Sources: CBS News
Several Google services go down without warning around 11:50 UTC, including YouTube, Google Search, and the Google Play Store. The chatting app Discord and mobile video game "Pokémon Go" also go down. The cause was revealed to be an “authentication system outage” by the Google Cloud Twitter account. 2020-12-14
"Baby Shark Dance", produced by Pinkfong, surpasses "Despacito" as the most-viewed video on YouTube. 2020-11-2
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
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
A shooting at YouTube headquarters wounds four. The gunwoman takes her own life. 2018-04-3
Russia wants YouTube and Instagram to remove videos posted by Alexei Navalny, a prominent opposition figure, describing his investigation into Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire, with bribing Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko and offering information about the 2016 U.S. election he had received from Paul Manafort. 2018-02-13
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
Christina Grimmie, a YouTube star and former contestant on "The Voice", is shot dead by an "infatuated" fan as she signed autographs following a concert appearance with Before You Exit at The Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida. The shooter, 27-year-old Kevin James Loibl, shot himself dead after being tackled by Grimmie's brother. Grimmie died in a hospital just before 11 p.m. 2016-06-10
Psy's "Gangnam Style" becomes the first video to reach 2 billion views on YouTube. 2014-05-31
Images emerge on YouTube of a man being shot at close range, possibly by police, in Cairo - Alexandria; his condition is unknown. 2011-02-6