[485] In the wake of the controversy, the service reported that they had deleted over 400 channels and tens of millions of comments, and reported the offending users to law enforcement and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. [114] In December 2008, 720p HD support was added. Any successful complaint about copyright infringement results in a YouTube copyright strike. [52] Critics have cited the acquisition as proof that the vaping industry and "big tobacco", who for years denied the link between smoking and health complications, are increasingly one and the same. The percentage of 12th grade students who reported vaping nicotine almost doubled, from 11% in 2017 to 21% in 2018. [6] In August 2018, Juul introduced pods in 3 percent strengths for its mint and Virginia tobacco flavors. [288], Experimental features of YouTube can be accessed in an area of the site named TestTube. Juul will continue to sell Virginia Tobacco, Classic Tobacco, and Menthol in retail stores, and noted that it will renew retail sales of its other flavors at stores that invest in age-verification technology. YouTube staff argued that the separate platform was causing confusion and that the integration would allow the features developed for the service (including game-based portals and enhanced discoverability of gaming-related videos and live streaming) to reach a broader audience through the main YouTube website. The case involved Stephanie Lenz from Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, who had made a home video of her 13-month-old son dancing to Prince's song "Let's Go Crazy", and posted the 29-second video on YouTube. [168], In July 2010, the mobile version of the site was relaunched based on HTML5, avoiding the need to use Adobe Flash Player and optimized for use with touch screen controls. The themes emphasized in Juul's marketing, especially freedom, relaxation, and sex appeal;[61] the use of young models and imagery claimed to be appealing to young people;[14][8] and the use of social media influencers and affiliates popular among youth are three reasons why many consider Juul's marketing to be targeting youth. [252], On February 28, 2017, in a press announcement held at YouTube Space Los Angeles, YouTube announced the launch of YouTube TV, an over-the-top MVPD-style subscription service that would be available for United States customers at a price of US$35 per month. [118] In November 2016, support for HDR video was added which can be encoded with Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) or Perceptual Quantizer (PQ). [94][95] The YouTube site had a page that allowed supported browsers to opt into the HTML5 trial. According to leaks from the program, YouTube joined the PRISM program in 2010. [61] A 2018 study found that "Juul's social media activities were highly correlated with Juul retail sales. It is headquartered in San Francisco. According to Google, YouTube had made US$15.1 billion in ad revenue in 2019, in contrast to US$8.1 billion in 2017 and US$11.1 billion in 2018. 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[362] In May 2013, Nintendo began enforcing its copyright ownership and claiming the advertising revenue from video creators who posted screenshots of its games. [163] In September 2019, President Donald Trump made an announcement that there would be a possible ban implemented on a majority of flavored e-cigarettes with the exception of menthol. Click to see our best Video content. Based on reported quarterly advertising revenue, YouTube is estimated to have US$15 billion in annual revenues. Most content is generated and uploaded by individuals, but media corporations including CBS, the BBC, Vevo, and Hulu offer some of their material via YouTube as part of the YouTube partnership program. ", "Juul Officially Stops Selling Flavored Pods Until the FDA Approves Them", "Vaping, juuling latest threats to teen, pre-teen health", "This Is The Keurig Of Vaping, And I Love It", "Juul built an e-cigarette empire. [15], Ari Atkins, Pax Labs' R&D engineer, said "We don't think a lot about addiction here because we’re not trying to design a cessation product at all. [448], Before 2019, YouTube has taken steps to remove specific videos or channels related to supremacist content that had violated its acceptable use policies but otherwise did not have site-wide policies against hate speech. [68], On November 13, 2018, 60 days after the FDA's ultimatum, Juul announced it would stop accepting retail orders for mango, fruit, creme, and cucumber Juul pods in compliance with the FDA's investigation. Isn't any attempt to curb unidentified libelers worth a shot? [404][405] In July 2008, the Culture and Media Committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom stated that it was "unimpressed" with YouTube's system for policing its videos, and argued that "proactive review of content should be standard practice for sites hosting user-generated content". YouTube attributes this to uploading of made-for-TV content. [10] Juul received a $2 billion bonus to distribute among its 1,500 employees. [259] It was launched in India in February 2017, and expanded in November 2017 to 14 other countries, including Nigeria, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Kenya, and South Africa. [333] In 2013 it nearly doubled and estimated to hit $5.6 billion according to eMarketer,[333][334] while others estimated $4.7 billion. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=YouTube&oldid=1010085552, Companies based in San Mateo County, California, Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments, Articles with Spanish-language sources (es), Wikipedia articles needing factual verification from September 2019, Articles lacking reliable references from August 2019, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Wikipedia pages semi-protected against vandalism, Pages using collapsible list with both background and text-align in titlestyle, Articles containing potentially dated statements from May 2019, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Articles containing potentially dated statements from December 2016, All articles with vague or ambiguous time, Vague or ambiguous time from October 2019, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2020, Vague or ambiguous time from September 2019, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2018, Articles containing potentially dated statements from November 2016, Articles containing potentially dated statements from June 2017, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2018, Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from September 2017, Pages using Sister project links with default search, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. by Michael Jacobs. [383], On November 1, 2016, the dispute with GEMA was resolved, with Google content ID being used to allow advertisements to be added to videos with content protected by GEMA. YouTube offers users the ability to view its videos on web pages outside their website. As part as a broader concern regarding child safety on YouTube, the wave of deletions also targeted channels which showed children taking part in inappropriate or dangerous activities under the guidance of adults. Six states have banned their use, though the Delhi High Court has stayed the bans. The investigation was spearheaded by Illinois Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy. [71], Google first published exact revenue numbers for YouTube in February 2020 as part of Alphabet's 2019 financial report. This was disputed by Billboard, which said that the two billion views had been moved to Vevo, since the videos were no longer active on YouTube. Attorneys general from Connecticut, Florida, Nevada, Oregon and Texas said they will be leading the multi-state investigation. [148] The feature set has since been reduced, and the 3D feature currently only supports red/cyan anaglyph with no side-by-side support. On January 10—eleven days after the video was published—YouTube announced that it would cut Paul from the Google Preferred advertising program. [502][503], The legal language of COPPA offered the ability for content to be marked for "mixed audience", which would allow for data collection from the viewers once the viewer had identified themselves of being 13 years or older. [26][27] Following a $3.5 million investment from Sequoia Capital in November, the site launched officially on December 15, 2005, by which time the site was receiving 8 million views a day. [71] The spokesperson mentioned in an email that the company is committed to responsible stewardship and environmental sustainability. [285] The first three videos from the program premiered at the 2017 Tribeca TV Festival. In 2015, the company sold Ploom, changed their name to Pax Labs, and developed Juul. [8] Juul took down all of its social media accounts that November. YouTube also released YouTube Music, a third app oriented towards streaming and discovering the music content hosted on the YouTube platform. Crosthwaite, determined from the company exiting certain markets and the following restructuring costs. As a result, social and community features such as end screens and other widgets, notification functions, and comments are disabled, and videos can only be monetized with contextual advertising based on the video's metadata. Since April 2016, videos continue to be monetized while the dispute is in progress, and the money goes to whoever won the dispute. [379], In August 2008, a US court ruled in Lenz v. Universal Music Corp. that copyright holders cannot order the removal of an online file without first determining whether the posting reflected fair use of the material. The watch party platform that puts the theater in your hands. This model is going down in the record books as the cheapest battery-powered vape with good performance that I’ve ever put on my list of top picks as of now (2019). [338] In March 2007, it struck a deal with BBC for three channels with BBC content, one for news and two for entertainment. [72][73][74] An October 2018 study of 13,000 Americans found that 9.5% of teenagers aged 15–17 and 11% of young adults aged 18–21 currently use Juul, and that teenagers age 15–17 are 16 times more likely to be Juul users than 25–34 year olds. [286] YouTube expanded the program in 2018. 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[94] Fans accounts including @Doit4Juul, which had more followers than the main Juul's Instagram account, have not closed down. As part of its "enterprise marketing", Juul is reportedly looking at identifying participants and offer them discounted products as well as "coaching" and other support including educational articles and instructional videos. Reply | Delete. [33] In October 2019, executives including Chief Financial Officer Tim Danaher, Chief Administrative Officer Ashley Gould, Chief Marketing Officer Craig Brommers, and Senior Vice President of advanced technologies David Foster departed from the company. During Q2 2017, the owners of popular channel FamilyOFive, which featured themselves playing "pranks" on their children, were accused of child abuse. The tobacco, mint and menthol flavors would remain for sale. ", "After Child Video Scandal, YouTube Says Ad-Friendly Videos Can Be Demonetized For Inappropriate Comments", "Google's YouTube Introduces Paid Content Subscriptions", "Introduction to paid content – YouTube Help", "Additional Changes to the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) to Better Protect Creators", "YouTube's small creators pay price of policy changes after Logan Paul scandal", "What is the Gold Play Button REALLY Made Of? [371][372][373] Viacom, demanding $1 billion in damages, said that it had found more than 150,000 unauthorized clips of its material on YouTube that had been viewed "an astounding 1.5 billion times". [395] If a YouTube user disagrees with a decision by Content ID, it is possible to fill in a form disputing the decision. [159], In September 2018, the FDA sent letters to Juul Labs and the manufacturers of the four other largest e-cigarette brands in the US—R.J. [49] Huabao is approved to sell vapor products by the Chinese State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, the government agency that controls the tobacco market in China. [69], In early March 2013, YouTube finalized the transition for all channels to the previously[when?] ", "Juul is losing two top executives amid global cost-saving restructuring", "Juul Is Forcing Out Two Top Executives And Laying Off Global Staff", "Study says vaping by kids isn't up, but some are skeptical", "Users Sue Juul for Addicting Them to Nicotine", "Juul Hopes To Reinvent E-Cigarette Ads with 'Vaporized' Campaign", "Trump administration wants Juul and other e-cigarette makers to reveal their confidential marketing tactics", "Juul Labs Implements New Social Media Policy for Instagram, Facebook and Twitter in Ongoing Effort to Combat Underage Use and Drive Awareness of Mission to Help Adult Smokers", "Teens are hooked on Juul, but a top exec insists that was never the company's intention", "Illinois county sues e-cigarette maker Juul over youth marketing", "Juul combats criticism with ad campaign of smokers switching to e-cigs", "Juul is pitching its e-cigarette as an anti-smoking tool to employers and insurers", "FDA warns Juul Labs for marketing unauthorized modified risk tobacco products, including in outreach to youth", "Juul Said It Will Stop All US Advertising And Not Fight Trump's Plan To Ban Vape Flavors", "Juul agrees to restrict youth advertising", "Juul agrees to restrict youth advertising in 'victory' for fight against teen vaping", "CEH Settles With Juul: World's Largest E-Cigarette Provider Signs First Legally Binding Agreement Restricting Their Marketing to Children and Teens", "Juul to stop selling several flavored products in the United States", "Juul halts sales of mint-flavored e-cigarette popular with teenagers", "Juul hires 'political dark arts' firm led by ex-Clinton campaign director in its fight for survival", "As Pressure From Regulators Increases, Juul Shifts Its Strategy", "California Democrats under fire after vaping company Juul sponsors convention", "CPS Conservative Party Conference Agenda 2019", "F.D.A. Take A Sneak Peak At The Movies Coming Out This Week (8/12) #BanPaparazzi – Hollywood.com will not post paparazzi photos ", "YouTube calls for 'more clarity' on the FTC's child privacy rules", "YouTube rolls out new controls aimed at controlling children's content", "You – Yes, You – Are TIME's Person of the Year", "Our top 10 funniest YouTube comments – what are yours? [1][336] These revenues accounted for approximately 20 million subscribers combined between YouTube Premium and YouTube Music subscriptions, and 2 million subscribers to YouTube TV. "[310], Conversely, YouTube has also allowed government to more easily engage with citizens, the White House's official YouTube channel being the seventh top news organization producer on YouTube in 2012[313] and in 2013 a healthcare exchange commissioned Obama impersonator Iman Crosson's YouTube music video spoof to encourage young Americans to enroll in the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)-compliant health insurance. Due to its lack of irritation and easiness to inhale, users may be unaware of how much nicotine they are actually intaking. In May 2020, it was noted that comments in videos and live streams containing the mandarin phrases "共匪" (“communist bandit”) or "五毛" (“50-cent party”) were automatically deleted within 15 seconds. [524], On November 3, 2016, YouTube announced a trial scheme which allows the creators of videos to decide whether to approve, hide or report the comments posted on videos based on an algorithm that detects potentially offensive comments. [392], By 2012, Content ID accounted for over a third of the monetized views on YouTube. [181] Breja contends he was fired in March 2019, a week after voicing concerns regarding Juul's contaminated products. "[304] The Washington Post reported that a disproportionate share of YouTube's most subscribed channels feature minorities, contrasting with mainstream television in which the stars are largely white. Videos can be at most 128 GB in size. [133] These tests had relied on technology from 3rd-party partners, but in September 2010, YouTube began testing its own live streaming infrastructure. It makes the Juul e-cigarette, which packages nicotine salts from leaf tobacco into one-time use cartridges.. Juul Labs was co-founded by Adam Bowen and James Monsees. Juul vaping device along side Mango pod (orange), Mint pod (light green) and Virginia Tobacco (dark brown). Surgeon General. ], from 10000 subscribers to 1500 subscribers, to 1000 subscribers, which is the current threshold as of September 2019. [18] Difficulty in finding enough dating videos led to a change of plans, with the site's founders deciding to accept uploads of any type of video. )", "Youtube România se lansează într-o săptămână", "Slováci už môžu oficiálne zarábať na tvorbe videí pre YouTube", "YouTube expands monetization and partnership in GCC", "YouTube рекламата става достъпна и за България", "Oglašavanje na video platformi YouTube od sad dostupno i u Hrvatskoj", "Youtube reklaamid – uued võimalused nüüd ka Eestis! The creation of live streams was initially limited to select partners. In April 2012, a court in Hamburg ruled that YouTube could be held responsible for copyrighted material posted by its users. [329], In January 2012, it was estimated that visitors to YouTube spent an average of 15 minutes a day on the site, in contrast to the four or five hours a day spent by a typical US citizen watching television. [307], YouTube has enabled people to more directly engage with government, such as in the CNN/YouTube presidential debates (2007) in which ordinary people submitted questions to U.S. presidential candidates via YouTube video, with a techPresident co-founder saying that Internet video was changing the political landscape. [308] Describing the Arab Spring (2010–2012), sociologist Philip N. Howard quoted an activist's succinct description that organizing the political unrest involved using "Facebook to schedule the protests, Twitter to coordinate, and YouTube to tell the world. The second event on October 1, 2019 was a panel discussion with Jo Churchill, MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care on the topic "Why Inequality in Britain is About More Than Money". [138] In September 2018, Juul implemented a new marketing code to avoid the appearance of targeting youth. [294] While YouTube's revenue-sharing "Partner Program" made it possible to earn a substantial living as a video producer—its top five hundred partners each earning more than $100,000 annually[295] and its ten highest-earning channels grossing from $2.5 million to $12 million[296]—in 2012 CMU business editor characterized YouTube as "a free-to-use ... promotional platform for the music labels. [238], YouTube Premium (formerly YouTube Red) is YouTube's premium subscription service. [1] Altria Group (formerly Philip Morris Companies[9]), acquired a 35% stake in Juul Labs for $12.8 billion on December 20, 2018. [17] The Juul electronic cigarette was introduced by Pax Labs in June 2015. [152], Juul Labs sponsored two events with the Centre for Policy Studies a think tank and pressure group in the United Kingdom at the Conservative Party Conference (UK)[153][154] The first event on September 29, 2019 was a reception in celebration of the Conservative Party's bright new thinkers. [43] In May 2010, YouTube videos were watched more than two billion times per day. 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Users can verify their account, normally through a mobile phone, to gain the ability to upload videos up to 12 hours in length, as well as produce live streams. [31], On September 25, 2019, it was announced that Kevin Burns was stepping down as CEO and KC Crosthwaite, the Chief Growth Officer for Altria, would be taking over the role. [92], Many of Juul's early marketing campaigns were youth-oriented, with prominent use of social media, youth-friendly themes, and young models pictured using Juuls. [7][65][66] In October 2006, YouTube moved to a new office in San Bruno, California. Try Feather, Made for India", "YouTube stars don't always welcome record deals", "The rise and fall of YouTube's celebrity pioneers", "The World's Top-Earning YouTube Stars 2015", "The World's Top-Earning YouTube Stars 2015/1. [82][83], A 2015 Stanford University study analyzing adolescents’ perceptions of risks and benefits of conventional cigarettes and e-cigarettes found that some of the participants believed that e-cigarettes did not contain nicotine, only water vapor. [87], Juul's success has inspired a flood of imitators, namely pod-mod devices with similar boxy designs. [439], University of North Carolina professor Zeynep Tufekci has referred to YouTube as "The Great Radicalizer", saying "YouTube may be one of the most powerful radicalizing instruments of the 21st century. [172] According to GlobalWebIndex, YouTube was used by 35% of smartphone users between April and June 2013, making it the third-most used app. [28][29], At the time of the official launch, YouTube did not have much market recognition. )[105], YouTube accepts nearly all consumer video and audio encodings, including but not limited to MPEG-1, MPEG-2, H.264 AVC, H.265 HEVC, VC-1, VP8, VP9, and AV1 for video and MP3, linear PCM, AAC, FLAC, Vorbis, Opus, and Dolby Digital (also known as AC-3) for audio. AlexGulko/Shutterstock. ", "No smoke, but alarm about teens and e-cigarettes", "High nicotine e-cigarettes may reverse declines in youth tobacco use", "Are your kids juuling at school? The service, created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—was bought by Google in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion and now operates as one of the company's subsidiaries. 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