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Google has a cloud services outage that affects Gmail, Snapchat, YouTube and other services in parts of the United States.
2019-06-2

The European Parliament approves two revisions to the controversial Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. One resolution includes new requirements aimed at making companies pay licensing fees to publications such as newspapers whose work gets aggregated by online services. The second revision makes online platforms such as Google, Facebook and YouTube liable for the content posted on their services, meaning that all content providers must get permission from rights holders before uploading copyrighted material of any kind.
2019-03-26

Facebook removes several "InfoWars"-related pages from its platform, for what it describes as glorification of violence and dehumanizing language. YouTube deletes Alex Jones's main account for repeated Terms of Service violations. Apple and Spotify pull Jones's podcasts. Editor Paul Joseph Watson calls Facebook's move "political censorship" on Twitter.
2018-08-6

Sony releases the film "The Interview" online via YouTube and Google Play.
2014-12-24

Psy's "Gangnam Style" becomes the first video to reach 2 billion views on YouTube.
2014-05-31

Turkey blocks access to YouTube after a high-level intelligence leak.
2014-03-27

The Guardian obtains a copy of a document from April that reveals that the NSA is mining data using PRISM, spying on the e-mails and web activities of American citizens through direct access to Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, YouTube, Skype, Yahoo, Paltalk and AOL. The Guardian's report does not state from whom they obtained the document.
2013-06-6

Samsung releases, in South Korea, a camera that can post photos and videos directly to Facebook and YouTube.
2011-02-23

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

Paul Allen's company, Interval Licensing LLC, files a patent infringement lawsuit against Google, Apple Computer, AOL, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples Inc., Yahoo and YouTube.
2010-08-27