And no, Microsoft said, none of our verified accounts have been hijacked, vehemently denying early reports.
Tag Archives: YouTube
Google has right to censor conservative nonprofit on YouTube
It’s not a “state actor”, so isn’t subject to 1st Amendment scrutiny and can censor PragerU’s videos on abortion, gun rights and terrorism.
Facebook, Google, YouTube order Clearview to stop scraping faceprints
It’s my First Amendment right to scrape publicly available face images, its CEO says. Besides, we’re just doing what Google Search does.
Facial recognition firm sued for scraping 3 billion faceprints
A potential class action says Clearview AI is breaking biometrics privacy law by ransacking social media so police can match photos with IDs.
Lawmakers look to spread COPPA out to cover kids up to 16
If that bill passes, you can say bye-bye to YouTube, says one content creator.
YouTube to treat all kid-aimed videos like they’re COPPA-liable
The FTC can fine content creators up to $42,530 per violation – even though they don’t collect, receive, nor have access to kids’ data.
YouTube bans malicious insults, veiled threats, harassment
The new policy addresses how coordinated online abuse often happens in real life: poisonous drips spanning multiple videos/comments.
No, YouTube isn’t planning to jettison your unprofitable channel
Or your small/new channel, or to shut you down if you use an ad blocker, though a clause in its new ToS is leading people to fear the worst.
Hackers bypassing some types of 2FA security FBI warns
Some types of 2FA security can no longer be guaranteed to keep the bad guys out, the FBI warned US companies.
YouTube ‘influencers’ get 2FA tokens phished
100K or so creators in the YouTube car community were targeted by a phishing campaign that captured 2FA codes.