Video-sharing platform YouTube has announced that it is lowering the eligibility requirements for the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) and also introduced a few monetisation methods for smaller creators, including paid chat, tipping, channel memberships and shopping features.
The blocked YouTube channels had a cumulative viewership of over 260 crores and were used to spread fake news, and coordinated disinformation over social media on subjects sensitive from the perspective of national security, India’s foreign relations and public order.
The connection to political parties was often opaque and kept at enough distance to maintain deniability.
Google has been sued by a former YouTube employee for allegedly pressuring recruiters to only look for female and Latina…
