YouTube

• Journalists Seek Answers To YouTube Users’ Burning Questions In Upcoming Vox Original ‘Glad You Asked’
• YouTube Apologizes, Reverses Course After Creators Balk At Verification Update

  YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki apologized on Friday for an update last week that infuriated countless creators: that YouTube had changed the eligibility requirements surrounding verification, and sent letters to many prominent channels stating their status could be stripped.

  
• Viewers Raise $28K To Help 49-Year-Old Beauty Vlogger In Wake Of Brain Tumor Diagnosis

  Fans are coming together to raise money for beauty YouTuber Samantha Last (known as Samantha Jaelle on the platform) after she revealed she’s been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor.

  
• YouTube Exec Says Some Conspiracy Videos Aren’t “Causing Harm,” And Can Remain Uploaded

  Back in January, YouTube introduced a new term to its lexicon: “borderline content,” aka content that doesn’t blatantly violate its Community Guidelines, but which the platform says can still “misinform users in harmful ways.” The new category seemed laser-focused on minimizing things like conspiracy videos, which YouTube had previously combatted by creating a feature that adds text blocks of actual facts to conspiracy-related content.

  
• YouTube Revamps Verification System With New Look And Eligibility Requirements
• YouTube Testing New ‘Profile Cards’ That Showcase Channel-Specific Comment History
• YouTube To Shutter Its TV-Optimized ‘Leanback’ Feature On Oct. 2
• YouTube’s Abbreviated Subscriber Counts Are Here
• YouTube Will No Longer Count Ads Toward Music Charts, 24-Hour Music Video Debuts
• Christine Sydelko Says She’s Quitting The Internet: “It’s Such A Trivial Job”
• NFL To Kick Off Weekly YouTube Docuseries For 2019 Season Dubbed ‘Game Day All Access’
• YouTube Taps K-Pop Groups TVXQ! And Super Junior For Travel Docuseries