Google misrepresents ads in content, including YouTube videos

Google said it will no longer display ads on YouTube videos and other content that supports false claims about climate change. The decision by the company’s advertising team means that it will no longer allow websites or YouTube creators to earn ad money through Google for content “contrary to the well-established scientific consensus on the …

$1 Billion Competitor for Music Rights Says ‘Content is Queen’

It has long been a stock slogan in the media industry: “Content is king.” The idea is that intellectual property is vital to distribution systems like cable TV or streaming music, so owning and controlling it can be a powerful leverage and a worthwhile investment. But one investor, Sherrese Clarke Soares, has a twist on …

How Facebook Relies on Accenture to Clean Up Toxic Content

In 2010, Accenture signed an accounting contract with Facebook. By 2012, this had expanded to include an agreement to moderate content, specifically outside the United States. Two former Facebook employees who took part in the trip said that year, Facebook sent Accenture employees to Manila and Warsaw to train them to rank posts. Accenture employees …

OnlyFans Says It Won’t Ban Obscene Content

It is difficult to overestimate the degree. Just Fans reversed the general downward trajectory of being an adult entertainment artist. Before subscription service arrived in 2016, so-called tube sites, video platforms that collect stolen pornographic content, distribute it for free, and suck revenue from banner and video ads, put many of the biggest studios out …

The Unprintable App That Wants to Empower Content Creators

In October, Ms. Lugrin published a blog post announcing the FYPM. Wrote, “born out of anger”. Targeting influencer marketing platforms, most said it’s “really just another platform designed to help more business owners tap into influencer talent, but in a new “innovative” way! After building a prototype of FYPM, it was accepted into a 10-week …

Hello Content Creators. Silicon Valley’s Investors Want to Meet You.

Last summer, 28-year-old co-founder Tucker Schreiber, combo was building a video editing platform, he noticed a lot more emails in his inbox. Although his company had no employees, no products, and didn’t say he was looking for money, investors were sending him a series of messages. “I started getting five to 10 emails a day …