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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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Topic: YouTube

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.

Stop YouTube harassment but preserve YouTube’s benefits

Professional censorship depends on a publisher’s control of the production of content. It doesn’t work in a world of user-created content like YouTube.

YouTube is considering changes to kids content after criticism

YouTube has already banned comments on kids’ videos after predators were found using it to flag sections showing activities that could be construed as sexual.

YouTube too big to completely fix harmful content despite revisions: CEO Sundar Pichai

YouTube has removed over nine million videos in the last quarter to reduce the spread of harmful content.

Why children don’t like YouTube Kids – the most popular kids’ video site in the world

Even in India, YouTube’s biggest market by volume, usage of the Kids app is negligible. Children shift to YouTube’s main site before they hit 13.

Alwar ‘gang rape’ victim gets a job as Rajasthan Police constable

'Gang rape' of the Alwar woman became a flashpoint in the Lok Sabha polls after her husband alleged that police initially refused to register their complaint.

Google’s paid music services reach 15 million subscribers, but still far behind Spotify

The YouTube Music numbers is good news for ad-supported Google that has rarely gotten customers to pay for its services.

‘#NotOkGoogle’: Employees of the tech giant say they face retaliation from executives

Google employees claim the company is retaliating against them for discussing & protesting working conditions.

Consolidation of online platforms with the intent of censorship does not always help

Social media companies amassed billions of users by promising space for free expression. But in their effort to offend nobody, they’ve managed to anger everybody. 

On Camera

India’s think tanks double up as lobbyists, give no disclosures. Hurt policymaking

Many 'independent' reports, intended to shape policies, are sponsored by industry groups or entities with deep pockets and vested interests. This process must become transparent.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.