This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Bowling Green chapter. Meet Drew Phillips and Enya Umanzor, the world’s cutest (not) couple. Drew and Bella (yes that’s Bella Hadid) Drew Phillips (25) and Enya Umanzor (24) are omnipresent internet personalities who host the podcast, Emergency Intercom. In short, these two …
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR There have now been two significant instances of a YouTube porn ad appearing in users’ mobile feeds. We asked Google what it was doing to prevent this from happening. The company has issued a statement that answers only some of our questions. At the beginning of this month, we …
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority YouTube stepped up its fight against ad-blockers in 2023, launching a three-strikes policy as well as intentionally delaying video playback for those with ad-blockers enabled. It’s clear that many people feel aggrieved by the company’s anti-ad-blocking offensive. But would you go so far as to forego YouTube Premium in favor …
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR For the second time this month, a very NSFW YouTube porn ad is making its way around. As before, the ad looks “normal” but has a pornographic video overlayed on top of it. We have reached out to Google to ask why this keeps happening. Two weeks ago, we …
The government has warned social media firms, including Facebook and YouTube to remind users that it is prohibited to post deepfakes and content that spreads obscenity or misinformation, a report said.Citing two sources, news agency Reuters reported that the warning was conveyed by IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a closed-door meeting. The government and large …
YouTube Premium subscription cost was increased in some regions recently. Premium users can enjoy ad-free access to videos, the ability to watch videos or listen to music in the background, and high-quality video streaming. YouTube claims to have 80 million paid and free trial Premium users around the world. Now, the Google-owned company has announced …
YouTube videos that feature breastfeeding content can now earn money on the platform, so long as they meet a certain set of criteria. The website has updated its policy to allow monetization of breastfeeding videos that show the mother’s areola, as well as those wherein the person in the video is demonstrating how to use …
Google-owned YouTube has been experimenting with AI features. The online video-sharing website has announced some new AI-enabled features for its short-form video format, YouTube Shorts, that will let users create original soundtracks with the voices of a select few famous artists. The feature, called Dream Track for Shorts, is powered by Google DeepMind’s most advanced …
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority When Google bought YouTube in 2006, the young site was unprofitable. It was already a cultural phenomenon, with viral videos consumed millions of times daily, but it didn’t make any money. It wasn’t until 2009 that Google first profited from its $1.65 billion investment in the video-sharing site. Google achieved …
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR A user on Reddit spotted (and recorded) a YouTube porn ad in their mobile feed. The ad appears to be for a pet-focused social network but is overlayed with extremely NSFW content. Google has removed the ad in question and taken action against the account associated with it. Update: …