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Thursday, August 28, 2025
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Topic: YouTube

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.

Conspiracy theorists on Youtube are crowding the conversation on climate change, finds study

The amount of disinformation on YouTube makes it difficult to discuss geoengineering, and is undermining the authority of science, says Joachim Allgaier, author of the study.

Badshah’s Paagal shows how to get the most no. of YouTube views in 24 hrs using Google ads

Badshah's new track Paagal may have set the record with 75 million views in a day but there are weaknesses in Google's advertising setup that could have made that possible.

Folk, hip-hop & country — regional music videos from Northeast are all the rage on YouTube

Language seems to be no barrier as videos of Northeast artistes singing in their regional tongue are garnering lakhs of views on the platform.

Spotify releases Lite App for Android phones on slow networks, limited data plans

The company is counting on Spotify Lite for a much-needed boost in markets with lots of potential, in continents such as Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.

On Camera

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.