YouTube largely back up after being down for thousands of users, Downdetector shows

Alphabet's YouTube was largely back up after a brief outage denied access for thousands of users globally on Friday, ...

YouTube Streams Will No Longer Count Towards Billboard Charts

The video streaming giant blames the change, set to take effect in January, on a dispute over how non-subscriber streams are ...
Mashable

YouTube's war on ad blockers continues, now making ads truly unskippable

YouTube's crack down on ad blockers leads to unskippable blank video ads on the platform. Credit: Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto via Getty Images YouTube ad-blocker users, prepare to stare at nothing ...
Wired

YouTube’s ‘Dislike’ Button Doesn’t Do What You Think

YouTube creators often implore their viewers to ‘smash that Like button,’ believing its feedback to be vital to their future success on the algorithm-driven platform. But a new study from the ...
Forbes

YouTube’s New Ad Blocker Crackdown—What You Need To Know

YouTube is cracking down on the use of ad blockers on its site, with the Google-owned streaming service warning people to disable the privacy-preserving tools. YouTube is cracking down on the use ...