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YouTube's dislike button pretty rubbish
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Wednesday, 21 September 2022 10:38

YouTube's dislike button pretty rubbish


Firefox strike back

Firefox developer Mozilla has been asking around about YouTube’s video moderation tools and discovered that most people think they are as useless as a chocoate teapot because the continue to recommend videos you have said are rubbish.

Google goes bankrupt
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Thursday, 19 May 2022 11:48

Google goes bankrupt


At least in Russia


Google is going to file for bankruptcy in Russia, although to be fair was only after Tsar Putin seized the company’s bank account and did a “special operation” on its funds.

Cop admits using Disney’s copyright trolls
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Wednesday, 13 April 2022 12:44

Cop admits using Disney’s copyright trolls


To stop people videoing him

A US cop in Santa Ana, California came up with a wizard wheeze to stop people videoing him and putting up his arrests on YouTube – he played Disney songs on his squad car to make sure that the Enchanted Kingdom’s briefs would issue take down notices.

Russia going to sanction Google for telling the truth
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In Tsar Putin’s Russia truth is not something we say out loud

Russia's communications watchdog has said it is taking punitive measures against Google for allegedly violating Russian law.

Trump’s “look at my face” book released
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Twitter for those without opposable thumbs

Former US president Donald Trump's new social media venture, Truth Social, launched late on over the weekend in Apple's App Store.

YouTube has a win in the European courts
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Tuesday, 22 June 2021 12:35

YouTube has a win in the European courts


Not liable for copyright infringement

Europe's top court has delivered the music and film industry a kick in the nadgers by saying that Google's YouTube and other online platforms are not liable for copyright-infringing works uploaded by users onto their platforms under certain conditions.

Mafia fugitive arrested after YouTube cooking show
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Made a pasta that no one could refuse

A mafia fugitive, who has spent seven years on the run, has been arrested after he started a YouTube cooking show with his wife.

28 per cent of Americans get their "news" from YouTube
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Now you know why they make such stupid decisions

In a study the Pew Research Center released today, 26 percent of US adults said they now get their news from YouTube.

YouTube declares war on Danish music
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Monday, 03 August 2020 10:00

YouTube declares war on Danish music


Threatens to go all Viking

YouTube is having a public spat with songwriters and music publishers in Denmark and is threatening to ban Danish music from the video site.

YouTube actually angers Woz
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Friday, 24 July 2020 12:27

YouTube actually angers Woz


Used his image in a bit coin scam

The brains behind Apple, Steve Wozniak, is an all round good bloke and it takes a lot to get him hacked off.  However it seems that a video in which he apparently encourages a Bitcoin scam has finally got his goat.