Sources: CBS News
Facebook and Alphabet Inc., which owns YouTube, announce that they have removed a video of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claiming that COVID-19 vaccines cause AIDS after the video was found to have violated their respective company's policies about the vaccines. 2021-10-25
Google and YouTube announce that after the polls close on November 3 for the Presidential election, they will stop allowing political ads even if there is confusion or civil unrest while votes are counted. 2020-09-25
In March 2020, the official music video for "Godzilla", Eminem featuring Juice Wrld, was released posthumously in his honor and directed by Cole Bennett. It features cameos from Mike Tyson and Dr. Dre, and has garnered over 750 million views on YouTube.2020-03-9
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
Bangladesh lifts a ban on YouTube that had been in effect since September 2012. 2013-06-5
"Gangnam Style" by South Korean singer PSY becomes the first video to reach one billion views on YouTube. 2012-12-21
Samsung releases, in South Korea, a camera that can post photos and videos directly to Facebook and YouTube. 2011-02-23
Video footage emerges on YouTube of a police van being driven at high speed into peacefully marching anti-regime protesters. 2011-02-3
The internet parody video "Newport State of Mind", which had received hundreds of thousands of hits, is taken off YouTube due to a "copyright claim" by EMI Publishing. 2010-08-11
Lady Gaga breaks a YouTube most viewed record, becoming "Queen of YouTube" with more than one billion views. 2010-04-16