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YouTube gives banned creators a second chance |
YouTube is rolling out a "second chance" program to allow previously banned creators to apply for new channels, the company announced Thursday. |
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"We know many terminated creators deserve a second chance – YouTube has evolved and changed over the past 20 years, and we've had our share of second chances to get things right with our community too," the company wrote in a blog post. Creators who have been banned for at least a year will be able to apply for a new channel. In evaluating applications, YouTube said it would consider whether users have "committed particularly severe or persistent violations" of its rules, as well as whether their activity on or off the site resulted in harm. Those who have violated copyright rules or the platform's "creator responsibility" policies are not eligible for new channels. YouTube hinted at the program in a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) late last month. It said it would provide an opportunity for creators to rejoin the platform if they were terminated for violations of its COVID-19 and election policies that are no longer in effect. In the letter, Alphabet — YouTube and Google's parent company — accused the Biden administration of pressuring the platform to remove "non-violative" content related to the pandemic. "Senior Biden Administration officials, including White House officials, conducted repeated and sustained outreach to Alphabet and pressed the Company regarding certain user-generated content related to the COVID-19 pandemic that did not violate its policies," the letter read. The company criticized the previous administration's actions as "unacceptable and wrong." It suggested it has "transparently evolved" YouTube's policies over time, noting it has since retired all COVID-19 specific policies. |
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How policy will be impacting the tech sector now and in the future: |
UK watchdog targets Google's 'strategic' role in search ads and a competitive market |
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LONDON (AP) — Britain's antitrust watchdog on Friday labeled Google a "strategic" player in the online search advertising market, paving the way for regulators to force the company to change its business practices to ensure more competition in that market. The Competition and Markets Authority said its investigation found that the U.S. tech giant has "strategic market status” because it has "substantial and entrenched … |
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Trump threatens countermeasures after China tightens grip on rare earths, says 'no reason' to meet Xi |
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President Trump on Friday threatened an increase in tariffs on China and other potential countermeasures after Beijing tightened control over rare earth elements and critical mineral exports. Trump wrote in a lengthy post on Truth Social that he did not see a reason to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a summit in South Korea later this month as previously planned in light of Beijing’s moves, which Trump called … |
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Lyft scraps feature that let drivers see how often riders tip |
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Popular rideshare company Lyft has scrapped a test feature that let some drivers see how often passengers tip before accepting a ride. “While this experiment showed early signs of improving the marketplace and helping riders to get to where they need to go on time, we heard our customers and cancelled the experiment,” a Lyft spokesperson told The Hill’s sister station NewsNation in an email Thursday. The decision … |
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News we've flagged from the intersection of tech and other topics: |
- China opens antitrust probe into the U.S. chip giant Qualcomm (CNBC)
- Samsung hit with $445.5 million U.S. jury verdict over wireless communications patent (Reuters)
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