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YouTube’s biggest star has claimed that he’s dropping some of the edgy humour he’s known for after a change in YouTube’s advertiser rules. While PewDiePie has made claims before that turn out to be false, in a new video he seems to insist that a switch to more family friendly …
Read More »YouTube imposes new creator monetisation restriction
Smaller YouTube channels will as of today find it harder to generate revenue from their content . The Google owned network has announced a change to its partner program, which until now allowed even new users of the service to immediately start monetising their content. As of now, however, creators …
Read More »Google reckons new AI is stamping out YouTube hate speech ads
Web giant Google claims that a new AI system has increased the number of YouTube videos identified as containing hate speech by a factor of five. The company has seen a number of major advertisers withdraw their YouTube campaigns in recent weeks after growing discomfort of the association between brands …
Read More »YouTube faces advertiser exodus over hate speech fears
A growing list of major global brands are withdrawing their advertising spend on YouTube due to the fear of being associated with hate speech. The Google-owned company has been rocked in recent weeks by the increased awareness of the racist hate speech that has become alarmingly common among some of …
Read More »JonTron cameo yanked from Yooka-Laylee
Developer Playtonic has announced that shamed YouTuber JonTron will no longer star in upcoming platformer Yooka-Laylee. JonTron, whose real name is Jon Jafari, found himself at the centre of controversy earlier this month after an interview in which he espoused a string of heavily racist views. As a result the …
Read More »YouTube caught up in LGBT restriction anger
Video service YouTube has been criticised for restricting access to videos that contain references to same-sex relationships. YouTube does not activate its restricted access filter by default, but users are able to activate it in their settings menu. It is designed to automatically filter potentially inappropriate” content which YouTube says …
Read More »FACEIT partners with YouTube for ECS broadcast deal
YouTube has acquired the exclusive broadcast rights to the ECS CS:GO competition. The league, which is run by FACEIT, was previously broadcast on Twitch, however the new deal will see all of the ECS content, including live streams, be broadcast on YouTube. This will allow FACEIT to make use of …
Read More »Yogscast on YouTube vs Twitch and its future as a ‘full-blown media company’
There was a time when The Yogscast was synonymous with World of Warcraft and Minecraft Let’s Play videos. Since then, however, the Bristol-based production firm has grown into a full-blown media company with multiple brands across a variety of digital platforms. Not only does it have a network of over …
Read More »Exclusive: PlayStation Access to depart Yogscast
The team behind PlayStation Access, PlayStation UK’s award-winning YouTube channel, is to leave its current home at The Yogscast to form a new video-focused creative agency called We Are Reach, MCV can reveal. PlayStation Access will continue to be the team’s main focus at We Are Reach, but the move …
Read More »Moriarty quits Kinda Funny after Twitter joke controversy
The co-founder of YouTube channel Kinda Funny has quit the group after being drawn into a row about a sexist tweet. Colin Moriarty left IGN to form Kinda Funny in 2014. However, after tweeting about enjoying the peace and quiet on International Women’s Day, he has faced severe criticism both …
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