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Guess which country blocked YouTube globally? Hint: Its name starts with a “P”
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So, you guessed it right. It’s good old Pakistan. Here’s what happened and how it went down. In 2008, the Pakistani government responded to a…
YouTubers Can Now Finally Change Their Channel Name Without Changing Their Entire Google Account
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If your YouTube channel had a name which you, later on, did not prefer or just found it plain embarrassing, well now YouTube just made…
Google releases short documentary on “Mubashir Puttar’s” success story on YouTube
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The world may know him as a phenomenal culinary master who introduces them to centuries-old recipes. Still, Pakistanis know Mubashir Saddique as the village Masterchef…
A brief look at Pakistan’s decade long history of Social Media bans: 8 times & counting
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Pakistan’s digital industry had demanded that the government focus on the country’s digital transformation rather than moving ahead with “Ban-Astan” while also urging for a…
YouTuber Records Himself Trespassing at SpaceX’s Starship Facilities
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A YouTuber named Caesar who runs a small channel called ‘Loco VlogS’ recorded himself entering Space X’s Starship rocket facilities in South Texas last month.…
YouTubers now allowed to use abusive language without losing Demonetization
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Navigating YouTube’s monetization rules can be a big headache for content creators, but YouTube expands its policies for profanity and sensitive content. Previously, YouTube allowed for light…
YouTube considers hiding dislikes to protect creators’ mental well-being
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YouTube has announced it’s experimenting with hiding dislikes to discourage “dislike mobs” from deliberately downvoting videos from creators and channels. The experiment is a different…
YouTube refuses to remove a 3-hour Livestream of the Boulder mass shooting
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YouTube says the platform will not remove a controversial live-streamed video of a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, despite criticism of the streamer’s tactics and…
YouTube is testing automatic product detection in videos
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YouTube is notoriously fond of testing interesting features and running experiments. One of its latest experiments involves testing an automated list of products detected in…
YouTube has removed nearly 30,000 videos for making false claims about COVID-19 vaccines
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According to a recent report by Axios, YouTube removed 30,000 videos that shared false information regarding the COVID-19 vaccination. the details on these takedowns came…
YouTube is adding ‘supervised experiences’ to help parents decide what their kids can watch
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YouTube is adding new parental controls on its application called ‘supervised experiences’ which will allow parents to place certain restrictions on what kind of content…
YouTube blocks chess channel after mistaking ‘black v white’ discussion for racism
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YouTube’s AI algorithm developed specifically for flagging racist content ended up committing an embarrassing gaffe as it blocked the world’s most popular YouTube chess channel,…
YouTube can now be installed as a Progressive Web App (PWA)
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Progressive Web Apps, or PWA’s are websites that use web browser API’s and features, combined with other enhancement strategies to give a local app-like user…
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