YouTube

• Spanish YouTube Star El Rubius Says He Has “Hit A Wall,” Announces Break From YouTube
• ‘FacePause’ Desktop Extension Automatically Halts YouTube Videos Upon An Averted Gaze

  A Berlin-based developer has conceived an eerily convenient extension for Google Chrome that automatically pauses YouTube clips when a viewer averts his or her gaze.

  
• Egyptian Government Set To Ban YouTube For One Month Six Years After Release Of Anti-Muslim Video

  Nearly six years after the controversial short film 'Innocence of Muslims' first hit YouTube, the video site has been issued a temporary ban in Egypt.

  
• YouTube Has Deleted 30 ‘Drill’ Music Videos For Fueling Gang Violence In The U.K.

  The music videos featured songs in the ‘drill’ genre -- which originated on Chicago’s South Side and has since become popular across the pond, characterized by graphically violent lyrics and ominous trap beats.

  
• Beauty Vlogger Nikita Dragun To Serve As Face Of Morphe’s New Lipstick Line
• Airbnb Is Yet Another Company To Try Out Snapchat-Style ‘Stories,’ With Select Users
• YouTube Star Liza Koshy Answers A Live Reddit AMA In A Car Going 130 MPH
• Will Smith Released A Teaser For His New Music On YouTube
• YouTube’s Live Stream Of The Recent Royal Wedding Drew 11.2 Million Total Viewers
• YouTube’s Messenger Feature, Previously Limited To Mobile, Has Been Spotted On Desktops
• YouTube Confirms Test Of Subscriptions Feed Driven By Algorithm And Not Chronology, Angering Creators
• Lilly Singh Launches Inaugural Campaign As UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador To End Child Violence