YouTube rolls out hashtag landing pages to all users

Posted on 21/01/2021 by Engadget

Since Twitter and Instagram helped popularize them, hashtags have been one of the consistent ways you’ve been able to navigate different platforms. But for as long as YouTube has been around, it’s never really made extensive use of them. That’s about...

How to watch Biden’s inaugural ‘Parade Across America’

Posted on 20/01/2021 by Engadget

Instead of a traditional march through Washington DC, today’s presidential inauguration will include a virtual one. Dubbed the “Parade Across America,” the event will feature performances from the likes of Earth, Wind and Fire, Nile Rodgers and the N...

YouTube extends Trump’s suspension ahead of inauguration day

Posted on 20/01/2021 by Engadget

YouTube will continue blocking Donald Trump’s official channel from uploading new videos and livestreams for a minimum of seven more days. The Google—owned video platform told CNBC and Bloomberg that it extended the channel’s suspension “[i]n light o...

Google is testing the ability to shop directly from YouTube videos

Posted on 14/01/2021 by Engadget

YouTube is testing a streamlined way to buy items that are used or mentioned on your favorite channels. The service says that creators who are part of the pilot can include certain products in their videos. If you click or tap on a shopping bag icon...

YouTube removes content from Donald Trump’s channel, blocks new uploads

Posted on 13/01/2021 by Engadget

After a Trump rally and march ended with an assault on the Capitol by supporters of the president, many social media companies responded by banning his accounts or limiting Donald Trump’s posts. YouTube previously removed a video where Donald Trump c...

A YouTube network was spreading election disinformation for two months

Posted on 09/01/2021 by Engadget

YouTube promised it would crack down on US election disinformation in early December, but it appear to have missed a large target. BuzzFeed News has learned that a network of YouTube channels linked to the far-right media outlet Epoch Times launched...

‘Dracula’ and six other horror classics will stream for free on YouTube

Posted on 08/01/2021 by Engadget

You’ll soon have another good reason to fire up YouTube if you’re a movie buff revisiting some old favorites. NME and Android Police report that Universal Pictures is making seven classic horror movies available for free on its “Fear: The Home of Hor...

YouTube will temporarily ban accounts for posting election fraud videos

Posted on 07/01/2021 by Engadget

After white nationalist rioters descended on the US Capitol yesterday, YouTube removed a video in which President Trump expressed support for the criminal behavior and lied about winning the 2020 presidential election. Today, YouTube is furthering it...

Facebook and YouTube remove Trump video calling rioters ‘very special’

Posted on 06/01/2021 by Engadget

Facebook and YouTube both removed a video posted by Donald Trump, in which he addressed the rioters who descended on Washington D.C as Congress convened to certify the results of the November election. In the one-minute clip, the president told his s...

YouTube has suspended a News Corporation-owned radio station

Posted on 05/01/2021 by Engadget

YouTube has taken down a channel run by talkRadio, a British radio station owned by a subsidiary of News Corporation. The only information left on the page at time of publication is that talkRadio was “terminated for violating YouTube’s community gui...

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