YouTube

• Diary Of A Web Series: Death Of The Web Series (And What Killed It)
• YouTube Emphasizes Its Ban On Birtherism, Deepfakes As 2020 Election Gets Underway

  As the 2020 presidential election kicks off today with the Iowa caucuses, YouTube has put out an official blog post about how it plans to “better support elections,” highlighting relevant parts of its Community Guidelines and announcing an upcoming feature that will provide users with information about candidates.

  
• YouTube Critic Carlos Maza Departs Vox Video Team To Launch Solo Channel

  Carlos Maza has not been shy about his disdain for YouTube in the wake of a firestorm last June in which the platform, in his eyes, botched its handling of homophobic and racist harassment toward Maza at the hands of right-wing commentator Steven Crowder.

  
• This Is Why Researchers Studying Radicalization On YouTube Need To Be Logged In

  At the 2020 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, a team of researchers from two universities presented their conclusion that there is a “radicalization pipeline” on YouTube, shuffling viewers from mildly alt-right content to extreme alt-right content.

  
• Congressional Committee Pens Letter Urging YouTube To Stop “Incentivizing Climate Misinformation”
• YouTube, Facebook, Twitter Try To Crack Down On Coronavirus Conspiracies
• San Francisco Pride Members Have Voted To Ban YouTube From This Year’s Parade
• YouTube Names Viacom Vet Alex Okosi Managing Director Of Emerging Markets, EMEA
• Liza Koshy’s ‘Liza On Demand’ Gets Third Season Order At YouTube Originals
• Top 50 Most Viewed US YouTube Channels • Week Of 1/12/2020
• YouTube Rolls Out Profile Cards, Which Display Users’ Comment Histories (Sort Of)
• YouTube App Introduces New Subscription Feed Filters For ‘Unwatched’, ‘Live’ Videos, More