Sources: CBS News
Gabon indefinitely suspends access to social media platforms YouTube and TikTok citing concerns they undermine social cohesion and threaten national security. 2026-02-18
YouTube says that it has pulled videos from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for promoting misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021-07-21
YouTube announces that it has temporarily suspended U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) for violating its policies about promoting unproven alternative therapies to treat COVID-19. 2021-06-11
YouTube announces that it will ban misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines as an effort to expand its policy surrounding misinformation about COVID-19. 2020-10-14
Advertisers remove their ads from InfoWars founder Alex Jones' YouTube channels. Many of the brands say they were not aware their adverts were being shown on the channel until being contacted by CNN. 2018-03-4
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
Apparent ISIL computer hackers attack the feeds for the United States Central Command for Twitter and YouTube. 2015-01-12
Psy's "Gangnam Style" becomes the first video to reach 2 billion views on YouTube. 2014-05-31
"Gangnam Style" by South Korean singer PSY becomes the first video to reach one billion views on YouTube. 2012-12-21
Afghanistan blocks access to YouTube until the video is taken down. 2012-09-12