Sources: CBS News
Facebook and Alphabet Inc., which owns Youtube, announce that they have removed a video of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claiming that COVID-19 vaccines cause AIDS after the video was found to have violated their respective company's policies about the vaccines. 2021-10-25
YouTube suspends channels run by Myanmar's military and removes junta propaganda videos for "violating its community guidelines and terms of service". 2021-03-5
Luis Fonsi's Despacito music video becomes the first video on YouTube to surpass seven billion (7,000,000,000) views. 2020-10-10
Google and YouTube announce that after the polls close on November 3 for the Presidential election, they will stop allowing political ads even if there is confusion or civil unrest while votes are counted. 2020-09-25
Rwandan humanitarian and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Paul Rusesabagina, the subject of the film "Hotel Rwanda", faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted of the crimes with which he is charged, according to the prosecution. Rusesabagina had called for armed resistance against the government of Paul Kagame on YouTube. Rusesabagina, however, declined to respond to the charges. 2020-09-16
YouTube announces that it will turn off comments on videos featuring children under the age of 18 after reports that a pedophile ring was operating in the comment sections of videos featuring minors, which subsequently led AT&T, Nestlé and Hasbro to suspend advertisements on the website. 2019-02-28
Pakistan lifts a three-year ban on YouTube after Google launches a local version that allows the government to demand removal of material it considers to be offensive. Similar systems have existed in China for many years. 2016-01-19
Hackers send the FBI an email linking to a YouTube video of "You are an idiot!" 2014-12-20
Bangladesh lifts a ban on YouTube that had been in effect since September 2012. 2013-06-5
Turkey lifts a two-year ban on YouTube, which was blocked due to videos insulting the country's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. 2010-10-30