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Thursday, March 15, 2018

YouTube's Human Moderators Work In Four-Hour Shifts (So They Don't Go Crazy), Drake Breaks Records On Twitch, YouTube Fact Checks With Wikipedia, More

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YouTube's Human Moderators Will See Limited Four-Hour Shifts To Preserve Their Sanity


YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced yesterday that the company is taking precautions to limit the amount of disturbing content that its human moderators must police every day.

In short, she's moderating YouTube exposure to YouTube's moderators.

Trailer Hints At Bear Grylls' Plans To Face The Wild In Upcoming Facebook Watch Series


The man known as the "man" in Man Vs. Wild is getting ready to launch his latest show. A trailer has arrived for Bear Grylls: Face The Wild one week before the Facebook Watch show's premiere date.

YouTube Red To Spotlight K-Pop Megastars BTS (And Their Fans) In Eight-Part Series


Every time BTS tweets, hundreds of thousands of fans press the retweet button, and last year, the Guinness Book of Records enshrined BTS in its pages by naming the group as the musicians with the most Twitter engagements.

Bo Burnham Examines Adolescence In Feature Directorial Debut (Trailer)


Bo Burnham, an early YouTube star who has since sought to work his magic behind the camera, has unveiled the trailer for his feature directorial debut.

The Long-Awaited Interactive Adaptation Of 'WarGames' Has Premiered


The so-called "series that watches you" is now available.

Rapper Drake Joins Fortnite Streamer Ninja On Twitch For Record-Breaking Broadcast


How do you engineer a record-breaking Twitch stream? Inviting a world-famous rapper onto your channel is generally a good way to start.

It's Not Just The US — The Indian YouTube Community Has a Fake News Problem, Too


Halfway across the globe another fake news crisis has been linked to YouTube, and it remains unresolved.

YouTube Reptile Vlogger Charged With 23 Counts of Illegally Possessing Venomous Snakes


YouTube snake handler Brandon Boyles, known to his 21,000 subscribers as VenomMan20, has been charged by police with 23 counts of illegal possession of venomous snakes, as well as animal cruelty and reckless endangerment.

Fund This: A Boston-Area Comedian Is Gonna Make You Sweat With A Wicked Workout


If you're sitting around the house and looking to get into better shape, you don't need an exercise routine. You need a Wicked Workout.

YouTube To Clamp Down On Conspiracy Theories With Wikipedia-Sourced Text Boxes


YouTube is taking decisive action to combat an avalanche of conspiracy theory videos that have spread across the site in the wake of the Parkland shooting, after many far right creators mischaracterized survivors as "crisis actors" seeking to push stricter gun laws.
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