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Google built an 'Infinite Bad Guy' generator using 15,000 YouTube covers
Search for ‘Bad Guy’ on YouTube and you’ll find thousands of covers alongside Billie Eilish’s official music video. To celebrate the track, which has now passed one billion views, and the community of covers that’s grown around it, Google has created Infinite Bad Guy, a music video that goes on forever. Every time you hit play, the custom website will load up one of 15,000 covers posted on YouTube.
Facebook, Google and Twitter brace for coronavirus vaccine misinformation
Facebook, Twitter and Google are gearing up for the next big misinformation fight: coronavirus vaccine conspiracies.
YouTube's most popular toy unboxer will star in animated show for Amazon
YouTube’s most popular 9-year-old has landed on a new platform.
YouTube will run ads on smaller creators' videos without paying them
Don’t be surprised if you start seeing ads on videos made by smaller YouTube creators. The video-sharing website has updated its Terms of Service, and it includes a new section that gives it the right to monetize videos from channels not big enough to be part of its Partner Program. To become eligible for the YouTube Partner Program, a creator has to be living in a country where it’s active, has to have 4,000 public watch hours in the last 12 months and has to have over 1,000 subscribers.
YouTube's new audio ads were designed for music and podcast fans
YouTube has launched a new ad format that gives brands a way to use audio as the primary means to communicate their message. In the video-sharing platform’s announcement, it said the new format was designed to target audiences that use the website for “ambient listening.”
GitHub revamps copyright takedown policy after restoring YouTube-dl
GitHub has reinstated YouTube-dl after it took down the tool last month.
YouTube won't release a Rewind video for the first time since 2010
Who wants to remember 2020, anyway?
YouTube went down
Your internet isn't broken, YouTube is just not loading videos for most people.
YouTube Premium members can get Stadia Premiere Edition for free
Here's how YouTube Premium members can score a free Chromecast Ultra.
YouTube Music puts more focus on personalized playlists
A new activity bar has filters for mood-centered playlists.
Twitter bans Steve Bannon's podcast account following beheading comments
Twitter has permanently banned Steve Bannon’s podcast after he suggested that Dr. Anthony Fauci and former FBI director Christopher Wray should be beheaded.
How social media platforms are handling the 2020 election
Labels are everywhere, but misinformation is still spreading, here's how social media is handling the 2020 election so far.
YouTube Music finally lets users filter out liked YouTube videos
The forced transition from Google Play Music to YouTube Music is upon us, and for those making the switch, one annoying aspect of the new service has been how it blends random videos from YouTube in with music.
YouTube will warn users that Election Day results ‘may not be final’
Google knows that many people will be using YouTube to keep up with the US election on November 3rd. Many politicians use the platform to communicate with voters, and some news organizations will likely livestream round-the-clock coverage. Keeping up with Election Day can be difficult, though, so YouTube is preparing a small but useful information panel that will appear at the top of search results and election-centric videos.
YouTube's refreshed mobile player has more streamlined controls
You can swipe to enter or exit full screen as well.
GitHub takes down YouTube video download tools after an RIAA notice
You won’t find the source code for YouTube-DL, a popular tool that can be used to download videos from YouTube, and for some of its forks and copies on GitHub anymore.
Apple Music, Spotify and other services pull racist music after investigation
Spotify, Apple Music and others have removed racist songs after an investigation found they'd reached the services despite anti-hate policies.
Chinese hackers impersonated McAfee to attack election campaign staffers
Google says that Chinese state hackers impersonated McAfee to trick election campaign workers into installing malware.
YouTube TV will let you check fantasy football scores in its mobile apps
Fantasy View only works with NFL.com fantasy leagues, however.
YouTube bans misinformation on COVID-19 vaccines
YouTube will remove videos that contain misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines (via Reuters). It will ban any content that contradicts information about those vaccines from the World Health Organization (WHO) or local health authorities, the company said in a blog post. It also plans to remove videos that say a COVID-19 vaccine will kill someone, make them infertile or that it will be a way for governments to implant chips in people.

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