YouTube
It Might Be Time To Retire “What I Eat In A Day” Videos
In one part of this week's newsletter: Why the popular YouTube genre feels more and more antiquated and more harmful than entertaining.
Tanya Chen
Anna Wintour Revealed Why She Put Kim Kardashian And Kanye West On The Cover Of Vogue In 2014
Wintour’s decision to put Kimye on the cover of Vogue resulted in hundreds of negative comments, including one that said: “Disgusting! These two are the epitome of VULGARITY. You will never recover from this low.”
Ben Henry
YouTuber Summer McKeen Missed The Mark In Her Latest YouTube Vlog On Eating Disorders
In one part of this week's newsletter: A young influencer might have shared harmful information with her mostly young fans — and a psychologist and ED specialist gives her thoughts.
Paige Skinner
Lil Nas X Is Using His "Industry Baby" Music Video To Raise Money For A Bail Relief Fund
A spokesperson for the Bail Project told BuzzFeed News the artist reached out to the organization to do this because he's "personally felt the effects of incarceration in his own family."
Tanya Chen
Trump’s Social Media Lawsuits Feature A Mashup Of Arguments Courts Have Already Rejected
Trump was kicked off Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube for inciting the Jan. 6 riots at the US Capitol.
Zoe Tillman
What VidCon Could Become If TikTok Continues To Take It Over
In this week's newsletter: Imagining the future of VidCon if it continues to have TikTok's influence, and how common it's become for creators to take short and long breaks from the internet.
Tanya Chen
Why Bo Burnham, Jenna Marbles, And Shane Dawson All Logged Off
Burnham, like Shane Dawson and Jenna Marbles, grew up on the internet. But how they’ve dealt with being constantly online has varied drastically.
Scaachi Koul
And Just Like That, Tati Westbrook Is Back On YouTube
Oh, and a lawsuit. The beauty guru addressed almost all of it in a new video.
Tanya Chen
TikTok Is Replacing YouTube As The Title Sponsor Of VidCon This Year
A spokesperson for YouTube told BuzzFeed News the company will continue to stay involved in the annual convention "through new and different opportunities."
Tanya Chen
YouTuber Jessi Smiles Released A Call With Gabbie Hanna About Having A Relationship With The Man Who Assaulted Her
Smiles tweeted that she "never planned to release" their recorded call, but she believes Hanna has continued to lie about her relationship with Curtis Lepore.
Tanya Chen
The Quick Success Of Hailey Bieber’s YouTube Channel Is Both Validating And Invalidating To The Platform’s Biome
In this week's newsletter: How YouTube can pay better homage to the platform's original creators, and how Arielle Charnas is paying homage to her own brand by naming her baby after it.
Tanya Chen
YouTube Culture Is Broken. Just Check Out This Video From The Bucket List Family.
When you're turning a serious injury into a clickbait video with a cliffhanger, it may be time to reevaluate what you're willing to do for content.
Stephanie McNeal
Meet Niko Omilana: The YouTuber Who Wants To Be The Mayor Of London
“I'm the first good person to want world domination.”
Ade Onibada
David Of "David After Dentist" Is Now A 20-Year-Old College Student And Selling His Viral Video As An NFT
David DeVore Jr.'s dad told BuzzFeed News that profits from the sale will help fund college tuition for his two sons.
Tanya Chen
A 23-Year-Old YouTuber Is Running To Be The Mayor Of London And Is Doing Relatively Well In The Polls
#NikoForMayor.
Ade Onibada
James Charles Has Been Demonetized By YouTube And Dropped By Morphe. But He Isn't Canceled Just Yet.
Charles' professional career has taken a significant blow, but his platform remains relatively unscathed.
Ben Henry
Young Vietnamese Americans Say Their Parents Are Falling Prey To Conspiracy Videos
Doubt around vaccines and conspiracy theories have left young Vietnamese Americans scared for their parents’ safety. They’re begging social media companies to pay attention.
Kate Lý Johnston
David Dobrik Said He’s “So Sorry” In A Second Video Addressing Vlog Squad Sexual Assault Allegations
“I was completely disconnected from the fact that, when people were invited to film videos with us, I was creating an unfair power dynamic.”
Ellie Bate
Brands Are Cutting Ties With David Dobrik Following Allegations Of Misconduct Against The Vlog Squad
DoorDash, HelloFresh, and EA Sports are among the companies to announce they will no longer work with the YouTuber.
Ellie Bate
There’s No One To Root For In The James Charles Beauty YouTuber Drama
Vlogger Tati Westbrook invoked anti-gay stereotypes to make a case against James Charles.
Alessa Dominguez
An Early Dad YouTuber Reflected On The Viral Prank Videos That Made Him Famous — And Ones He’s Since Decided To Delete
In this week's newsletter: Nalts, who reached YouTube fame in the mid-aughts, wrote in about how he views his old videos — and people in them who were impacted — differently today.
Tanya Chen
A YouTuber Said A Prank David Dobrik Pulled On Him Was Sexual Assault
Joseth "Seth" Francois told BuzzFeed News he's spent the last year processing what happened to him and now wants to share his story to create change in the industry.
Tanya Chen
It's Time To Talk About "Prank" Culture On YouTube
In this week's newsletter: I address a popular kind of content that's built the careers of the platform's biggest creators — but walks a line between entertainment and abuse.
Tanya Chen
A 20-Year-Old Man Was Fatally Shot While Filming A YouTube "Prank" Robbery
The man who shot Timothy Wilks told police he didn't know that what looked like a robbery was a prank.
Claudia Koerner
Trump's Social Media Banishment Now Includes YouTube
The move makes YouTube the latest in a string of technology companies that have limited the president online after his supporters stormed the Capitol last week.
Pranav Dixit
Here's What James Charles And Dixie D'Amelio Had To Say About The Intense Backlash To "Dinner With The D'Amelios"
"The whole thing definitely got taken way out of proportion."
Ben Henry
YouTube Will Start Removing Election Conspiracy Content (32 Days After Joe Biden Won)
Thousands of videos uploaded before Wednesday that cast doubt on the election results will be allowed to remain on the platform.
Clarissa-Jan Lim
Charli D'Amelio And Her Family Are Being Criticised Over A Disastrous YouTube Video That's Seen Her Lose 500,000 Followers
After gaining 700,000 followers in three days and closing in on the 100 million milestone, Charli has now lost more than 500,000 followers (and counting).
Ben Henry
VR Furries Are Now Running Around The Four Seasons Total Landscaping
The Philadelphia site of Rudy Giuliani’s speech is being put to another use.
Caroline Haskins
James Charles And Lauren Conrad Opened Up About Their Feud After He Dragged Her Makeup Line On Instagram
"The Hills came before my time. I was literally a tiny little kid when it was out."
Ellie Woodward
