YouTube

• YouTube Expands New “Borderline Content”-Hunting Algorithm To The U.K.
• Amid Objectionable Content Controversies, Susan Wojcicki Defends “Openness” Of YouTube Platform

  YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki today shared her quarterly update letter with creators -- though this iteration honed in on a single philosophical conundrum: how YouTube approaches “openness,” Wojcicki writes, “and how we balance that with our responsibility to protect the community."

  
• YouTuber Olly Thorn Raises $100,000+ By Livestreaming Shakespeare Readings Around The Clock For 4 Days

  But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is a fundraiser, and Olly Thorn is the...east?

  
• The YouTube Radicalization Pipeline Exists, And It’s Driving Users Toward Increasingly Alt-Right Content (Study)

  A new study out of Cornell University has found “strong evidence for radicalization among YouTube users,” and concludes that viewers who consume “mild” radical right-wing content (it cites Joe Rogan, a YouTuber with a talk show and 6.1 million subscribers, as a creator of such “mild” content) often migrate to viewing much more radical alt-right content.

  
• YouTube Shares Trailer For Claire Wineland Documentary
• YouTube Embraces PewDiePie After Two-Year Cold Shoulder, Congratulates Him On 100 Million Subs
• Google Agrees To Meet With The YouTubers Union, But Says It Won’t “Negotiate Their Demands”
• YouTube Updates Child Safety Policies To Remove Adult-Themed Videos Aimed At Kids
• YouTube Disables 210 Channels For Spreading Misinformation About Hong Kong Protests
• YouTube TV To Sell Add-Ons For AMC-Owned Acorn TV, Urban Movie Channel
• Disney Channel To Produce Shortform YouTube Series ‘Shook’ Starring Sofia Wylie
• NBC Gives Lilly Singh A Superpowered Welcome With Hourlong Primetime Special