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YouTube Videos That Taught Buffalo Suspect to Modify His Gun Are Still Online
Some of the videos appear to violate YouTube’s community guidelines banning videos that show how to install gun accessories like high-capacity magazines.
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YouTube Blocks Russian State-Funded Media Channels Globally
YouTube announced Friday that it has begun blocking access globally to channels associated with Russian state-funded media. It had previously blocked them — specifically RT and Sputnik — across Europe. YouTube, which is owned by Google, announced the move in a Twitter post and said that while the change is effective immediately, “we expect our systems to take time to ramp up.”…
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TikTok Shares Your Data More Than Any Other Social Media App — and It's Unclear Where It Goes, Study Says
YouTube and TikTok track users’ personal data more than other social media apps, a recent study says. YouTube mostly keeps the data for itself, while TikTok allows more third parties to collect it.
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YouTube Pulls Senate Candidate Ad Over Election Fraud Claim
A week after Republican Missouri congressman Billy Long released a Senate campaign ad claiming the 2020 presidential election was rigged, YouTube has removed the ad for violating its guidelines.
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Fact Checkers Say YouTube Lets Its Platform Be ‘Weaponized'
More than 80 fact checking organizations are calling on YouTube to address what they say is rampant misinformation on the platform
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YouTube Banned ‘Ghost Gun' Assembly Videos, Yet Many Are Still Up
An NBC News review found dozens of videos, with more than 4.6 million combined views, showing how to make “ghost guns.”
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Meet Jazzy Guerra, an 11-Year-Old Oprah In the Making
Move over, Oprah. Jazlyn Guerra, an 11-year-old from Brooklyn, has interviewed 50 Cent, Daymond John and now Jay-Z for her YouTube show, Jazzy’s World TV. Jazzy joined LX News host Ashley Holt to talk about her favorite interviews and what comes next for the budding superstar journalist.
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Will Smith Gets in Shape Mentally, Physically in New YouTube Series
A new YouTube series from Will Smith has the two-time Oscar nominee looking to get in the “Best Shape of My Life” — but as a trailer for the six-part unscripted series that dropped Friday reveals, it’s about a whole lot more than his physical plan.
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Senators Put YouTube, TikTok, Snap on Defensive on Kids' Use
Senators have put executives of YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on the defensive
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These YouTube Creators Split a $43,700 Per Month Mansion in Los Angeles — Take a Look Inside
YouTube sensation Carter Sharer and the rest of the “RAR Team” of creators live and work in this Bel Air mansion. Take a look inside the team hub, from the backyard trampolines to the candy closet.
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YouTube Cracks Down on Anti-Vaccine Misinformation, Bans Major Accounts
YouTube announced a total ban Wednesday on vaccine misinformation and the termination of the accounts of several prominent anti-vaccine influencers, including Joseph Mercola and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., citing “the need to remove egregious harmful content.”
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Family YouTuber Deletes Account After Criticism Over Video Coaching Son to Cry
Jordan Cheyenne and her 8-year-old had just found out their dog had a potentially deadly illness; then she turned the camera on.
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YouTube Suspends Rand Paul After Misleading Video on Masks
YouTube has suspended U.S. Sen. Rand Paul for seven days after the Kentucky Republican posted a misleading video suggesting face masks don’t prevent infection by COVID-19.
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Dude Perfect Takes Us Inside Their Trick Shot Headquarters
Dude Perfect, YouTube’s sports comedy megastars, were more than just fun and games for a lot of fans who badly needed the laughs as they were locked down during the pandemic. The Dude Perfect guys took LX News Now host Eric Alvarez inside their Texas headquarters to see where the magic happens and learn what they’re up to...
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Trump Sues Twitter, Facebook, Google – and Immediately Begins Fundraising Off the Effort
Trump, who has a history of not following through on legal threats, announced the legal action against Facebook, Twitter and Google from his club in New Jersey.
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Sheriff Sergeant Plays Taylor Swift Song to Avoid Activists' Video Being Put on YouTube
A sergeant with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office may be in trouble after he played one of Taylor Swift’s hit songs on his cell phone while an activist recorded him.
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YouTube Faces Close Scrutiny in Europe's New Google Probe
“YouTube has a strong market position. It is possible that Google makes use of that to favor his services,” a source familiar with the investigation told CNBC.
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‘Charlie Bit My Finger' Viral YouTube Video Sells as NFT for $760,999
The “Charlie Bit My Finger” video, which shows Charlie, a baby, biting the finger of his older brother Harry, who cries out the titular phrase, appears to have since been taken down from YouTube as of Monday morning.
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It's Grandma's Fault Rosanna Pansino Got Into Baking
Youtube star Rosanna Pansino now has a show “Baketopia” on HBO Max. Pansino joined LX News to talk about getting started with her “Nerdy Nummies” video series, and her grandmother’s influence on her baking.
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YouTuber Jeffree Star Hospitalized After ‘Severe Car Accident'
Jeffree Star, a YouTuber who rose to fame for makeup tutorials and beauty videos, is reportedly in stable condition in a Casper, Wyoming hospital.