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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: YouTube

Technology is further dividing the world, says Barack Obama

Barack Obama said globalisation and the internet was turbocharging a rise of extreme inequality, making it one of the biggest risks for young people.

Millions of Indians can’t get enough of ‘chudails’ on YouTube

Animated videos for children featuring bloodthirsty 'chudail' or witches are raking in millions of views — mostly from men.

Mukbang — the Korean trend of eating food online that’s taking India by storm

Put away your table manners — mukbang videos are all about chewing loudly, slurping and binging on huge quantities of food.

Google to pay record $170 million fine for YouTube child privacy breaches

The settlement represents the most significant US enforcement action against a big tech company in at least five years over its practices involving minors.

YouTube will launch new website for children after criticism over inappropriate content

The new site, an online version of the YouTube Kids mobile app, will go live later this week and get new categories for different ages.

Climate change deniers dominate YouTube searches on warming crisis, study finds

The study was conducted by a researcher at RWTH Aachen University, Germany, and published in Frontiers of Communication.

As YouTube mulls changes to kids’ content, rival services see opportunity

YouTube has been accused of breaking laws overseeing kids’ web habits, and other charges. Many entrepreneurs are trying to strike while the giant is in turmoil.

YouTube plans to end targeted ads on videos aimed at kids

Since targeted ads rely on collecting information about the viewer, US laws effectively bar companies from serving them to children under 13 without parental permission.

Modi govt can’t ban lynching documentary, so it plans to ask YouTube to pull down trailer

'Lynch Nation' is a crowdfunded 42-minute documentary about lynching incidents reported since Modi govt came to office in 2014.

Bollywood rapper Badshah sets record with 75 million views/day but YouTube is ignoring it

Badshah suggests exclusion is a double standard at YouTube. Rivals suspect Badshah purchased ads to promote song and increase views.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.