Security
Feds charge two men with claiming ownership of others' songs to steal YouTube royalty payments
Alleged scheme said to have netted $20m since 2017
03 Dec 2021 21:54 | 29
Youtube
Articles tagged with Youtube
Security
YouTubers fell for shady 'sponsors' who seized, then sold, accounts
Vid-slingers had been asking how this happened for years, even while their channels were spruiking dodgy crypto
22 Oct 2021 06:28 | 28
Security
Google to auto-enroll 150m users, 2m YouTubers with two-factor authentication
Uh, cool?
06 Oct 2021 00:54 | 81
Off-Prem
A global pandemic and ransomware explosion makes for a bumper quarter at Google parent Alphabet
Chief exec Pichai wants to 'help people get the information they need,' even as YouTube fingered for conspiracy guff
28 Jul 2021 13:45 | 1
Security
Scam-baiting YouTube channel Tech Support Scams taken offline by tech support scam
'It was pretty convincing until the very end,' says host Jim Browning
27 Jul 2021 19:44 | 82
Off-Prem
YouTube acquires Indian social commerce platform Simsim
Short influencer-fronted infomercials may seep into YouTube
21 Jul 2021 04:56 |
AI + ML
YouTube's recommendation engine is pretty naff, Mozilla study finds
It even pushes videos that break the site's own content policies
08 Jul 2021 11:32 | 52
Legal
Euro court rules YouTube not automatically liable for users illegally uploading copyright-protected material
It has to take action on takedowns though, prelim ruling on long-running Sarah Brightman spat finds
23 Jun 2021 22:01 | 13
Personal Tech
In YouTube's world, parental supervision means: 'Everyone sign in to Google, click once, and trust we get it right'
That's what's on offer in new 'supervised' YouTube mode for tweens and teens
26 Feb 2021 02:57 | 15
Security
How I found a bug in YouTube that let me watch private videos I wasn't allowed to, says compsci student
Theft-by-a-thousand-cuts flaw fixed
12 Jan 2021 05:55 | 9
Personal Tech
Trump silenced online: Facebook, Twitter etc balk at insurrection, shut the door after horse bolts and nearly burns down the stable
Even ecommerce platform Shopify permanently shutters Don's shops
07 Jan 2021 21:50 | 173
Updated
World+dog share in collective panic attack as Google slides off the face of the internet
Gmail and co go TITSUP*
14 Dec 2020 13:01 | 117
Personal Tech
Social networks warn Pakistan its new content-blocking laws will hurt economic growth
Good luck with your digital transformation without us on board, says Asia Internet Coalition
11 Dec 2020 03:10 | 8
Personal Tech
YouTube is going to splash adverts all over your videos, and won't pay creators unless there's a big enough audience
Also bans devs from scraping the site for facial recognition fodder
20 Nov 2020 00:34 | 66
Personal Tech
YouTube to world: Move along, nothing to see here … because we’re having an outage
Cute animals rendered useless for two hours as streaming site got the wobbles
12 Nov 2020 04:56 | 8
Software
GitHub warns devs face ban if they fork DMCA'd YouTube download tool... while hinting how to beat the RIAA
No, no, no, you hit it like this *whack*
03 Nov 2020 08:04 | 63
Updated
RIAA DMCAs GitHub into nuking popular YouTube video download tool, says it can be used to slurp music
Did 2020 just loop round to 1999?
23 Oct 2020 23:23 | 110
Video
First analysts, now YouTubers put you on blast. Do you A) take it on the chin or B) up fire up the DMCA-o-tron?
Guess which option this electric truck dreamer chose
03 Oct 2020 13:28 | 32
Personal Tech
YouTube axes crowdsourced captioning: Use our buggy speech-to-subtitle code or pay an approved third party
Gigantic internet radicalization operation calls time on volunteer efforts
30 Sep 2020 11:30 | 20
Personal Tech
The perils of building a career on YouTube: Guitar teacher's channel nearly deleted after music publisher complains
Vid platform has biased its takedown procedures in favour of copyright owners, says lawyer
29 Sep 2020 11:45 | 93
Security
£2.5bn sueball claims Google slurps kids' YouTube browsing habits then sells them on
Video platform is not for under-13s, insists spokesman
15 Sep 2020 17:20 | 14
Personal Tech
Pakistan demands TikTok and YouTube block 'vulgar' content
Calls for more moderation to stop video nasties reaching local eyeballs
01 Sep 2020 05:05 | 15
Bootnotes
Instagram, YouTube 'iron man' marketer first to be nabbed by Feds cracking down on fake coronavirus web cures
Videos claiming to have magic savior pills racked up millions of views amid allegedly fraudulent investment scheme
27 Mar 2020 00:23 | 6
Networks
Hypochondriacs – are your eyes all blurry? It's just YouTube trying to cut video-stream quality worldwide amid the coronavirus pandemic
You can still watch in HD, but, please, maybe not?
25 Mar 2020 00:14 | 17
Personal Tech
Facebook does the right thing for once: Joins Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Reddit, Twitter, YouTube to clean out dodgy COVID-19 info
What took you so long, eh?
17 Mar 2020 05:59 | 36
Bootnotes
Loathed Aussie mining magnate Clive Palmer punts libel sueball at YouTube comedian
But he forgot about the Streisand effect, tsk-tsk
25 Sep 2019 19:00 | 37
Personal Tech
Google, YouTube cough up $170m to make that trifling little thing about slurping kids' info without consent go away
Ad giant gets slap on the wrist, promises not to do it again
04 Sep 2019 23:31 | 10
Personal Tech
Brit couch potatoes increasingly switching off telly boxes in favour of YouTube and Netflix
But still care about catching bent cops
07 Aug 2019 12:44 | 99
Updated
YouTube mystery ban on hacking videos has content creators puzzled
Recent policy remains unclear about what's disallowed
03 Jul 2019 20:27 | 72
Analysis
Bot war: Here's how you can theoretically use adversarial AI to evade YouTube's hard-line copyright-detecting AI
YMMV – and the second M is doing a lot of heavy lifting, here
20 Jun 2019 01:52 | 11
Roundup
Amazon teases package drone, US civil rights folk want facial recog tech ban and AI carumba – YouTube!
Your rapid-fire guide to machine-learning bits and bytes
10 Jun 2019 09:04 | 16
Personal Tech
YouTube's pedo problem is so bad, it just switched off comments on millions of vids of small kids to stem the tide of vileness
But this moneybags web giant is not a publisher, got that?
28 Feb 2019 23:01 | 125
Security
Pewdiepie fanboi printer, Chromecast haxxx0r retreats, says they're 'afraid of being caught'
Somebody call the waaaaaambulance
03 Jan 2019 18:57 | 65
Legal
YouTube fight gets dirty: Kids urged to pester parents over Article 13
Is this copyright battle worth it?
04 Dec 2018 10:50 | 121
Security
Giraffe hacks printers worldwide to promote God-awful YouTuber. Did we read that one right?
Yeah, we don’t know WTF is going on either
01 Dec 2018 00:35 | 167
Personal Tech
YouTube supremo says vid-streaming-slash-piracy giant can't afford EU's copyright overhaul
Editorial oversight contemplated by article 13 creates too much financial risk
12 Nov 2018 20:36 | 89
Updated - Special Report
Article 13 pits Big Tech and bots against European creatives
It's all about YouTube
12 Sep 2018 08:50 | 57
On-Prem
JURI's out, Euro copyright votes in: Whoa, did the EU just 'break the internet'?
No, but not everyone's happy with the changes
20 Jun 2018 13:37 | 94
On-Prem
Cisco cancels all YouTube ads, then conceals cancellation
Blog post shamed video vault, has since been ‘reposted as intended'
11 May 2018 03:31 | 53
Exclusive
Under-fire Silicon Valley to gain new copyright 'safe harbour' in EU, fume critics
Language tweak makes internet giants safer than ever, say rights groups
27 Apr 2018 15:02 | 8
On-Prem
COPPA load of this FTC complaint: YouTube accused of collecting children's data
Privacy groups allege vid-sharing site slaps trackers on under-13s
09 Apr 2018 17:55 | 17
Final update
Furious gunwoman opens fire at YouTube HQ, three people shot
Shooter, enraged by vid biz, kills self as hundreds of staff flee campus
03 Apr 2018 20:36 | 354
On-Prem
YouTube banned many gun vids, so some moved to smut site
The Naked Gun was far funnier than this mess
23 Mar 2018 08:19 | 71
On-Prem
YouTube plan to use Wikipedia against crackpots hits snag
The video site neglected to inform Wikipedia that it will be leeching its labor
14 Mar 2018 23:37 | 34
On-Prem
Ex-stream action: YouTube slays Zombie horde in AdSense battle
Judge double taps class-action complaint against Google's vid emporium
08 Mar 2018 23:12 | 6
Software
Ex-Google recruiter: I was fired for opposing hiring caps on white, Asian male nerds
YouTube wanted 'only' women and other underrepresented groups in coding roles
02 Mar 2018 19:49 | 179
Comment
The YouTube crackdown on fake news: Promoting bonkers Florida school shooting conspiracies
Google, you're doing a heck of a job
21 Feb 2018 20:29 | 63
Legal
Why aren't you being arbiters of truth? MPs scream at Facebook, YouTube, Twitter
Social media titans take heat over kremlebots and fake news
09 Feb 2018 13:02 | 78
On-Prem
YouTube turns off cash tap for automatic video nasties
Beer money channels that made under $100 a year are also out of the Partner Program
18 Jan 2018 06:04 | 54
Legal
Hey. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. Get in here... so we can shake your hands – US Senate cyber-terror panel
So much for that grilling
17 Jan 2018 22:36 | 8
Personal Tech
Q: How do you get YouTube to stop funneling ads to your vids? A: Make jokes next to a dead body
Google-owned biz cancels Logan's run
11 Jan 2018 21:31 | 46
On-Prem
Tired of despairing of Trump and Brexit? Why not despair about YouTube stars instead?
They earned how much?! For doing what?!
08 Dec 2017 23:49 | 181
Bootnotes
YouTuber cements head inside microwave oven
Don't forget to like, subscribe and send a chisel to my PO box
08 Dec 2017 11:07 | 200
On-Prem
Hot growth industry: checking social networks for nasties
YouTube says it'll soon have 10,000, even with machine learning helping out
05 Dec 2017 08:32 | 12
Comment
Better filters won't cure this: YouTube's kids nightmare
What has been seen?
08 Nov 2017 11:39 | 124
Legal
Family's legal battle over YouTube's role in Paris terror murders is paused
Judge gives victim's relatives two weeks to come up with new claims or give up
24 Oct 2017 22:38 | 16
Security
YouTube sin-bins account of KRACK WPA2 researcher
Only to be mysteriously restored hours later
19 Oct 2017 12:33 | 25
Personal Tech
'Alexa, play Charlie Bit My Finger.' I can't do that, Dave. No, really
Google and Amazon clash over YouTube on the Echo Show
27 Sep 2017 14:33 | 29
Software
More are paying to stream music, but YouTube still holds the value gap
Demand's there; compensating artists is another issue
20 Sep 2017 14:23 | 14
Analysis
Vital fair use copyright defense lands – thanks to warring YouTubers
Using someone else's material in your reaction vid is A-OK, says NYC judge
24 Aug 2017 21:19 | 8
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