As our social networks continue to be dominated by algorithmically suggested content, YouTube has faced some serious criticism in recent months over aimed at children, especially within its own YouTube Kids app. To help address these growing concerns, the company is said to be working on a major … Read More
There's a vast amount of information on YouTube, ranging from tutorials to reviews to funny pranks and all the way down to content produced for kids. There's something for everyone, but when you hand a 5-year-old child the keys to all of that, they might stumble on something they shouldn't. …
After months of harsh coverage of the malicious or inappropriate content that keeps popping up on YouTube Kids, ranging from videos of Peppa Pig drinking bleach to David Icke conspiracy rants, Google seems to have partially conceded and is planning on rolling out a human-curated version of the app … Read …
YouTube remembers what it can about us – sometimes a little too much. You have your YouTube and I have mine. They're tailored to us, for better or worse – YouTube's algorithms are set up to figure out what we want to watch, give it to us and have us …
YouTube might have finally figured out a way to keep creepy, exploitative videos away from children using the YouTube Kids app: Human curators. An upcoming, technically-not-yet-confirmed new version of the app eliminates the algorithm that selects which videos show up for viewing. Instead, a team … Read More
The Metropolitan Police confidential database seen by The Times has tracked more than 600 suspects over 1,100 YouTube clips. A total of 32 music videos hosted by Westwood have been identified as potentially inciting violence. More than 50 people have been murdered in London this year alone, … Read More
Radio DJ Tim Westwood recorded a YouTube rap video with a gang in which they apparently celebrated the murder a teenager. Abdullahi Tarabi, 19, was stabbed to death in West London on April 11 last year. Two 17-year-olds accused of the stabbing were cleared last October. Around that time, the … …
YouTube is going to release a Kids app that relies on humans for its algorithm, not a computer. This will be a whitelisted variant of its existing YouTube Kids app and is a way to help parents and children avoid questionable content. The modified version of the app will only …
It was a Friday afternoon, a day before the big show. Visiting Bengaluru and four other Indian cities for the first time, the YouTube team was gearing up for its popular 'Fanfest'. An annual flagship event of the Google-owned company, the fanfest intends to bring creators – a term used …
Statistics from SocialBlade show that Logan Paul is seeing a major decline in his viewers and subscribers on his primary YouTube channel LoganPaulVlogs. This will directly be hitting his earnings, pegged at up to £5.6 million ($7.9 million) a month. The numbers show the slowdown began to bite from … Read …