With claims to more than one billion users consuming content in 76 languages, Google's YouTube has become a core part of most media outlets' dissemination strategy. And although there are 88 localized versions of the service, YouTube.com remains the largest and most influential platform for … Read More

Google is rolling out a dark mode to its YouTube mobile apps. Last year, it added the previously hidden ability to change YouTube's background from white to black to YouTube on desktops and laptops. Dark mode is available now for iOS and is coming soon to Android. Here's how to …

At South by Southwest (SXSW), YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced that the company will take on conspiracy theories by linking to information from Wikipedia. This appears to be the latest development in YouTube's previously stated mission to deal with fake news being peddled on its platform. Read More

SAN FRANCISCO – YouTube will begin displaying text from Wikipedia articles and other websites alongside some videos in a couple of weeks as the unit of Alphabet Inc's Google attempts to combat hoaxes and conspiracy theories on the service, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Susan Wojcicki … Read More

YouTube intends to present an alternative viewpoint to videos questioning science or describing conspiracies about events such as the US moon landing. She said information cues would first roll out to topics for which there are a significant number of YouTube videos. "People can still watch the videos … Read More

Maybe it was the body language, with the interviewer leaning forward, consulting a shiny notebook on occasion to draw upon for sharp points, and with the subject of the interview, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, sometimes squinting at the questions as if unclear what was so difficult to understand about … Read …

Wojcicki said the platform is “always exploring new ways to battle misinformation on YouTube” and that Wikipedia would be just one of the third-party sources featured in the companion unit. However, Wikipedia's own breaking news page noted that the site is not well-equipped to handle this type of … Read More

After weeks of YouTube facing scrutiny over the proliferation of conspiracy-theory videos on its service, CEO Susan Wojcicki announced a new strategy to combat misinformation by pointing users to Wikipedia and other third-party sites debunking them. Wojcicki outlined the plan during a session … Read More

Staring at bright screens—especially at night—can be a pain in the butt and/or eyes. And it's difficult to resist the temptation for “just one more video…” when you're settling down for the evening. Thankfully, Google just updated the YouTube app for iOS to include the same kind of “Dark Mode” …

YouTube will begin displaying text from Wikipedia articles and other websites alongside some videos in a couple of weeks as Google attempts to combat conspiracy theories on the service, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Susan Wojcicki, speaking on stage at the South by Southwest Conference in … Read More