YouTube is expanding its Watch With experiment to more eligible creators, allowing them to broadcast reactions alongside another livestream. Selected mobile users can access the feature through a React live button on…
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Videos about loneliness, living alone and having no social circle are attracting millions of views. The response suggests that many young people have been waiting for someone to say it out loud.…
YouTube has tightened its rules on AI-generated content and who can earn money from it. Creators now have to disclose synthetic voices, faces and events, the platform is removing low-quality AI videos,…
All social media should be built to be safe for children, the UN’s human rights chief has said, after Meta agreed to pay up to $18,000,000,000 to settle a child safety lawsuit…
YouTube Doubles Monetization Bar To 8,000 Watch Hours, Data Shows New Channels Clear It Fast YouTube is doubling the bar to join its Partner Program, and from February 1, 2027, new creators…
YouTube is changing how it counts public views on long-form videos, and from August 24 a view will register the moment a clip starts playing, from the very first frame. The new…
Thousands of lawsuits claiming social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok are built to be addictive can move forward, after a US federal appeals court denied the platforms’ parent companies’ appeal.…
Netflix, Spotify, YouTube and TikTok are converging on the same product: one app holding video, audio, games, shopping and live events. AI is what makes that expansion workable, both in building new…
YouTube viewers are reporting three back-to-back ads where two used to run, mid-roll breaks arriving every three to four minutes and unskippable ad blocks approaching 10 minutes. The complaints cover both the…
YouTube has filed a notice of appeal against a Los Angeles jury verdict that found the platform negligent in the design of its service and liable for harm to a young user,…