Sources: CBS News
YouTube removes the public "dislike" count from all YouTube videos, in an attempt to protect content creators from coordinated "dislike attacks". The change was met with near universal opposition. 2021-11-10
Google announces that it is building the world's longest undersea cable that will run from the east coast of the United States to Las Toninas, Argentina, with additional connections in Praia Grande, Brazil, and Punta del Este, Uruguay. The cable will ensure fast, low-latency access to Google products, such as Search, Gmail and YouTube, as well as Google Cloud services. 2021-06-12
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
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
YouTube says it will remove videos promoting a conspiracy theory linking 5G to COVID-19, while "borderline content" will be removed from search results. The decision comes after four more mobile phone masts are set on fire, and broadband engineers have received threats, in several UK cities. 2020-04-5
A shooting at YouTube headquarters wounds four. The gunwoman takes her own life. 2018-04-3
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
Apparent ISIL computer hackers attack the feeds for the United States Central Command for Twitter and YouTube. 2015-01-12
Sony releases the film "The Interview" online via YouTube and Google Play. 2014-12-24
"Gangnam Style" by South Korean singer PSY becomes the first video to reach one billion views on YouTube. 2012-12-21