Meet YouTube's Hidden Laborers Toiling to Keep Ads Off Hateful Videos
7 years, 11 months ago

Meet YouTube's Hidden Laborers Toiling to Keep Ads Off Hateful Videos

Wired  

Every day across the nation, people doing work for Google log on to their computers and start watching YouTube. They decide whether to classify clips as “offensive” or “sensitive.” They are Google’s so-called “ads quality raters,” temporary workers hired by outside agencies to render judgments machines still can't make all on their own. “I’m not saying this is the entire reason for the current crisis,” says a former Google ad rater, who was not authorized to speak with WIRED about the program. Taken together, the scope of the work and nuance required in assessing videos shows Google still needs human help in dealing with YouTube’s ad problems. “We have many sources of information, but one of our most important sources is people like you,” Google tells raters in a document describing the purpose of their ad-rating work.

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YouTube tries new ways to stop people falling into negative ‘wormholes’
3 weeks, 4 days ago

YouTube tries new ways to stop people falling into negative ‘wormholes’

The Independent  

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Why is YouTube running slow and how to fix it?
1 year, 4 months ago

Why is YouTube running slow and how to fix it?

India TV News  

YouTube, a video platform from Google has recently stated that viewers with ad-blockers have been installed which might experience "suboptimal viewing". Witnessing a number of scaling complaints, YouTube clarified that the platform's ad blocker detection does not target any specific browsers, and the delay in video loading has been reported across all the browser users. The company has suggested that …

YouTube showing 'ad blocker' ads post even after warnings against its use: Report
1 year, 4 months ago

YouTube showing 'ad blocker' ads post even after warnings against its use: Report

India TV News  

YouTube showing 'ad blocker' ads post even after warnings against its use: Report A report surfaced which stated that after YouTube officially blocked the use of Ad Blocker on the platform, still some of the users reported that the video-sharing website is showing the adblocker ad itself. YouTube, a Google-owned platform for video-sharing has blocked the use of Ad Blocker, …

YouTube's BIG Warning: Use Ad Blockers And You May Get Blocked From Watching Videos
1 year, 4 months ago

YouTube's BIG Warning: Use Ad Blockers And You May Get Blocked From Watching Videos

News 18  

YouTube has ads, and to avoid them, you either need to resort to ad blockers or buy the YouTube Premium subscription. It has reportedly launched a “global effort” to crack down on ad blockers by either blocking the ad blockers directly or suggesting users try YouTube Premium, The Verge reports. Should you encounter YouTube’s new pop-up that appears when it …

YouTube's battle against ad blockers goes global: Key updates
1 year, 4 months ago

YouTube's battle against ad blockers goes global: Key updates

India TV News  

YouTube Ad Blockers: YouTube, a Google owned audio-video streaming platform, has increased its efforts to combat the use of ad blockers by users on its platform worldwide. More and more YouTube users are now encountering a warning message when they attempt to watch videos, prompting them to disable ad blockers or subscribe to YouTube Premium for $14 a month. The …

YouTube Now Wants You To Remove Ad-Blockers Or Pay To Get Ad-Free Videos
1 year, 5 months ago

YouTube Now Wants You To Remove Ad-Blockers Or Pay To Get Ad-Free Videos

News 18  

YouTube has been lenient over the years allowing people to use ad-blockers to stop them from seeing multiple ads before a video starts. When the platform detects that your browser has an ad blocker, it will show this pop-up message with the details and also explain why ad blockers are not ideal for YouTube to serve billions of people. People …

Google misled advertisers about video ads; did not meet quality standards: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

Google misled advertisers about video ads; did not meet quality standards: Report

The Hindu  

Google misled brands as well as the U.S. Federal Government over the placement and watchability of their video ads on third-party platforms, according to a report by ad performance analysis platform Adalytics. Adalytics looked into Google’s TrueView service for video advertisers and claimed it did not serve ads in a way that met Google’s quality standards. “TrueView in-stream ad placement …

An Open Letter to YouTube’s CEO From the World’s Fact-Checkers
3 years, 2 months ago

An Open Letter to YouTube’s CEO From the World’s Fact-Checkers

The Quint  

January 12, 2022 Ms. Susan Wojcicki, It’s been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started. As an international network of fact-checking organizations, we monitor how lies spread online — and everyday, we see that YouTube is one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide. And given that a large proportion of views on YouTube come from …

YouTube Still Lets Advertisers Run Campaigns on Hateful, Violative Videos, Despite Blocking Techniques
3 years, 11 months ago

YouTube Still Lets Advertisers Run Campaigns on Hateful, Violative Videos, Despite Blocking Techniques

News 18  

Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube has techniques in place that block ads on videos that contain hate speech and White nationalist terms and slogans. Google Ads showed The Markup millions of YouTube videos for advertisers who are purchasing ads related to the terms “White Power,” and Fascist slogan “blood and soil,” and the far-right call to violence “racial holy war.” …

YouTube channels making money from ads, memberships amplify Trump voting fraud claims
4 years, 4 months ago

YouTube channels making money from ads, memberships amplify Trump voting fraud claims

The Hindu  

At least nine popular YouTube channels were promoting on Thursday debunked accusations about voting fraud in the U.S. presidential race, conspiratorial content that could jeopardize advertising and memberships revenue they get from the video service. YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc's Google, has rules that forbid channels using its revenue-generation tools from making “claims that are demonstrably false and could significantly …

YouTube video ads will become more 'shoppable' with these tools: Know how
4 years, 9 months ago

YouTube video ads will become more 'shoppable' with these tools: Know how

India TV News  

Google has introduced new direct response tools on YouTube that make video more shoppable, use automation to drive conversions, and help advertisers better understand attribution. "As businesses begin to reopen, they have an opportunity to use video to drive both online and offline actions on YouTube, where 70 per cent of people say they bought a brand as a result …

YouTube to comply with US FTC by reportedly removing targeted ads on child-centric videos
5 years, 7 months ago

YouTube to comply with US FTC by reportedly removing targeted ads on child-centric videos

Firstpost  

YouTube had been mulling over shifting all its children-related content away from the main platform. Most recently, it is being reported that the company is “finalising plans” to end ads on uploaded videos that children are quite likely to watch. As per Bloomberg, this move is quite likely being made to appease the FTC which has recently reached a settlement …

YouTube says it will remove thousands of videos pushing far-right views
5 years, 9 months ago

YouTube says it will remove thousands of videos pushing far-right views

Salon  

YouTube has long resisted removing content that promotes white supremacist or other far-right views, but on Wednesday, the Google-owned video content giant announced it would take down thousands of videos to combat extremism and hate speech on its website. Previously, the company had limited the spread of white supremacist videos by not recommending them and not allowing The company made …

YouTube terminates over 400 channels after reports of child exploitation
6 years, 1 month ago

YouTube terminates over 400 channels after reports of child exploitation

India Today  

YouTube has terminated more than 400 channels and disabled comments on tens of millions of videos on its platform following reports that videos on its platform were being used for exploiting children. ".In the last 48 hours, beyond our normal protections we've disabled comments on tens of millions of videos, We've also terminated over 400 channels for the comments they …

The Challenge of Making YouTube a Better Place
55 years, 2 months ago

The Challenge of Making YouTube a Better Place

Wired  

Susan Wojcicki has a difficult job. But the company she helms is very different than the YouTube that launched in 2005, when the mission was “Broadcast Yourself.” In recent years, and particularly since the 2016 election in the US, the service has found itself teeming with trolls and bad information. “It’s really valuable, but we have to marry that with …

Cisco pulls off all its online ads from YouTube to prevent them from showing up with sensitive content
6 years, 10 months ago

Cisco pulls off all its online ads from YouTube to prevent them from showing up with sensitive content

Firstpost  

Cisco’s action follows a CNN report in April that said ads from over 300 companies, including Cisco, ran on extremist channels on YouTube. Network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc is pulling all online ads from YouTube due to fears of the ads appearing on sensitive content on the platform, Cisco’s chief marketing officer, Karen Walker, said in a blog on …

YouTube is cracking down on videos that promote conspiracy theories
7 years ago

YouTube is cracking down on videos that promote conspiracy theories

Daily Mail  

YouTube is adopting a new strategy to counter the spread of conspiracy theories, fake news and other disinformation on its platform. Scroll down for video YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced at SXSW on Tuesday that the firm will be rolling out a new feature that displays 'information cues' alongside popular conspiracy theories 'People can still watch the videos but then …

YouTube tightens its grip over creators and content they upload on the platform to avoid Logan Paul like fiascos
7 years, 1 month ago

YouTube tightens its grip over creators and content they upload on the platform to avoid Logan Paul like fiascos

Firstpost  

YouTube, the video sharing platform is pumping its workforce with 10,000 who will make sure that people don’t post content that violates their guidelines After Logan Paul’s ‘Suicide Forest’ video, YouTube has pulled up it socks to deal with creators in case they damage the website’s reputation. According to a YouTube blog post, the video sharing platform and Google are …

YouTube changed its ad rules to appease advertisers. YouTubers say they’re the ones paying for it
7 years, 2 months ago

YouTube changed its ad rules to appease advertisers. YouTubers say they’re the ones paying for it

LA Times  

YouTube is at a crossroads. It progressed to outrage about disturbing videos disguised as children’s content, and culminated on New Year’s Eve when YouTube star Logan Paul posted a video of himself discovering a dead body in Japan’s “suicide forest.” YouTube booted Paul from its premium Some video producers say they’re losing money due to the mistakes of stars like …

YouTube to hire 10,000 people to monitor and control violent content, as well as disturbing videos targeting children
7 years, 3 months ago

YouTube to hire 10,000 people to monitor and control violent content, as well as disturbing videos targeting children

Firstpost  

YouTube along with Facebook, Google and Twitter have come under scrutiny over the availability of terrorist material and propaganda on their platforms. YouTube will hire 10,000 people to monitor and control violent extremism on the popular video streaming platform, along with curbing content that endangers children. In an interview to The Daily Telegraph, Susan Wojcicki, Chief Executive of the Google-owned …

Major brands pull down ad campaigns from YouTube after appearing alongside inappropriate content
7 years, 4 months ago

Major brands pull down ad campaigns from YouTube after appearing alongside inappropriate content

Firstpost  

In response, a YouTube spokesman said: “There shouldn’t be any ads running on this content and we are working urgently to fix this”. Lidl, Cadbury maker Mondelez, Mars and other companies have pulled advertising from YouTube after the Times newspaper found the video sharing site was showing clips of scantily clad children alongside the ads of major brands. ”We have …

YouTube could lose up to $750m from advertisers' boycott over extremist content
8 years ago

YouTube could lose up to $750m from advertisers' boycott over extremist content

The Independent  

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YouTube’s Ad Problems Finally Blow Up in Google’s Face
8 years ago

YouTube’s Ad Problems Finally Blow Up in Google’s Face

Wired  

Late last year, Israel-based entrepreneur Matan Uziel saw a notification he’d never seen before pop up on YouTube’s backend—the part of the site where creators upload their videos. A Google representative told Uziel in an email that the videos' titles could be automatically triggering the site's filters. Ditching Google About a week ago, the Times of London published an investigation …

Google’s YouTube losing major advertisers upset with videos
8 years ago

Google’s YouTube losing major advertisers upset with videos

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — AT&T, Verizon and several other major advertisers are suspending their marketing campaigns on Google’s YouTube site after discovering their brands have been appearing alongside videos promoting terrorism and other unsavory subjects. As part of Google’s solution to the problem, Schindler promised to hire “significant numbers” of employees to review YouTube videos and flag them as inappropriate for …

Banks join queue of advertisers ditching Google over extremist YouTube videos
8 years ago

Banks join queue of advertisers ditching Google over extremist YouTube videos

The Independent  

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Facebook does not pose a threat, says YouTube
9 years, 8 months ago

Facebook does not pose a threat, says YouTube

Firstpost  

Is Facebook really eating into YouTube’s territory? He said Facebook’s and other players’ arrival shows that online video is “becoming mainstream”, but it would not derail the YouTube juggernaut. Recently, it muscled further into YouTube’s territory with a trial to share advertising revenue with video creators who publish on the social network. According to a previous report, Facebook confirmed that …

Forbidden in YouTube deal
12 years, 8 months ago

Forbidden in YouTube deal

The Independent  

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