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YouTube blocks all accounts associated with Russian state-funded media outlets for violation of YouTube's policy of denialism or trivialisation of well-documented violent events.
2022-03-11

YouTube bans News Corp's "Sky News Australia" channel from uploading new content for seven days after commentator Alan Jones spreads COVID-19 misinformation. This comes shortly after "The Daily Telegraph" fired Jones and ended his regular column over similar concerns. According to a YouTube spokesman, "Specifically, we don’t allow content that denies the existence of Covid-19 or that encourages people to use hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin to treat or prevent the virus."
2021-08-1

YouTube announces a new policy regarding hate speech and harassment on the video sharing platform, saying it will specifically ban videos that include neo-nazi and supremacist content, subsequently suspending several popular right-wing channels, and demonetizing Steven Crowder's.
2019-06-5

The United States Central Command launches an investigation into a video posted on YouTube which appears to show a U.S. service member firing on civilians inside a truck on a road in Afghanistan. The montage video, titled "Happy Few Ordnance Symphony", has since been removed.
2018-01-10

YouTube removes thousands of child abuse videos related to Elsagate.
2017-11-28

Hackers send the FBI an email linking to a YouTube video of "You are an idiot!"
2014-12-20

Activision Blizzard files papers with a California court, calling for unidentified programmers that created cheats for Starcraft II to be made to compensate them for copyright infringement.
2014-05-22

"Gangnam Style" by South Korean singer PSY becomes the first video to reach one billion views on YouTube.
2012-12-21

The Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube accounts of Israeli Deputy Premier Silvan Shalom are hacked and filled with pro-Palestine status updates. ZCompanyHackingCrew claims responsibility for the act.
2012-11-21

Lady Gaga breaks a YouTube most viewed record, becoming "Queen of YouTube" with more than one billion views.
2010-04-16