‘Being mean is lucrative’: queer users condemn YouTube over homophobic content

Sites waffling over harassment throughout Pride month was not unexpected, YouTuber states YouTube’s haphazard action to an anti-gay harassment debate today highlights thecompany’s continuing failure to safeguard developers from hate speech, queer users state. The platform’s preliminary rejection to discipline Steven Crowder for many years of continual anti-gay and racist...
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Jim Steyer runs the powerful nonprofit Common Sense Media; now hes using his influence to battle big tech

California Governor Gavin Newsom earlier today proposed a so-called digital dividend that would let consumers share in the profits generated by California-based tech companies that have been “collecting, curating and monetizing” their users’ personal data. Newsom added that he has asked his administration to develop a proposal for a “new data...
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‘The peoples yogi’: how Adriene Mishler became a YouTube phenomenon

With 4 million customers and numerous thousands more enjoying complimentary weekly videos, Yoga with Adriene is a social networks experience. What makes her fans so committed? T here are more than 2,400 individuals in the primary hall of Alexandra Palace in north London, breathing in unison. “Take the inmost breath...
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Yoga with Adriene’s founder won YouTube with her message of self-love — and self-deprecating humor

Adriene Mishler isn'' t the only star of Yoga with Adriene. Her fans like her partner, Benji the blue heeler, nearly as much as they enjoy down pet. Image: yoga with adriene/Mashable composite Adriene Mishler radiates a lot of mushy-gushy spiritual thinking, however the yoga evangelist accepts something else, too:...
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