YouTube to Unleash New ‘Hoax Alert!’ Fact-Checking Feature

Alexander Hall
March 8th, 2019 1:51 PM
YouTube is launching new initiative to combat what it calls fake news and “misinformation.” A YouTube spokesperson told Buzzfeed that “As part of our ongoing efforts to build a better news experience on YouTube, we are expanding our information panels to bring fact checks from eligible publishers to YouTube.” While this was originally launched to combat serious and malicious misinformation in…
 

YouTube Deletes Millions of Comments To Combat Abuse of Minors

Alexander Hall
February 22nd, 2019 3:30 PM
YouTube has taken decisive action to combat “any content — including comments — that endangers minors,” according to The Washington Post. YouTube said it has deleted hundreds of channels and millions of comments for objectionable content. A YouTube spokesperson informed The Verge that the firm “took immediate action by deleting accounts and channels, reporting illegal activity to authorities, and…
 

Twitter Sued for Banning Journalist for ‘Misgendering’ Transgender Use

Corinne Weaver
February 12th, 2019 4:38 PM
Twitter wants to regulate the kind of speech that’s allowed on its platform. But there will be some backlash from those who are banned.
 

What Ratio? YouTube Discusses Removing Dislike Button

Alexander Hall
February 5th, 2019 1:22 PM

After numerous liberal videos have been downvoted by millions, YouTube is considering tactics to combat “dislike mobs.” Embarrassing cases such as YouTube’s famous 2018 Rewind and Gillette’s “anti-male” commercial have proved that the site has millions of users who don’t don’t share its progressive ideology.

 

Slippery Slope? YouTube Cracks Down On Misinformation

Alexander Hall
January 29th, 2019 3:19 PM
YouTube announced it is restricting more videos — including “borderline content and content that could misinform users in harmful ways.” The platform has a bad history of policing content.
 

More Free Speech Advocates Demonetized by YouTube

Alexander Hall
January 17th, 2019 5:14 PM
Two free speech YouTubers from the UK have been demonetized for unclear reasons. UK Free speech icons Tommy Robinson and Markus Meechan (aka Count Dankula) have both been financially cut off by YouTube, destroying their ability to make money on the platform. English Defense League founder Tommy Robinson predicted (in the video he was demonetized for), “Now they want to take away my ability to…
 

The Worst an Ad Can Get: Gillette Is ‘Dead’ to Many Men

Culture
Gabriel Hays
January 15th, 2019 12:30 PM

Yesterday Gillette decided to use its authority as “The Best a Man Can Get” to school men in the art of proper post-#MeToo behavior. In an ad brimming with PC condescension, the shaving company held men in general accountable for the existence of “toxic masculinity.” In short, many people are not happy about it. BBC reported that Gillette is currently receiving major backlash and a wide…

 

Youtube Removed 58 Million Videos This Year

Alexander Hall
December 20th, 2018 1:53 PM
YouTube admitted it was militant about removing and censoring content this year. Between July and September, YouTube removed 58 million videos, 1.67 million channels, and 224 million comments for violations including inappropriate content or spreading “hate speech.”
 

YouTube Mocked for Politicizing 2018 Highlights Video

Alexander Hall
December 10th, 2018 6:02 PM
YouTube wants to celebrate its political bias. A whole year’s worth. This annual YouTube Rewind, once praised as a homage to YouTube’s most influential creators, memes, and music, has become a left-wing politicized fiasco.
 

YouTube mistakes Satire Video Mocking Nazis for Hate Speech

Alexander Hall
November 16th, 2018 11:12 AM
A recent gaffe at YouTube has proved that human censors can be just as bad as robots at distinguishing between hate speech and satire. This past Wednesday in November 2018, Youtube had to undo the removal of a satire video dating back to the second World War.
 
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Yawn: YouTube Sketch Comics Unveil ‘GOP Jesus’

Culture
Gabriel Hays
November 14th, 2018 4:35 PM
Aren’t all the funny people supposed to be on the left? They’re certainly not hanging out with YouTube producers Friend Dog Studios, which has produced an anti-conservative spoof of Christ’s teachings that’s as predictable and unfunny as DNC talking points.
 
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All Too Real? An Avenatti Law Firm TV Commercial Parody

P.J. Gladnick
October 7th, 2018 8:41 AM
It was inevitable that it would happen so why did it take so long? What? A Michael Avenatti parody.  The reason for the inevitability of the Avenatti parody commercial created by Tom Elliot, the founder of Grabien Media is that Avenatti has been so ubiquitous on television. NewsBusters on June 15 reported that Michael Avenatti made 173 television interview appearances since just March 7 of this…
 

Stop Google’s Kiddie Data Predators

Michelle Malkin
September 27th, 2018 1:24 AM
No consent. No disclosure. No escape. For legions of unwitting students and teachers across the country, this is the dangerous, de facto data policy Google has imposed over their school districts. An estimated 80 million students and teachers are now signed up for free “G Suite for Education” accounts (formerly known as Google Apps for Education); more than 25 million students and teachers now…
 

Social Media Study Lumps Conservative Pundits with ‘White Nationalist’

Gabriel Hays
September 19th, 2018 4:27 PM
A new study of YouTube exposed what it called a “conspiracy ecosystem” of content creators that tried to connect prominent conservatives with a well-known racist and package them together as “far-right” or “reactionary” “extremists.”