Tag: Youtube

Categories USA

YouTube content moderator sues platform over PTSD & depression, hiring lawyers who got Facebook to cough up $52mn

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A former YouTube mod has sued the Google-owned platform, claiming work exposure to child abuse, beheadings, and other vile content led to depression and PTSD. Her lawyers previously forced a large settlement out of Facebook. … Read More >YouTube content moderator sues platform over PTSD & depression, hiring lawyers who got Facebook to cough up $52mn

Categories Asia & Pacific

Pyongyang ‘sends spy messages through YouTube for first time’, South Korea’s media rushes to report – but there’s a caveat

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North Korea has for the first time used a YouTube channel to send coded messages to its spies across the border, South Korean media has reported, apparently falling for a hoax that had nothing to do with Pyongyang. … Read More >Pyongyang ‘sends spy messages through YouTube for first time’, South Korea’s media rushes to report – but there’s a caveat

Categories Russia

Following suspension of Russian ‘Fox News’ imitator, Kremlin warns internet users not to trust YouTube or other Western platforms

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After a Russian TV channel loosely inspired by America’s Fox News was blocked by video-streaming service YouTube earlier this week, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says Western web giants should be treated with a “low degree of trust.” … Read More >Following suspension of Russian ‘Fox News’ imitator, Kremlin warns internet users not to trust YouTube or other Western platforms

Categories World

We got a complaint’: YouTube deletes channels focusing on Crimea & eastern Ukraine, cites ‘terms of use’ violation

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Google has unexpectedly wiped the channels of three Russian-speaking news outlets from its video service YouTube, explaining the decision to one of them by “terms of use violation.” … Read More >We got a complaint’: YouTube deletes channels focusing on Crimea & eastern Ukraine, cites ‘terms of use’ violation

Categories Asia & Pacific

Time to ‘Make in India’? Modi puzzles 137mn followers by saying he may ‘GIVE UP’ Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & YouTube

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India’s internet-savvy PM Narendra Modi said he may soon abandon his highly-trafficked social media pages, prompting an outpouring of posts from supporters begging him to stay, and threats of an exodus to locally-made platforms. … Read More >Time to ‘Make in India’? Modi puzzles 137mn followers by saying he may ‘GIVE UP’ Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & YouTube

Categories USA

Comedian Steven Crowder says YouTube suppressed Tulsi Gabbard search results during Hillary Clinton ‘foreign asset’ row

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Conservative internet personality Steven Crowder has accused YouTube of suppressing search results for 2020 Democratic hopeful Tulsi Gabbard during her recent spat with former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. … Read More >Comedian Steven Crowder says YouTube suppressed Tulsi Gabbard search results during Hillary Clinton ‘foreign asset’ row

Categories Middle East

Top Israeli Expert: US Can’t Defeat Iran in a Conventional War; Absolutely Ridiculous!

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Yakov Kedmi, political figure (Israel) on the Middle East conflict: “In this war of Persians against Arabs, the Persians will win. And this is another problem. It means a stronger Turkey. The Americans won’t remain whole after that war. The Middle East won’t remain whole. If anyone wins, it’ll be Russia.” … Read More >Top Israeli Expert: US Can’t Defeat Iran in a Conventional War; Absolutely Ridiculous!