Snap, Meta, and Roblox have agreed to introduce new anti-grooming measures after Ofcom’s public call for action, but TikTok and YouTube still have a lot of explaining to do.
A new study claims YouTube’s recommendation algorithm may steer men and women toward vastly different political content, raising fresh concerns about online echo chambers and polarization.
Google announced a new YouTube Shorts Remix feature that lets users restyle clips or even insert themselves into other people’s videos using Gemini Omni. Now, at the bottom of a YouTube Short, when you click the remix icon, you’ll see an option to “reimagine” it. Here, you can prompt Gemini to turn a video into […]
Google announced two big YouTube features at I/O 2026: Omni for Shorts and Ask YouTube for Premium subscribers in the US.
Google is completely revamping its search experience, and that doesn’t stop at YouTube.
Snap, YouTube, and TikTok have settled the first lawsuit of its kind, alleging that social media addiction has cost public schools massive amounts of money, according to Bloomberg. The suit, filed by the Breathitt County School District in Kentucky, claims that social media has disrupted learning and created a mental health crisis, straining budgets. The […]
YouTube is rolling out a new AI safety feature that could help creators spot deepfake-style videos using their face. The tool works quietly in the background, but it may become increasingly important as AI-generated content spreads online.
YouTube is expanding its AI likeness detection program to all users over the age of 18 – meaning just about anyone can have the platform hunt for potential deepfakes of themselves. The likeness detection feature uses a selfie-style scan of a person’s face to monitor YouTube for lookalikes. If there is a match, YouTube alerts […]
In the ongoing fight for content and talent, YouTube is pitching itself as the connector between the creators and advertisers – and marketing its creators not just as the future of social media, but also of advertising, TV, streaming, and entertainment more broadly. At the company’s annual advertiser event in New York on Wednesday, YouTube […]
My guest today is longtime friend of the show Joanna Stern. You all know Joanna: she is the former senior personal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal, a former Decoder guest host, one of my cofounders here at The Verge, and also just one of my very closest friends. I mention that because Joanna […]