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YouTube broadcasts Covid-19 conspiracies to millions: Press Gazette probe prompts removal of videos after weeks online

YouTube is broadcasting Covid-19 conspiracy theory videos to millions of people, and in some cases running adverts alongside them, a…

By William Turvill

Youtube follows Facebook in taking down Tory election ads using BBC News footage

Google has removed Conservative Party election adverts which used edited BBC News clips from its video-sharing platform Youtube. The move…

By PA Mediapoint

Sky launching ‘Brexit free’ news channel on TV and Youtube

Sky News is launching a “pop-up channel” free from any mention of Brexit. Sky News: Brexit Free will go live…

By Freddy Mayhew

Youtube downs Bellingcat channel for four hours without warning

Youtube suspended investigative news outfit Bellingcat’s channel for a number of hours this morning without warning. Eliot Higgins, founder and…

By Freddy Mayhew

MP tells Facebook, Youtube and Twitter bosses ‘you are not doing your jobs’ over extremist content

Social media sites are “a cesspit” and systems to monitor offensive content are not working, an MP has claimed. During…

By PA Mediapoint

Youtube must ‘reconsider judgment’ on Tommy Robinson videos, says Culture Secretary

Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has urged Youtube to “reconsider their judgment” over hosting Tommy Robinson videos after Labour deputy leader…

By PA Media Lawyer

Youtube apologises after technical issues take site offline

Youtube has apologised after technical issues took the site offline for more than an hour overnight. The Google-owned video hosting…

By PA Mediapoint

Former Evolve Politics editor Matt Turner launches ‘impartial’ evening Twitter briefing for people ‘sick of the News at Six’

Former Evolve Politics editor Matt Turner has launched an evening briefing on UK politics aimed at audiences “sick of the…

By James Walker

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