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Three trends suggest India is adding short to its video-first market

Three trends are making short video apps the YouTube of internet

Instagram, YouTube discourage users from sharing videos to TikTok

Threatened by the meteoric rise of Chinese short-form video platform TikTok, Instagram and YouTube have introduced new features to discourage their short-video app users from cross-platform sharing

Govt blocks 8 YouTube channels third time in 5 months, uses new IT Rules

78 such channels blocked since 2021, I&B Minister told Parliament recently

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Centre blocks 8 YouTube channels for spreading disinformation against India

The government on Thursday ordered blocking of eight YouTube channels, including one operating from Pakistan, for allegedly spreading disinformation related to India's national security, foreign relations and public order. The blocked YouTube channels had over 114 crore views; and 85.73 lakh subscribers and the content was being monetised, an official statement said. The channels that were blocked under the Information Technology Rules-2021 include seven Indian news channels. The blocked YouTube channels made false claims such as demolition of religious structures by the Government of India, ban on celebration of religious festivals, declaration of religious war in India, an official statement said. "Such content was found to have the potential to create communal disharmony and disturb public order in the country," it said. It said the YouTube channels were also used to post fake news on various subjects such as the Indian Armed Forces and Jammu and Kashmir. "The content was obse

Google opposes FB-backed proposal for self-regulatory body in India: Report

India in June proposed appointing a government panel to hear complaints from users about content moderation decisions

YouTube testing feature that allows video zoom in to premium subscribers

Video sharing platform YouTube has been testing a new mobile app feature with its premium subscribers that will allow them to zoom in on any video.

YouTube allows creators to edit long-form videos into 60-second 'Shorts'

With an aim to enhance user experience, YouTube has announced that users can now turn their longer videos into Shorts by adding a new "Edit into a Short" tool to its iOS and Android app

Google to monetise short-video platform YouTube Shorts, results encouraging

In the era of TikTok, Google-owned YouTube Shorts is catching up fast and the company has seen encouraging results in its early monetisating efforts on the short-video making platform.

YouTube to crack down on abortion-related misinformation, announces Google

Google-owned streaming platform YouTube has announced that it will pull videos with information on unsafe abortion methods on its platform.

YouTube suspends OPPO India's channel during livestream of launch event

YouTube pulled down the livestream in the middle of the launch event, allegedly for violating its terms of service.

Kids, teens spending more time on TikTok than YouTube globally: Report

The TikTok phenomenon began in June 2020 when it started to outrank YouTube in terms of the average minutes per day of watch time by people ages 4 through 18

YouTube's picture-in-picture option available to all iPhone, iPad users

The Picture-in-Picture (PiP) option, first made available to Premium users on iPhones and iPad in the US in June, is now available globally on all iOS and iPadOS 15.0 and higher-running devices

YouTube's Picture-in-Picture option available to all iPhone and iPad users

YouTube Premium subscribers will be able to watch videos on their iPhones and iPads in PiP mode, which allows them to browse other apps on their devices while watching the videos in a floating window

Moose Wala's posthumous song 'SYL' no longer available on YouTube India

The track's title refers to the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal, which has been a bone of contention between Punjab and Haryana for several decades

Father's day 2022: Music player to air purifier, six tech products for dads

From music player from Saregama to all-weather air purifier from Dyson, here is a list of consumer tech products and services you can gift your dad on father's day 2022

EU antitrust probe: Google offers to let ad rivals place YouTube ads

The EU competition watchdog singled out Google's requirement that advertisers use its Ad Manager to display ads on YouTube and potential restrictions on the way in which rivals serve ads on YouTube

Game streaming is becoming a serious professional choice for youth

Gamers have to put in 12-15 hours a day when they begin playing new games, since they need to make sure that the audience is entertained as well

Elon Musk slams YouTube, calls it 'a nonstop scam ad'; netizens agree

Tesla owner Elon Musk recently slammed video streaming platform 'YouTube' over unnecessary advertisements on their platform

Govt asks Twitter, YouTube to pull down perfume ad that triggered outrage

The I&B Ministry on Saturday asked Twitter and YouTube to remove from their social media platforms the videos of advertisement of a perfume brand that triggered outrage for "promoting sexual violence against women". In letters to Twitter and YouTube, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said that the videos were "detrimental to the portrayal of women in the interest of decency and morality" and in violation of Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code). The videos of the perfume brand sparked outrage among a large section of social media users, who claimed the advertisement sought to promote sexual violence against women. "It has come to the notice of the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting that an inappropriate and derogatory advertisement of a deodorant is circulating on social media. The Ministry has asked Twitter and YouTube to immediately pull down all instances of this advertisement," an official spokesperson said. The ...