With many police officers across the U.S. wearing body cameras, a cottage industry of YouTube channels streaming police interactions on bodycams has sprung up. These videos rack up thousands or even ...

In the wake of central Texas flash floods that killed more than 100 people, social media users shared video of crowds running from a wave cresting over a railing, shaky phone footage of a torrent of ...

Supporters have created A.I. videos to boost the mayoral campaign of Spencer Pratt, the former MTV star. Some videos have gone viral, but it’s not clear whether they will yield votes. By Madison ...

Earlier this month, YouTuber Rick Beato called his fellow creator Rhett Shull with a question: Did one of his recent videos look a little off? The video, which Beato had uploaded to YouTube Shorts on ...

Some figures in the controversial “GunTuber” community are fleeing YouTube after the platform began cracking down on machine gun videos and the marketing of firearms on the app. Subscribe to read this ...

Content warning: This piece includes descriptions of eating disorders and self-harm that may be triggering to some readers. Soon after E turned 16, she started seeing TikToks that urged her to lose ...

For some time now, several YouTube users have been reporting a problem related to obscene content. This type of content can appear both in video recommendations and in mid-roll ads. However, the ...

And sometimes the most potent sound is silence. Particularly in a universe where Reels autoplay in silence, subway rides are headphone-optional, and consumers scroll by at lightning speed, a lyric ...

The video introducing Tenet Media hit many common conservative tropes: Mainstream media couldn’t be trusted. Free speech was under attack. Independent and uncensored voices were sorely needed.

Samantha Kelly is a freelance writer with a focus on consumer technology, AI, social media, Big Tech, emerging trends and how they impact our everyday lives. Her work has been featured on CNN, NBC, ...