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Jan 27 • 4 months ago

“IG is a drug”: Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial

A loss could cost social media companies billions and force changes on platforms. ...

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Jan 21 • 4 months ago

Google temporarily disabled YouTube's advanced captions without warning

Google says SRV3 captions were causing playback errors, so it has "temporarily" disabled them. ...

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Dec 19 • 5 months ago

YouTube bans two popular channels that created fake AI movie trailers

Google loves AI content, except when it doesn't. ...

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Nov 19 • 6 months ago

Meta wins monopoly trial, convinces judge that social networking is dead

People are "bored" by their friends' content, judge ruled, siding with Meta. ...

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Nov 17 • 6 months ago

‘His role is to recruit’: the Sheffield-based propagandist for Sudan’s RSF militia

Abdalmonim Alrabea has appeared in hundreds of videos in which he expresses support for paramilitary group accused of committing genocideA British citizen based in Sheffield appeared in a Ti...

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Nov 05 • 6 months ago

YouTube TV’s Disney blackout reminds users that they don’t own what they stream

“This is a hard lesson for us all.” ...

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Nov 01 • 7 months ago

YouTube denies AI was involved with odd removals of tech tutorials

YouTubers suspect AI is bizarrely removing popular video explainers. ...

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Oct 29 • 7 months ago

TV-focused YouTube update brings AI upscaling, shopping QR codes

YouTube seeks a more couch-friendly experience. ...

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Oct 21 • 7 months ago

YouTube’s likeness detection has arrived to help stop AI doppelgängers

Likeness detection will flag possible AI fakes, but Google doesn't guarantee removal. ...

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Oct 09 • 7 months ago

YouTube prepares to welcome back banned creators with “second chance” program

YouTube will evaluate each request individually, but copyright violators need not apply. ...

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Oct 02 • 8 months ago

Revealed: YouTube’s three legal grounds for challenging inclusion in Australia’s under-16s social media ban

Exclusive: Letter released under FoI argues company was denied procedural fairness when it was included in looming law

theguardian.com1 min read

Sep 30 • 8 months ago

YouTube to pay $24.5M to settle Trump lawsuit over account suspension

YouTube agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit President Trump brought in 2021 over the company’s suspension of his account in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, a...

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