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• An ad agency ran a standalone campaign on YouTube Shorts. The results compared favorably to TikTok.
• YouTube family vlogger Ruby Franke, who claimed her children were possessed, enters guilty plea

  Ruby Franke, the Utah mom who ran the 8 Passengers YouTube channel with her family, has plead guilty to four counts of child abuse.

  
• Ninja is hosting a New Year’s Eve special alongside guests like SypherPK and DrLupo

  Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins will ring in the new year with a December 31 event featuring guests like TimTheTatman, BasicallyIDoWrk, and DrLupo.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 12/17/2023

  A channel that combines marble tracks with ASMR sounds is moving on the charts on YouTube Shorts and in our U.S. Top 50 ranking.

  
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 12/17/2023
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Mark Rober’s GlitterBomb is bad for porch pirates (but good for T-Mobile)
• TikTok quietly changed its terms of service. Will need arbitration rules prevent future lawsuits?
• Twitch reverses sexual content policy shift: “We are rolling back the artistic nudity changes”
• Around the World: TikTok makes moves in Indonesia, Italy fines YouTube, and Brazil enacts “crypto tax”
• Millionaires: Drew Talbert’s acting and writing chops come together in viral TikToks
• Kai Cenat’s collab with Nicki Minaj broke a Twitch record with 348,593 concurrent viewers
• Strava seeks social, ecommerce features by hiring YouTube vet as new CEO