Topic: youtube policies
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YouTube Offers 'Second Chance' to Banned Misinformation Creators
YouTube is launching a pilot program to allow certain previously banned creators, who violated now-deprecated COVID-19 and election misinformation policies, to return to the platform. The initiative follows political pressure and a settlement with former President Donald Trump, while excluding th...
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YouTube Denies AI Role in Bizarre Tech Tutorial Takedowns
YouTube has denied using artificial intelligence in the recent removal of instructional videos, stating that both initial decisions and appeals were handled without automation. Technology creators saw long-standing educational videos, such as those on installing Windows 11, abruptly flagged as "d...
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YouTube's New AI Tool Fights Deepfakes and Impersonators
YouTube is introducing a likeness detection tool to help creators combat unauthorized AI impersonations and synthetic media, addressing concerns about digital identity theft and misinformation on the platform. The tool, which functions like YouTube's copyright identification system, is in beta te...
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20 YouTube Employees Contradict GOP Claims of Biden Censorship
House Democrats presented testimony from twenty Alphabet employees that contradicts Republican claims of Biden administration censorship, with none reporting pressure to suppress content. Representative Jamie Raskin challenged the GOP's accusations by questioning the plausibility of coordinated f...
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Disney to Pay $10M for Illegally Collecting Kids' Data on YouTube
Disney will pay $10 million to settle FTC allegations that it mislabeled children's content on YouTube, enabling illegal data collection from young viewers. The mislabeling bypassed YouTube's child privacy protections, violating COPPA by allowing targeted ads and data gathering without parental c...
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