YouTube will no longer monetize duplicate videos

YouTube will no longer monetize duplicate videos

Take a stroll through YouTube and you’ll inevitably come across videos showing the same few minutes of footage, but hosted on several different channels with no discernible difference. Sometimes it’s movie trailers, and sometimes it’s a viral video, but YouTube now says it is doubling efforts to crack down on channels that try to make money off … Read more

Kylie Jenner and James Charles Did Their First Ever Video Collaboration

Kylie Jenner and James Charles Did Their First Ever Video Collaboration

“Hi Sisters!” Kylie Jenner and beauty vlogger James Charles just released their first Halloween-inspired video collaboration Kylie’s FIRST ever Youtube collaboration Kylie Jenner and James Charles collaborated together for a Halloween-inspired makeup tutorial, and the two ‘sisters’ spilled some secrets while talking. A couple of weeks ago, Jenner tweeted at James Charles asking him to … Read more

Laura Prepon’s new YouTube cooking channel shows you the perfect way to hard boil an egg

Laura Prepon’s new YouTube cooking channel shows you the perfect way to hard boil an egg

Do you need to know how to perfectly cook a hard-boiled egg? Are you thirsty for a how-to video on producing your own almond milk? Do you wonder whether you should sprinkle vinegar into your egg salad? If so, actress Laura Prepon has you covered in her new YouTube channel, where she shows viewers her cooking secrets and some … Read more

YouTuber posts heartbreaking video after his $18K Lego collection was ransacked

YouTuber posts heartbreaking video after his $18K Lego collection was ransacked

YouTuber republicattak loves his Lego collection. You can see that in basically every vlog he posts, and his creations have given him so much joy since he started collecting the plastic blocks 14 years ago. But in a video posted to YouTube on Friday, titled simply “Bye,” it was clear his channel was falling apart after he revealed that … Read more

YouTube agent found guilty of sexually abusing a minor

YouTube agent found guilty of sexually abusing a minor

A French YouTube agent has been found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor, and on Monday, he was sentenced to 20 months in prison, according to Dexerto. Described by BuzzFeed as “a jack-of-all-trades manager” for YouTubers, 33-year-old Benjamin Lemaire was found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor under 15 years old, corruption of 10 minors, and possession and … Read more

Shane Dawson wonders if Jake Paul is a sociopath in new YouTube docuseries

Shane Dawson wonders if Jake Paul is a sociopath in new YouTube docuseries

After weeks of anticipation, YouTube star Shane Dawson unveiled the first episode of his eight-part documentary series on Jake Paul. And Dawson has one major question: Is Paul a sociopath? Dawson—who has already produced well-received YouTube documentaries on Jeffree Star and Tana Mongeau—set his sights on Paul earlier this year. The episode opens with Dawson listening to a voice message from Paul … Read more

In heartbreaking vlog, this 32-year-old YouTuber says his terminal cancer has spread

In heartbreaking vlog, this 32-year-old YouTuber says his terminal cancer has spread

YouTuber PeeWeeToms has been battling cancer in front of his fans for the past several months, but the video he posted Thursday was one of his most devastating to date. His journey, it seems, is drawing closer to the end. As the British YouTube star suffers from sarcomatoid carcinoma, a rare disease that has properties of two different kinds … Read more

Netflix’s ‘Magic For Humans’ inspires ‘invisible’ family member prank

Netflix’s ‘Magic For Humans’ inspires ‘invisible’ family member prank

Netflix’s Magic For Humans, hosted by magician Justin Willman, debuted last month and has already inspired a new way to prank your friends and family. Well, at least the ones who will go along with it. In episode four, Willman assembles a crowd, which allegedly responded to his Craigslist ad, for an “experiment”: They’re going … Read more

YouTube time traveler says he has photographic proof he visited 16th-century China

YouTube time traveler says he has photographic proof he visited 16th-century China

Another alleged time traveler has appeared on YouTube channel ApexTV, and this time, a man said he has proof that he visited China during the 16th and 17th centuries. Of course, these stories have become popular YouTube gimmicks in recent months. Here a man with a Russian accent, whose face is shielded by pixelation and … Read more