The Ledger
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Sacks: YouTube removed 1M COVID videos over dissenting views
“YouTube just took down a million COVID videos because they disagree with official position on COVID.”
Sacks: Major tech platforms censor posts contradicting the WHO
“Google, YouTube, and even sites like LinkedIn or Nextdoor are now censoring People's statements if they contradict the WHO, apparently without irony, because nobody has contradicted the WHO more than the WHO itself.”
YouTube has completely removed its pandemic-era COVID-19 content moderation policies
“All of those sort of policies that existed back then are non-existent today”
Calacanis: YouTube took down Bret Weinstein's podcast over ivermectin discussion
“YouTube, which kicked off a ton of people on the platform for talking about things that were not approved by the WHO, has taken Professor Brett Weinstein's podcast down because he had a very reasonable discussion about ivermectin and its efficacy or lack of ef…”
Pichai: YouTube is likely the largest podcasting service in the world
“I think we are the largest podcasting service in the world.”
YouTube paid over $70 billion to creators in past three years
“We've paid out in the last three years over seventy billion dollars to the creator economy.”
Abram: YouTube became the most watched television streaming platform
“And so YouTube has become, in the last 18 months, I think, the most watched streaming platform on televisions.”
Pichai: YouTube and Google Cloud reached $110B run rate last year
“Last year, we exited a combination of YouTube and cloud at hundred and ten billion dollars.”
Triple H: WWE operates the number one sports channel on YouTube
“Number one YouTube channel across all sports.”
YouTube has been top US streaming platform for two years
“We've been the number one streamer in the U.S. Here for two years.”
YouTube accounts for 13 to 14 percent of US TV viewership
“The latest Nielsen number was, I think, something about roughly about 13, 13, 14% of the TV watching audience.”
Samir Chaudry: YouTube leads connected TV usage with 11% Nielsen share
“If you've seen the Nielsen ratings of connected TV usage, YouTube's at the top at 11%”
Rosenblum: 'Amazing Digital Circus' struck simultaneous YouTube and Netflix release deal
“There's a YouTube channel called Amazing Digital Circus which is an animated channel, and they did a deal that is super unique, I think the first of its kind, where they will be distributing on Netflix at the same exact time as they distribute on YouTube.”
Friedberg: FTX left up a video of SBF quantitative trading on Binance
“For some reason FTX has left up all of their videos on YouTube from three years ago called quantitative trading seven and a half thousand cell wall of Bitcoin on Binance. It's a 17 and a half minute YouTube video of SBF trading arbitrage across markets.”