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  1. screen time
    Why YouTube Should Cut Off Its ThumbnailsThe platform is testing a ban on “egregious” clickbait titles and thumbnails. Why not go all the way?
    By John Herrman
  2. screen time
    Hurricane Milton Shows How Elon Musk’s X Is Now Useless in a CrisisLive events and news belong to the streamers now.
    By John Herrman
  3. encounter
    He’s Huge in HospitalsWill Flanary is your doctor’s favorite TikToker.
    By Juno DeMelo
  4. screen time
    How Do You Break Up a Company Like Google?A federal-court ruling has made that question real. Is it into two pieces … or into 20?
    By John Herrman
  5. dystopia now
    2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field - Day 10
    Google Pulls AI Olympics Commercial That Everyone HatedNo one liked the search engine’s one weird trick to writing fan mail.
    By Matt Stieb
  6. screen time
    Celebrities Already Live in AI HellYou’re probably next.
    By John Herrman
  7. on with kara swisher
    Lilly Singh on Internet Stardom and the Pressures of RepresentationKara Swisher talks to the multi-hyphenate creator about taking on old media, respecting internet stars, and not trying to be all things to all people.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  8. politics
    Tate-PilledWhat a generation of boys have found in Andrew Tate’s extreme male gospel.
    By Lisa Miller
  9. screen time
    TikTok Is the New King of Social Media. Now What?The video-sharing service faces perils old and new.
    By John Herrman
  10. covid-19
    YouTube Bans All Anti-Vaccine ContentThe new rules go beyond COVID-specific misinformation.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  11. coronavirus
    Twitter, Facebook Delete Video Trump Tweeted Over COVID-19 MisinformationThe video, in which doctors decry masks and call hydroxychloroquine a COVID-19 cure, had millions of views and a Trump retweet before it was removed.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  12. sports
    The Last Sport Still StandingWith every other league suspended, it’s time to get really into watching marble races on YouTube.
    By Brian Feldman
  13. gotta go fast
    How Well Do You Know This Infamous Sonic the Hedgehog YouTube Video?Can you identify each of the top ten hottest female Sonic characters?
    By Brian Feldman
  14. gotta go fast
    How Pingas Became One of Sonic the Hedgehog’s Most Famous MemesTaken from an old Sonic cartoon, the sound clip gained notoriety after being used in hundreds of YouTube Poop videos.
    By Brian Feldman
  15. 🔪
    How Bon Appétit YouTube Videos Brought Back This One Weird KnifeFans inundated the manufacturer with so many requests that they put it back into production.
    By Brian Feldman
  16. platforms
    YouTubers Don’t Need Your SympathyYouTube’s “content creators” want to be seen as scrappy upstarts hampered by the man, even if the reality is a little more complicated.
    By Brian Feldman
  17. life in pixels
    Can This Slingshot-Building German Unionize YouTube?An upstart “YouTubers Union” is now allied with Europe’s biggest industrial union. Will YouTube listen?
    By Max Read
  18. life in pixels
    The Egg Is Bigger Than Before, or, Mysteries of YouTube’s Third-Biggest ChannelWhat is 5-Minute Crafts, and why?
    By Max Read
  19. homophobia
    Google Tells Employees Not to Protest Google at PrideA leaked internal memo shows LGBTQ+ employees were told they could be punished for using Google’s platform to protest at Pride in San Francisco.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  20. youtube
    Nightmare Neighbor YouTuber Engaged to Nightmare TanaCon YouTuber. Maybe?Everything you wanted to know in a dispatch from the dark, fake universe of YouTubers, including cameo appearances from Mod Sun, Bella Thorne.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  21. interesting times
    Andrew Sullivan: What Democrats Can Learn From Steve BannonAround the world, liberal parties are winning by getting serious about immigration. When will Biden, Warren & Co. get the memo?
    By Andrew Sullivan
  22. moderation
    YouTube Has Only One RuleYouTube is “reexamining” its harassment policy. Can that solve the platform’s problems?
    By Max Read
  23. youtube
    Should YouTube Have Banned Steven Crowder?Intelligencer staffers discuss the platform’s hesitant response to harassment on its platform.
    By Benjamin Hart, Madison Malone Kircher, and Max Read
  24. select all
    Why Can’t Tech Companies Do the ‘Right’ Thing the First Time?After initially saying it would do nothing, YouTube announced it was demonetizing Steven Crowder for videos hurling slurs at a journalist.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  25. rules
    YouTube Decides That They Don’t Want White Supremacy on Their Website, After AllRather than hiding bad videos, YouTube now says it will take them down.
    By Brian Feldman
  26. homophobia
    YouTube Celebrates Pride Month by Saying It’s OK to Call Someone a ‘Lispy Queer’YouTube has declined to discipline right-wing vlogger Steven Crowder for repeatedly harassing Vox journalist Carlos Maza.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  27. instagram
    IGTV Is Just YouTube NowInstagram’s hub for long-form video never really took off despite Facebook’s best efforts.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  28. youtube
    PewDiePie Tries to End ‘Subscribe to PewDiePie’ Meme. Will His Fans Let Him?The YouTuber’s name was cited by the Christchurch shooter, despite no tangible association between the two.
    By Brian Feldman
  29. select all
    If I Were Alex Jones I’d Team Up With Logan Paul, TooPaul hosted Jones on a two-hour podcast episode this week.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  30. unintended consequences
    White Nationalists Make Money Streaming Hearing on Rise of White NationalismAnd other depressing moments from the derailed House Judiciary Committee hearing on the rise of the white far right.
    By Matt Stieb
  31. moderation
    Report: YouTube’s Alt-Right Content Is As Popular As Its MusicFor years, employees warned executives about prioritizing engagement above all else.
    By Brian Feldman
  32. youtube
    YouTube Exec Denies the Existence of ‘Rabbit Hole Effect’The company’s chief product officer asserts that the video site is just giving users options.
    By Brian Feldman
  33. influencers
    Why Is Jordan Peterson Selling Lobster Merch?The move comes months after the YouTube philosopher left a $66,000 monthly income on Patreon, after it banned an anti-feminist for saying the N-word.
    By Matt Stieb
  34. select all
    YouTube’s Plan to Keep Kids Safe Shows How Little It Cares About CreatorsThe platform is finally tackling its child predation problem, but the new rules could prove expensive or impossible for G-rated YouTubers to manage.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  35. select all
    Momo Isn’t What Parents Need to Worry About on YouTubeUnderstanding this week’s overhyped internet panic.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  36. don’t read the comments
    YouTube Is Scrambling, Again, to Fix Its Child Predation ProblemThe company has already removed 400 channels.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  37. youtube
    Problematic Tech Billionaire Teams Up With Problematic YouTube MillionairePewDiePie is trying to win a popularity contest, and it appears Elon Musk is lending a hand.
    By Madison Malone Kirhcer
  38. flat-earthers
    Can You Believe YouTube Caused the Rise in Flat-Earthers?Big if true.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  39. youtube
    Don’t Congratulate YouTube for Trying to Tame the Conspiracy Monster It CreatedThe company announced it is no longer recommending conspiracy videos. That’s long overdue.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  40. pranks
    YouTube Bans Dangerous Pranks Like the ‘Bird Box Challenge’YouTubers are no longer allowed to risk or make anyone fear for their lives.
    By Brian Feldman
  41. youtube
    Sentence Reduced for Parents in Abusive YouTube ‘Prank’ VideosHeather and Michael Martin, a.k.a. “DaddyOFive,” lost custody of two of their children in 2017 over their YouTube videos.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  42. they did bird on a box
    Netflix Doesn’t Need to Use Memes to Get You to WatchDid memes make everyone watch Bird Box, or are they just a symptom of Netflix’s vast power?
    By Brian Feldman
  43. influencers
    Former Vine Star Cameron Dallas Ended 2018 With Arrest for Alleged AssaultHe claims he was just defending himself.
    Madison Malone Kircher
  44. life in pixels
    How Much of the Internet Is Fake?Turns out, a lot of it, actually.
    By Max Read
  45. life in pixels
    Why YouTube’s Biggest Star Can’t Be CanceledYouTube megastar PewDiePie keeps accidentally sharing anti-Semitic jokes — and keeps getting more popular. Why?
    By Max Read
  46. cowed boys
    YouTube Bans Hate Group Founder Gavin McInnes for … ‘Copyright Infringement’McInnes had already been de-platformed by all other major social-media companies.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  47. christmas
    Happy Holidays, I Got You the Yodel Kid Singing ‘White Christmas’Mason Ramsey is at it again.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  48. anthropaulogy
    Logan Paul Isn’t a Flat Earther, But He’s Cool With Taking Their Money“My name is Logan Paul, and I think I’m coming out of the Flat Earth closet.”
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  49. youtube
    8 in 10 Parents Let Kids Watch YouTube — Even If They Don’t Like What They FindMost parents let their children watch YouTube, and most also report that they’ve come across something “unsuitable for children.”
    By Jake Swearingen
  50. my spoon is too big
    The Cartoon That Invented Internet Culture Gets a High-Definition RereleaseDon Hertzfeldt’s pioneering classic Rejected is now available in crisp 4K resolution.
    By Brian Feldman
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