Sources: CBS News
Thousands of websites, such as Facebook and YouTube, begin implementing age verification to block "adult content" for British viewers under the age of 18, according to Ofcom. 2025-07-25
YouTube is reportedly blocked and slowed down across Russia following the website's blocking of several channels that expressed support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 2024-08-8
Russia threatens to ban YouTube if it does not reinstate two German-language channels backed by the Russian state that were deleted for violating COVID-19 misinformation guidelines. 2021-09-29
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
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
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