YouTube Continues to Fail Its Queer Creators

The Carlos Maza incident is just the latest in a long history of homophobic ridicule on the platform.

Google is launching YouTube on the Oculus Quest

YouTube VR has been announced as a launch title for Facebook’s Oculus Quest headset, which launches on May 21st — even as Google has stepped back from VR hardware.

YouTube declines to pull videos containing homophobic, racist attacks

YouTube is catching flak for an apparently inconsistent approach to tackling hate speech on its platform. The site has declined to remove videos from right-wing commentator Steven Crowder after Vox host Carlos Maza provided evidence of Crowder using targeted …

How to Give YouTube a 'Classic' Look on Firefox and Chrome

If you feel nostalgic for the way YouTube used to be, or at least how it used to look, it’s possible to go back. An extension called “YouTube Classic” for Firefox and Chrome allows you reskin the web video hub with a retro look shifts that reverts the site to…

YouTube tries to explain its policies on harassment, again

YouTube tries again at explaining its policies on harassment
Over the last few days, there has been a lot of focus on YouTube's inaction when it came to an internet personality harassing Vox host Carlos Maza with anti-gay and racist speech that frequently incited harassment. Tonight the streaming platform released its …

Bill Nye's profanity-laced video goes viral - CNN Video

Bill Nye's profanity-laced video goes viral
Science educator Bill Nye talks climate change with CNN's Brian Stelter and explains why he thinks climate change deniers will be a thing of the past.

Fact Check Any Abortion News You See on Facebook

With more and more states signing abortion bans into law, it’s no surprise that Facebook is crawling with abortion-related misinformation. This time, though, it’s more than a handful of viral links making the rounds; it’s the overwhelming majority of abortion…

West Point graduates most diverse class in history - CNN Video

West Point's diverse grad photo goes viral
The 2019 graduating class at The United States Military Academy features the most African-American women graduating together in the school's history.

Snapchat's Viral Garbage Machine Strikes Again

Snapchat filters—love’em or hate’em, about once a year one goes viral, floods your timeline, and you think to yourself, “Oh yeah, Snapchat still exists.” Read more...

'Rivet' Turns Your Kid's Favorite YouTube Videos Into Books

Android/iOS: My six-year-old has started reading YouTube videos, and I’m cool with it. She’s using a free children’s reading app called Rivet, which was just released. Rivet has a digital library of more than 2,000 books, ranging from a mythical tale about Pe…

Google manually reviewed a million suspected terrorist videos on YouTube

In the first three months of 2019, Google manually reviewed more than a million suspected "terrorist videos" on YouTube, Reuters reports. Of those reviewed, it deemed 90,000 violated its terrorism policy. That means somewhere around nine percent of the millio…

YouTube Music for Android can play your local song collection

If YouTube Music is going to fully replace Google Play Music, it will need to handle many of the features that listeners take for granted -- and now, local playback is one of them. After an initial rollout for some users, YouTube Music's Android app now suppo…

Google is testing shopping links under YouTube videos

Google is looking at more options to boost its bottom line, and one of them seems to be shopping links tucked under YouTube videos. The company is running a test where it displays recommended products along with prices on its video-sharing platform, according…

YouTube VR will be available for Oculus Quest at launch

You won't be lacking in video when the Oculus Quest arrives. YouTube has announced that its VR app will be available for the Quest when the headset debuts on May 21st. There's no mention of technical advantages over the YouTube VR app on the Oculus Go, but th…

How to Find Band-Aids That Match Your Skin Tone

Last week, Dominique Apollon, a vice president of research at Race Forward, tweeted photos of a bandage on his hand—images that went viral for shedding light on issues of inclusion for people of color. Read more...

Australia MP cleared over 'egg boy' clash

Australia 'egg boy' clash: Senator cleared as teenager handed caution
In a viral incident, Fraser Anning had retaliated against a boy who smashed an egg on his head.

New York City Orders Williamsburg Residents to Get Vaccinated for Measles or Face $1,000 Fine

If using the law to corral antivaxxers doesn’t work at first, try, try again. At least, that seems to be the lesson learned by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. On Tuesday, he declared a state of emergency and mandated residents of the Williamsburg neighbor…

Watch women's basketball coach Muffet McGraw's viral remarks on gender equality

Muffet McGraw, the head women's basketball coach at the University of Notre Dame, led her team to a spot in the NCAA championship game on Friday night. Much less importantly, she's had two viral moments this week: her extremely good celebratory dance moves an…

The viral videos that helped me survive high school bullying

In 2000, at the back of my high school physics classroom, there was a computer with access to the internet, and for me, a whole new network of friends. I was one of the very few people who had access to the password and knew how to navigate a little program w…

YouTube wants more YouTubers in its 'Trending' feed

YouTube chief Susan Wojcicki has answered mounting concerns about how it handles content, including who gets the most coveted promotions. She acknowledged feedback that the "Trending" section tended to rehash content "again and again," and vowed that the site…