Sources: Time
YouTube says that it will ban misinformation related to all vaccines. 2021-09-29
YouTube says that it has pulled videos from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for promoting misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021-07-21
Rwandan humanitarian and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Paul Rusesabagina, the subject of the film "Hotel Rwanda", faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted of the crimes with which he is charged, according to the prosecution. Rusesabagina had called for armed resistance against the government of Paul Kagame on YouTube. Rusesabagina, however, declined to respond to the charges. 2020-09-16
Egypt's top administrative court upholds a 2013 lower court ruling on the short film "Innocence of Muslims". The court orders authorities to block YouTube for a month. An official says the movie denigrates Islam's prophet Muhammad. 2018-05-26
A shooting at YouTube headquarters wounds four. The gunwoman takes her own life. 2018-04-3
The Guardian obtains a copy of a document from April that reveals that the NSA is mining data using PRISM, spying on the e-mails and web activities of American citizens through direct access to Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, YouTube, Skype, Yahoo, Paltalk and AOL. The Guardian's report does not state from whom they obtained the document. 2013-06-6
"Gangnam Style" by South Korean singer PSY becomes the first video to reach one billion views on YouTube. 2012-12-21
The music video for South Korean pop singer Psy's "Gangnam Style" surpasses 808 million views, making it the most viewed video in the history of YouTube. 2012-11-24
Samsung releases, in South Korea, a camera that can post photos and videos directly to Facebook and YouTube. 2011-02-23
Paul Allen's company, Interval Licensing LLC, files a patent infringement lawsuit against Google, Apple Computer, AOL, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples Inc., Yahoo and YouTube. 2010-08-27