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YouTuber Jeffree Star Hospitalized After ‘Severe Car Accident'
Jeffree Star, a YouTuber who rose to fame for makeup tutorials and beauty videos, is reportedly in stable condition in a Casper, Wyoming hospital.
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Lawmakers Call YouTube Kids a ‘Wasteland of Vapid' Content
A House subcommittee is investigating YouTube Kids. The panel says the Google-owned video service feeds children inappropriate material in “a wasteland of vapid, consumerist content” so it can serve them ads.
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Twin YouTube Stars Plead Guilty to Charges Related to Two Fake Robberies
Twin brothers who star in prank shows on a popular YouTube channel were sentenced to community service for their guilty pleas to charges related to fake bank robberies in Irvine that resulted in their Uber driver being held at gunpoint by police, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.
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Police Track Down Suspected Mobster Thanks to YouTube Cooking Videos
A man fled Italy after a magistrate ordered his arrest for alleged drug trafficking in 2014. The man fled to the Dominican Republic and managed to avoid police for a few years until cooking videos on YouTube blew his cover.
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Tips to Take Control of Your Life Even When the World Feels Out of Control
Kati Morton is a licensed therapist who shares her mental health advice with her million followers on YouTube. She joined LX News to offer tips for how to take back control of your life when the world feels chaotic — and when to know when it’s time for professional help.
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Protesters Defy Myanmar Security Forces as UN Action Urged
Demonstrators have defied growing violence by Myanmar security forces and staged more anti-coup rallies, while the U.N. special envoy for the country called for urgent Security Council action
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The Onyx Family of YouTube Stars Has Another Famous Member — VP Kamala Harris
Mirthell and Rita Onyx and their four kids, Shalom, Sinead, Sade (Shasha) and Shiloh, are the Onyx family. And with more than 3 million followers on YouTube, they are going beyond just funny videos to make their voices heard. They also just happen to be related to Vice President Kamala Harris. The Onyx family joined LX News to share how...
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YouTube Suspends Giuliani From Partner Program, Cutting Access to Ad Revenue
YouTube said Tuesday that it had suspended Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s attorney, from a program that allows partners to make money from ads on their videos after Giuliani broke YouTube’s rules by repeatedly sharing election misinformation, NBC News reports.
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New Google Union Slams YouTube for ‘Lackluster' Response to Trump and Capitol Mob
The newly-formed employee union criticized YouTube’s response to violence, including Wednesday’s D.C. events.
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This YouTube Exec Looks for These Two Qualities in Every New Hire—and Neither One Is Listed on a Resume
YouTube’s VP of content partnerships discusses the key traits she looks for when interviewing new candidates for her team.
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How BeautyyBird's Yasmin Maya Went from Facing an Immigration Crisis to Becoming a Beauty Entrepreneur
Yasmin Maya, known as BeautyyBird to her 1.1 million Instagram followers, began her first-ever beauty vlog while she was in crisis – living in Mexico and separated from her family to resolve her status as an undocumented immigrant. Now, the YouTube star tells LX News she is using her platform to empower Hispanic millennials and to advocate for immigration rights.
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More Than a Month After the Election, YouTube Decides to Crack Down on Misinformation on Results
YouTube has been repeatedly criticized for allowing election misinformation on the platform, taking a more hands-off approach than its social media peers.
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YouTube Suspends OANN for a Week After It Posted Fake COVID-19 Cure
YouTube barred One America News Network from posting new videos for a week, after the right-leaning media organization uploaded a fake cure for the coronavirus.
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YouTube Fixes Issue That Caused Widespread Outage
YouTube said late Wednesday it had resolved an issue that had prevented many users from watching videos for more than an hour.
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Bannon Podcast Barred From Twitter Over Comments About Fauci, FBI Director
Former top Trump aide Steve Bannon’s podcast was permanently suspended by Twitter and had an episode yanked from YouTube after he implied that FBI Director Christopher Wray and leading government infectious-diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci should be beheaded and have their heads put on pikes outside the White House.
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‘Babish' Expands as Pandemic Boosts YouTube Cooking Shows
After the pandemic stopped life in its tracks in mid-March, many people have turned to YouTube food channels to help them learn how to cook, or cook better, and be part of a community. Data provided by YouTube shows the average daily views of videos with “cook with me” in the title have increased by more than 100% since the...
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LA Rapper Raps About Committing Unemployment Fraud – Gets Arrested for Unemployment Fraud
A rapper who boasted in a YouTube music video about getting rich from committing unemployment benefits fraud was arrested Friday in Los Angeles on federal charges of carrying out that very scheme by fraudulently applying for more than $1.2 million in jobless benefits, including by using stolen identities, federal prosecutors announced.
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Food Network Star Natalie Sideserf Digs Into Herself With Realistic ‘Selfie Cake'
Natalie and Dave Sideserf are the owners of Sideserf Cake Studio in Austin, Texas, and the hosts of Food Network’s “Texas Cake House.” Natalie shows off some of her most impressive desserts, including the YouTube famous “selfie cake” and baby Yoda cake.
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YouTuber Brianna Arsement Is Helping Push Boundaries for Women Gamers
The world of gaming hasn’t always been a welcoming space for women. But YouTuber and gamer Brianna Arsement says times are changing.
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Interabled Newlyweds Address Critics' Hurtful Responses to Their Wedding
Shane Burcaw and Hannah Aylward, the interabled couple better known as “Squirmy and Grubs” on their popular YouTube channel, are addressing the insensitive comments they’ve received since getting married last week.