Sources: CBS News
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 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
Google-owned YouTube says that it has suspended U.S. President Donald Trump's account from uploading new videos or live streaming content for the next seven days, and may extend the suspension, saying that the channel had violated its rules over incitement to violence. 2021-01-13
"Baby Shark Dance", produced by Pinkfong, surpasses "Despacito" as the most-viewed video on YouTube. 2020-11-2
Twitter and YouTube are both inaccessible for hours in Turkey; part of a crack-down on social media by the government there. 2015-04-6
Afghanistan blocks access to YouTube until the video is taken down. 2012-09-12
Video footage emerges on YouTube of a police van being driven at high speed into peacefully marching anti-regime protesters. 2011-02-3
France condemns the actions of a senior soldier after a YouTube video of him threatening a Togolese journalist in Lomé is released. 2010-08-13
Lady Gaga breaks a YouTube most viewed record, becoming "Queen of YouTube" with more than one billion views. 2010-04-16
Alexey Dymovskiy, the Russian policeman who became famous for denouncing police corruption on YouTube, is arrested on charges of fraud and corruption. 2010-01-22