The YouTube Music streaming and download service in India includes popular Bollywood Hindi scores and other local-language music
With 265 million active users, India is now our biggest audience and one of our fastest-growing markets in the world: CEO Susan Wojcicki
YouTube has faced rising criticism about content for children
Over time, the digital platform has grown to become an open digital auditorium where big stars, content firms first showcased their talent
YouTube has been a godsend for hyper-partisans on all sides. It has allowed them to bypass traditional gatekeepers and broadcast their views to mainstream audiences
YouTube Thursday tightened its policies to combat hateful and supremacist content, as it resolved to protect the platform from being used to incite hatred, harassment, discrimination and violence. "Today, we're taking another step in our hate speech policy by specifically prohibiting videos alleging that a group is superior in order to justify discrimination, segregation or exclusion based on qualities like age, gender, race, caste, religion, sexual orientation or veteran status," YouTube said in a blog post. Citing examples, it said this would include videos that promote or glorify Nazi ideology, which is inherently discriminatory. Also, YouTube will remove content denying that well-documented violent events, like the Holocaust or the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School (in Connecticut, United States), took place. The latest move assumes significance as digital platforms and social media companies have come under increased global scrutiny on issues like hate content, fake news
The Google-owned platform promises personalised engagement, diverse viewership, and a captive audience of 265-plus million monthly active users
Proposals to change recommendations and curb conspiracies were sacrificed for engagement, staff say
The retreat from direct competition with Netflix Inc and Amazon.com Inc's Prime Video service reflects the high cost -- in billions of dollars
Drama between YouTube and its creators is nothing new
The issue that upset so many YouTube fans, it turns out, was what the Rewind video did not show
Where YouTube really shines is in its ability to send you content of the sort that you are interested in, without knowing exactly what it is that you want
The UNGA proclaimed the International Day for Tolerance in 1993 at the initiative of the UNESCO
The video streaming service earlier said it was looking into reports about access issues with YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Music
Another prominent social media platform, Facebook also faced a security breach a few days back
YouTube will showcase 'ARRived' -- its first original content from India in the coming weeks under an ad-supported model
Amazon is projected to overtake Yahoo as the fourth most-visited website in the US in the next couple of months
Some of the programming will appear on YouTube Premium, the monthly subscription service formerly called YouTube Red
In the wake of breaking news events when misinformation can spread quickly, YouTube will begin showing users short text previews of news stories in video search results
If the new policies have rendered you ineligible for monetisation, try options like sponsorships, affiliate marketing and merchandising