deletes video claiming Florida shooting survivor is actor after it becomes top trending clip

YouTube said the video made it to number one of its trending section, which is promoted at the top of its homepage, as the footage came from an authoritative source. In a statement YouTube said: “This video should never have appeared in Trending. Because the video contained footage from an … …

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Mass shooting conspiracy theory video trends on YouTube

YouTube on Wednesday removed a video trumpeting conspiracy theories about the school shooting in Florida that became the top trending clip on the service for several hours. The video showed a news segment from last year that featured David Hogg, a student who survived the shooting last week at … Read …

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Polish central bank paid YouTube stars to make a video about a cryptocurrency crash

The National Bank of Poland (NBP) told CNBC it spent 91,221.99 zloty ($26,764) on Gamellon, a YouTube partner network that has a number of well-known bloggers as part of it, Google, and Facebook's Irish subsidiary. The NBP is "not opposed to the development of blockchain technology.". Read More

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Ex-soldier behind bars for Facebook post wins new trial in YouTube video case

In a rare move, a federal judge is ordering up a new trial for a veteran convicted of a crime for rap lyrics in a YouTube video that threatened violence against a Knox County chancellor. That ruling comes as Franklin Delano “Dale” Jeffries II, 43, of Knoxville sits in jail …

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Trending YouTube video calls Florida school shooting survivor an ‘actor’ — That’s a lie

A top trending video on YouTube Wednesday suggested an outspoken survivor of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is an actor. Calls by student David Hogg for stricter gun laws in the days after last week's massacre have made him the subject of smear campaigns and … Read …

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The vomit-cleaners of YouTube

I chose one of the many YouTube demonstration videos available. Tim Duke, a car valeter from Orem in Utah — cargo shorts, reversed baseball cap — was kneeling in the back of an SUV and briskly demonstrating his own method. Tim was aged about 18 and seemed remarkably habituated to …

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The joy of YouTube is that the content created is content-free

None of us is above YouTube, and nothing is beneath it. We have of course all long since submitted to a universal medium whose sole purpose appears to be the promotion of the universal below-average, but this doesn't mean that there isn't pleasure to be had from watching content created …

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YouTube removes conspiracy video suggesting survivor of Parkland school shooting is actor

A top trending video on YouTube suggesting an outspoken survivor of the Parkland school shooting is actually a “crisis actor” has been taken off the video platform. “This video has been removed for violating YouTube's policy on harassment and bullying,” a note replacing the clip read Wednesday … Read More

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YouTube promoted video fuelling Parkland shooting conspiracy

YouTube was criticised after promoting a video with a title that suggested a teenage survivor of last week's Florida school shooting was a paid actor, the latest sign of the Internet industry's ongoing struggle to suppress conspiracy theories, fake news and bots. The video shows David Hogg, a student who … …