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YouTube will start counting a view as soon as a video starts to play, from August 24, lining up with the system used by Instagram, TikTok, and its Shorts videos (www.theverge.com)
8 hours ago YouTube Instagram

YouTube says new creators will need double, or 8,000+, watch hours over the past year or 20M Shorts views in the last 90 days to start earning money from Feb. 1 (techcrunch.com)
7 days ago YouTube

Rockstar says it will show an “extended look” at Grand Theft Auto VI on August 27, premiering on Netflix at 3pm ET before streaming on YouTube at 9pm ET (www.theverge.com)
11 days ago YouTube Netflix

Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro is leading a technological overhaul of Disney+ to close the gap with Netflix and YouTube, including new features like vertical videos (www.bloomberg.com)
18 days ago YouTube Netflix

Peacock to Be Included With YouTube Premium In Major Streaming Tie-Up (news.slashdot.org)
21 days ago YouTube

NBCU and YouTube reach a multiyear deal to include all Peacock content in YouTube Premium subscriptions in the US starting in early 2027 (www.cnbc.com)
21 days ago YouTube

Alphabet reports YouTube's Q2 ad revenue rose 13% YoY to $11.06B, vs. $10.8B est., and Google's ad revenue reached $81.63B, up from $71.34B in Q2 2025 (variety.com)
26 days ago Google YouTube Alphabet

A Florida teenager drops his lawsuit accusing Meta of creating harmful social media features, following settlements with co-defendants TikTok, Snap, and YouTube (www.nytimes.com)
26 days ago YouTube

Snap reaches a deal to settle the second case set for trial over social media harm to minors, following TikTok and YouTube, leaving Meta as the only defendant (www.bloomberg.com)
28 days ago YouTube

Google says users in the US can now link to and interact with some apps in AI Mode, including Instacart, Canva, and YouTube Music (techcrunch.com)
2026-7-17 Google AI YouTube

Hack Reveals Suno AI Music Generator Scraped YouTube, Deezer, and Genius (news.slashdot.org)
2026-7-16 AI YouTube

Study: social networks drove 5.7M+ visits to nudify sites between December 2025 and March 2026, with YouTube accounting for 1.82M and X for 1.3M visits (www.wired.com)
2026-7-15 YouTube

DuckDuckGo's Browser Now Blocks Most YouTube Ads (news.slashdot.org)
2026-7-12 YouTube Browser

Disney+ Explores a Free Tier As YouTube Draws TV Viewers (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-7-11 YouTube

DuckDuckGo updates its browser for iOS, Windows, and macOS to block video ads by default, particularly those on YouTube, based on uBlockOrigin's filter lists (www.engadget.com)
2026-7-8 IOS YouTube Browser

DuckDuckGo browser now blocks YouTube video ads (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-7-8 YouTube Browser

Sports clips' rise on platforms like YouTube has left broadcasters debating whether to use them to attract younger viewers or protect their subscription revenue (www.cnbc.com)
2026-6-28 YouTube

YouTube rolls out changes to Shorts, including adding a setting to double playback speed, eliminating the “dislike” button, and more (techcrunch.com)
2026-6-26 YouTube

YouTube settles a lawsuit ahead of a second California trial over social media harms to minors; Meta, TikTok, and Snap remain defendants (www.courthousenews.com)
2026-6-24 YouTube California

TikTok Shows 3x More AI Slop Than YouTube, Report Finds (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-6-22 AI YouTube

Kapwing: in tests, ~60% of the first 500 TikTok For You videos shown to a new account were AI slop, ~3x the slop shown to a new YouTube user via YouTube Shorts (www.searchenginejournal.com)
2026-6-17 AI YouTube

The UK social media ban will apply to Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X, and will require platforms to stop children from livestreaming (www.bbc.com)
2026-6-15 Facebook YouTube Snapchat Instagram Ban

MrBeast hits 500M subscribers on YouTube, a record for the platform (www.thewrap.com)
2026-6-13 YouTube

YouTube rolls out a new in-app messaging system for sharing videos and having 1:1 conversations; it discontinued its previous Messages feature in 2019 (9to5google.com)
2026-6-11 YouTube

Digital i: YouTube overtakes Netflix in average daily viewing globally, rising from 87.2 minutes in 2024 to 99.1 in 2025, while Netflix fell from 100.5 to 93.4 (www.theguardian.com)
2026-6-4 YouTube Netflix

New Star Wars Movie Falls to #3 Behind Two Movies Directed By YouTube Stars (entertainment.slashdot.org)
2026-6-1 YouTube

Filing: a Kentucky school district secured ~$27M in settlements from Meta, Snap, TikTok, and YouTube in a social media harms lawsuit; Meta paid the most, at $9M (www.reuters.com)
2026-5-30 YouTube

YouTube launches new Premium podcast features, including an AI-powered recommendation tool, an “Auto speed” setting, and a new on-the-go listening mode (techcrunch.com)
2026-5-29 AI YouTube

YouTube adds a “custom feed” to its home page, letting users enter a prompt to create a constantly refreshed feed, available to signed-in users in the US (9to5google.com)
2026-5-28 YouTube

YouTube To Automatically Detect, Label AI-Generated Videos (news.slashdot.org)
2026-5-28 AI YouTube

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