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Authorities Investigating Death of Bullied Teen

Amanda Todd found dead after telling bullying story on YouTube

(Newser) - Canadian authorities have opened a probe into the death of Amanda Todd, a 15-year-old who posted a YouTube video describing years of bullying, then apparently committed suicide little more than a month later. Amanda described in the video being pressured to show her breasts to a man online. He took...

Maxi Pad Maker to Ranter: You're Right, Periods Suck

Fake CEO apologizes to Richard Neill in new video

(Newser) - Bodyform proved today that it's a very good sport: The maxi pad maker posted a video response to a man whose rant on its Facebook page went viral last week, and Mashable calls it possibly "the best response to a Facebook rant—period." Richard Neill, whose post...

Thousands Protest Anti-Islam Video at Google London

Religious mockery has gone on too long: protesters

(Newser) - London is the latest city to face major protests over an anti-Islam video , with thousands gathering in front of Google's local offices to demand the clip be removed from YouTube. While a Muslim activist group said 10,000 were in attendance, police said the figure was closer to 3,...

'Gangnam Style' Hits No. 1 in UK

PSY's viral hit also on track for YouTube record

(Newser) - "Gangnam Style," the wildly popular hit from South Korean rapper PSY, has made it to No. 1 on the UK charts, Sky News reports. It could also become the most-viewed YouTube video of all time, with more than 336 million views as of today. For some perspective, Australia'...

Brazil Judge: Bust Google Boss for YouTube Videos

Judge says videos violate election laws

(Newser) - A judge has ordered the arrest of a Brazilian Google boss for his failure to pull YouTube videos. Authorities argue that the videos—concerning accusations against a Campo Grande mayoral candidate—are slanderous and violate election laws, reports the BBC . An electoral court said Fabio Jose Silva Coelho committed the...

Iran Blocks Gmail, Google Searches in Film Revenge

Company, meanwhile, celebrates record-busting stock prices

(Newser) - Iran has punished Google for not yanking a 14-minute YouTube trailer for the anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims by doing some yanking of its own. The government is blocking Gmail and Google search functions, reports CNN . YouTube has been blocked in the country since mid-2009. The sites were blocked "...

Iran Ready for 'Pre-Emptive Attack' on Israel

...But Ahmadinejad says he doesn't take Israeli threat seriously

(Newser) - If Iran really thought Israel was going to attack, it would launch a pre-emptive strike, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard general was quoted as saying yesterday. "Iran will not start any war," he said, according to Iran's state-run Arabic language station, "but it could launch a pre-emptive...

Sarah Silverman's New Target: Voter ID Laws

Video lampoons push to keep minorities, students from voting

(Newser) - Sarah Silverman wants you to get a gun permit, because unlike a student ID, it'll give you the right to vote. In 2008, the comedian advocated "the Great Schlep " down to Florida to encourage grandparents to back Barack Obama; now she's illuminating new voter ID laws...

Judge Refuses to Pull Islam Video Off YouTube

Actress Cindy Lee Garcia sued over 'Innocence of Muslims'

(Newser) - The actress who says she got tricked into appearing in the anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims has lost her first bid to get a clip yanked off YouTube, reports the Los Angeles Times . A California judge refused Cindy Lee Garcia's emergency request to have the 14-minute trailer taken down,...

Actress in Islam Movie Sues Producer

Cindy Lee Garcia also wants YouTube to yank it

(Newser) - An actress in the anti-Islam movie causing friction around the world is suing the producer, reports TMZ . Cindy Lee Garcia says producer Nakoula Bassely Nakoula , aka Sam Bacile, told her the movie was going to be a harmless adventure flick called Desert Warrior, not the Innocence of Muslims. The lines...

7 Dead in Arab Riots; KFC, Hardee's Burned

White House asks YouTube to review anti-Muslim video

(Newser) - Violent protests continued across the Arab world today and claimed at least seven lives, three of them near the US embassy in Sudan's capital city, NBC News reports. Security officers in Khartoum fired tear gas at about 5,000 angry demonstrators, who were also protesting at nearby British and...

Afghanistan Bans YouTube Over Mohammed Video

Filmmaker goes into hiding in wake of embassy attack

(Newser) - The Afghan government has reportedly censored YouTube to prevent anyone from watching the anti-Muslim film that inspired violent mobs in Libya and Egypt, leading to the death of the US ambassador to Libya. "We have been told to shut down YouTube to the Afghan public until the video is...

YouTube Launches Own iPhone App in Apple Spat

New iOS won't have built-in YouTube program

(Newser) - The next version of iOS is on its way, and this time, it won't include a built-in YouTube app. So YouTube is releasing a new app of its own for iPhone and iPad—one that it says will be an improvement. The move comes after Apple and Google failed...

YouTube's Musical Dads Sign With Sony

'The Piano Guys' are five Mormon fathers

(Newser) - They're five Mormon dads from Utah. They love to do quirky, instrumental covers of pop songs and put them on YouTube. And Sony just signed them, reports USA Today . "This is kind of freaky—miraculous, really," says one of the members of The Piano Guys, who have...

Apple Dumps YouTube App
 Apple Dumps YouTube App 
Aug 6, 2012 4:24 PM CDT

Apple Dumps YouTube App

iPhone's iOS 6 won't bundle it anymore

(Newser) - Looking forward to iOS 6 on your iPhone? Hope you don't love your YouTube app, because Apple announced today that it's ditching the pre-packaged app from its software, CNET reports. The official reason: "Our licensing to include the YouTube app in iOS has ended." That's...

YouTube Sending 10 Films to Venice Film Festival

2 US films make the cut

(Newser) - The Venice Film Festival is truly coming into the 21st century: This year's festival will include screenings of 10 short films submitted by YouTube. The films were chosen as part of the site's first Your Film Festival contest, overseen by Ridley Scott, the AP reports. Finalists, which included...

Mitt Critics Crooning 'You're So Bain'

Meanwhile, Bain workers sign petition begging Romney to save their jobs

(Newser) - There's a new tune in the political song wars . Mitt Romney's critics are increasingly guffawing over " You're So Bain ," a YouTube parody of Carly Simon's 1972 hit "You're So Vain." The Bain version, released earlier this year, features a Simon-esque voice...

YouTube Misfire Embarrasses Senate Hopeful

Richard Mourdock posts reactions to health care ruling, before it's happened

(Newser) - The GOP Senate candidate who knocked Dick Lugar out of the running last month got a bit too, er, efficient, with YouTube last week. Indiana hopeful Richard Mourdock's team accidentally posted four different reactions to an event that hasn't occurred yet: the Supreme Court's health law decision....

Artificial Brain Learns to Watch Cat Videos

Google experiment may make you feel better about your online habits

(Newser) - It turns out our future robot overlords love watching cats on the Internet, too. Google used 16,000 computer processors to create an artificial brain, connected it to the Internet, and fed it random images from 10 million YouTube videos so it could "learn." Its response was to...

'Charmingly Geeky' Dancing Matt Is Back

Harding even makes it to North Korea in latest viral video

(Newser) - Matt Harding has been dancing all over the world three times for his viral videos " Where the Hell Is Matt? " And now Harding is back with a fourth video, as "charmingly geeky" as ever and with more "heartwarming adorableness," notes Kim LiCapria on Inquisitr...

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