YouTube

• YouTube Re-Bans InfoWars Channel After It Temporarily Circumvented The Site’s Terms Of Service
• Twitch Poaches Top YouTube ‘Fortnite’ Player Nick Eh 30 For Exclusive Livestreaming Deal

  Just a few weeks after losing its top streamer Ninja to Microsoft’s livestreaming platform Mixer, Twitch has poached one of YouTube’s eminent Fortnite streamers: Nick Eh 30.

  
• YouTube Makes ‘Cobra Kai’ Free To Kick Off AVOD Era, Unveils New European Slate

  
• YouTube Expands New “Borderline Content”-Hunting Algorithm To The U.K.

  In January, YouTube introduced a new algorithm trained to hunt down “borderline content,” aka videos that don’t actually violate its Community Guidelines, but which can still “misinform users in harmful ways.” The algorithm doesn’t remove said videos from YouTube, but instead prevents YouTube’s recommendation algorithm from spreading them.

  
• Amid Objectionable Content Controversies, Susan Wojcicki Defends “Openness” Of YouTube Platform
• YouTuber Olly Thorn Raises $100,000+ By Livestreaming Shakespeare Readings Around The Clock For 4 Days
• The YouTube Radicalization Pipeline Exists, And It’s Driving Users Toward Increasingly Alt-Right Content (Study)
• 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