Buyers say they won't leave the embattled platform unless the audience does
YouTube has faced controversy after controversy after controversy. But while public perception of the platform might be coming under strain, its deep-pocketed advertisers haven’t...
And they’re afraid to speak out about it
As YouTube continues to take heat for its defense of conservative pundit Steven Crowder, LGBTQ employees within Google are angered by the company’s decisions. Still, they’re afraid of speaking...
Political advertising rules that were implemented elsewhere are now in effect
Facebook is bringing its political advertising tools and rules to Canada in advance of that country’s federal election Oct. 21.
Anyone who wants to run ads about social...
Caleb Cain pulled a Glock pistol from his waistband, took out the magazine and casually tossed both onto the kitchen counter.
“I bought it the day after I got death threats,” he said.
The threats, Mr. Cain...
YouTube announced plans on Wednesday to remove thousands of videos and channels that advocate neo-Nazism, white supremacy and other bigoted ideologies in an attempt to clean up extremism and hate speech on its popular service.
The...
The federal Liberals’ war on social media opened a new front in the foyer of the West Block on Thursday as Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould denounced Twitter for its continuing silence on her “Declaration...
Big tech has become too powerful and abusive. We know enough about it to break up its dominance.
I’ll start with a personal experience and then try to expand into Republicans and big tech.
In the spring...
Charlie Warzel: It’s been a rough week for YouTube, even by tech backlash standards.
Just this week the company has come under fire for creating a “digital playground” for pedophiles. Then, it attempted to purge extremist content from...
Despite the evangelical left’s protestations to the contrary, the single greatest threat to freedom and democracy in the 21st century derives from the big tech social media giants.
Google, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook are each complicit...
The only way to get leverage over massive technology companies is to ban them entirely, an international assembly of politicians heard on Tuesday.
“The most effective path to reform would be to shut down the platforms,”...