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Friday, August 29, 2025
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Topic: YouTube

How YouTube has become a refuge for Pakistani journalists battling censors

YouTube is increasingly becoming the platform of choice for reporters facing one of the harshest media crackdowns in Pakistan’s 72-year history.

400 million social media users are set to lose their anonymity in India

New guidelines expected to be out this month will require Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok to reveal users' identities if govt agencies ask them to.

YouTube will fund kids shows based on these 12 words

YouTube plans to spend $100 million to fund original kids programming over the next three years for audiences aged three to eight.

In 2020, Google will have to wrangle the beast it created with Youtube

As 2020 begins, Youtube is being dragged deeper into political fights over privacy, copyright and content moderation. In response, it is trying to preserve the sanctity of its status.

YouTube bans racial and sexual insults, but with exceptions

YouTube said videos that include harassment language in certain contexts, such as a documentary or a scripted satire, will not be removed.

Don’t assume only kids are watching kids videos, YouTube says

The popularity of kids’ programming has put YouTube in an uneasy position, as it has been arguing against Federal Trade Commission's rules that automatically identify viewers younger than 13 based on the content of videos.

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.

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How economic planning stifled India’s growth and talent

The Indian planning system did not encourage individuals based on ‘what they knew’, but on ‘whom they knew’. Many left for countries that recognised their talent.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.