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Russia Fines Google $20 Billion Trillion Trillion

That's many times the size of the world economy

(Newser) - A Russian court that apparently has a poor grasp of numbers and/or reality has ordered Google to pay an absurdly large fine for blocking Russian channels on YouTube. The court says Google owes 2 undecillion rubles, which works out to $20 decillion, or $20 billion trillion trillion, CNN reports. The...

YouTube 'Madam' Mom Settles for $1.85M With 11 Kids

Tiffany Smith was accused of selling teen daughter Piper Rockelle's underwear, among other things

(Newser) - Eleven teenage content creators have settled a lawsuit with the mother of a YouTube star who they accused of abuse and exploitation. The January 2022 lawsuit from members of Piper Rockelle's "Piper Squad," who created content for Rockelle's popular YouTube channel between 2017 and 2020 without...

Girls Go Into 'Trance' Online, Buy Harmful Skin-Care Products

Dermatologists decry hawking of anti-aging items by social media influencers

(Newser) - When she was in fifth grade, Scarlett Goddard Strahan started to worry about getting wrinkles. By the time she turned 10, Scarlett and her friends were spending hours on TikTok and YouTube watching influencers tout products for achieving today's beauty aesthetic: a dewy, "glowy," flawless complexion. Scarlett,...

Google Was Brainstormed in Susan Wojcicki's Garage
Former YouTube CEO,
Tech Pioneer Dies at 56
obituary
Aug 10, 2024 2:40 PM CDT

Former YouTube CEO, Tech Pioneer Dies at 56

Google was brainstormed in Susan Wojcicki's garage

(Newser) - Susan Wojcicki, who was Google's 16th employee and led YouTube during a period of explosive growth, has died. She was 56 and had battled non-small cell lung cancer for two years, her husband, Dennis Troper, posted on Facebook . Wojcicki was one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley,...

Controversy Swirls Around YouTube's MrBeast

Jimmy Donaldson has ordered a 'full assessment' of his company's culture

(Newser) - MrBeast has ordered a full assessment of the internal culture in his YouTube empire as well as an investigation into "allegations of inappropriate behavior by people in the company," according to a confidential memo obtained by the AP . Addressed to "Team Beast" employees, the message sent Wednesday...

Cable Is No Longer King
Cable Is No Longer King
Jul 18, 2024 7:36 AM CDT

Cable Is No Longer King

Streaming claims new record with 40.3% of TV usage in June

(Newser) - Americans spent more than 40% of their TV time in June on streaming services, a record high not just for streaming but for any single category of viewership, per Variety . Younger viewers now on summer holidays drove a 2.1% increase in overall TV consumption and 6% increase in streaming...

Supreme Court Punts on Social Media Speech Rights

SCOTUS returns cases in Texas and Florida claiming that users were being censored

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Monday kept a hold on efforts in Texas and Florida to limit how Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube, and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users. The justices returned the cases to lower courts in challenges from trade associations for the companies, reports the...

YouTube Star Dies in 'Unfortunate Accident'
YouTube Star Dies in
'Unfortunate Accident'
OBITUARY
Jun 11, 2024 6:14 PM CDT

YouTube Star Dies in 'Unfortunate Accident'

'Comicstorian' Ben Potter was 40

(Newser) - YouTube personality Ben Potter, better known as "Comicstorian," has died less than a month after his 40th birthday. In a post on X , his wife, Nathalie Potter said he "passed away in an unfortunate accident" on Saturday, NBC News reports. She didn't share details of the...

YouTube Tweaks Rules for Watching Gun Videos

Tips for removing firearm safety devices will be limited to people over 18

(Newser) - YouTube is changing its policies about firearm videos in an effort to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users. The video sharing platform owned by Google said Wednesday it will prohibit any videos demonstrating how to remove firearm safety devices. In addition, videos showing homemade guns, automatic weapons,...

He's Now the Undisputed King of YouTube

MrBeast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, has more subscribers than any person or company

(Newser) - He was already the No. 1 individual on YouTube in terms of subscribers. Now MrBeast—real name Jimmy Donaldson—can lay claim to being No. 1, period. Over the weekend, Donaldson overtook the Indian music label T-Series by reaching 269 million subscribers, reports the BBC . The 26-year-old did so by...

Suicide Warning Pulled From Joker Sequel Trailer

YouTube says it was added incorrectly

(Newser) - Warner Bros. released the trailer for the highly anticipated Joker sequel Tuesday evening—and within hours, YouTube issued a content warning. The warning, which was removed Wednesday afternoon, stated: "The following content may contain suicide or self-harm topics. Viewer discretion is advised." Before they could watch the Joker:...

New Deal Will Let Rogan Podcast Air Elsewhere

Per 'WSJ,' controversial podcaster may make up to $250M under new Spotify contract

(Newser) - Not too long ago, after a series of missteps and controversies , Joe Rogan's relationship with the music platform Spotify seemed tenuous . But "for more than three years, The Joe Rogan Experience has consistently been the number-one podcast across the globe," noted a recent Spotify statement—which helps...

After a Gruesome Murder, a Horrifying YouTube Video

Pennsylvania's Justin Mohr accused of decapitating his 'traitor' father, displaying head in online clip

(Newser) - January has come to a gruesome end in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, where a man has been accused of beheading his own father and displaying his head in a grisly YouTube video. Law enforcement sources tell the Philadelphia Inquirer that 32-year-old Justin Mohn was arrested Tuesday night in Fort Indiantown...

YouTube Is the New Chess Club
YouTube
Is the New
Chess Club
Dec 16, 2023 5:30 AM CST

YouTube Is the New Chess Club

Influencers like Levy Rozman are becoming the new face of the game

(Newser) - Levy Rozman ranks 6,689th in the international chess world, but on YouTube, he's No. 1. His GothamChess channel has accrued over a billion views, ranking first on YouTube in chess, according to the New York Times . Rozman's status eclipses the world's No. 4 ranked player (American...

YouTuber Who Staged Plane Crash Learns His Fate

Trevor Daniel Jacob sentenced to 6 months in federal prison

(Newser) - An influencer who staged a California plane crash to make a YouTube video of himself parachuting to safety was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for obstructing the investigation by destroying the wreckage, according to the US Justice Department. Trevor Daniel Jacob, 30, an experienced pilot and skydiver,...

YouTube Lays Down Hammer on Russell Brand

Social media platform won't let comedian, accused of sexual assault, make money off his channels

(Newser) - Russell Brand's agency has bid him farewell , and promoters have called off his remaining comedy tour dates in the UK in the wake of new sexual-assault allegations against him, and now YouTube has delivered its own blow: The social media platform has blocked the 48-year-old comedian's main channel,...

Family YouTuber Arrested on Child Abuse Charges

Viewers have long raised a flag on Utah's Ruby Franke, who offers controversial parenting advice

(Newser) - A Utah mom of six who became popular on her now-defunct YouTube channel for offering parenting advice has been arrested. The AP reports that 41-year-old Ruby Franke was taken into custody on Wednesday on suspicion of aggravated child abuse at the Ivins home of Jodi Hildebrandt, 54, her business partner,...

Influencer's Rant Over French Wine Tour Costs Her
Influencer's Rant Over French
Wine Tour Costs Her
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Aug 20, 2023 7:30 AM CDT

Influencer's Rant Over French Wine Tour Costs Her

'I absolutely want her dead,' Tana Mongeau griped about international wine expert who led tour

(Newser) - A YouTube influencer is finding out the hard way that publicly slamming a French wine tour, including by calling for a wine expert's death, isn't the way to hold onto sponsors. On her Aug. 6 Cancelled podcast , Tana Mongeau got into the weeds on her recent visit to...

NYC Police Battle Crowd Drawn by Streamer's Giveaway

Twitch personality's promise of free gaming consoles, PlayStations attracts thousands to Union Square

(Newser) - Thousands of people filled Manhattan's Union Square on Friday afternoon for an internet personality's hyped giveaway that got out of hand, with some in the crowd clambering on vehicles, hurling chairs, and throwing punches, leaving police struggling to rein in the chaos. Aerial TV news footage showed a...

YouTube Stops Removing Fraud Claims on 2020 Vote
YouTube Flips on Election Lies
Jun 2, 2023 5:30 PM CDT

YouTube Flips on Election Lies

Company says policy enacted in 2020 could curb political speech

(Newser) - YouTube has reversed, effective immediately, the election integrity policy it enacted in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential vote. The company said leaving the policy in place for the next election could result in "curtailing political speech without meaningfully reducing the risk of violence or other real-world harm,"...

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