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Netflix’s new docuseries takes on the dark side of kidinfluencing. Tudum/Netflix

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  • News

Georgia’s most famous influencer gets a new Netflix docuseries

Netflix’s latest docuseries, Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing, is an explosive look into Georgia native and child star Piper Rockelle, who is one of the most infamous online personas of her generation.

April 15, 2025
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  • Sundi Rose and
  • The Telegraph
Suzie Hicks the Climate Chick and co-host Sprout are on a mission to inspire young children to learn about and take action on climate change.

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  • Arts & Life

This YouTube show explains climate change to the kids who have to live with it

Suzie Hicks the Climate Chick is an up-and-coming educator and TV host with a YouTube series tailored to kids ages 4 through 8.

April 08, 2025
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
A young woman wearing headphones walks past a billboard advertisement for YouTube in 2019 in Berlin, Germany.

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  • Television

Older viewers are turning to YouTube. It's recently led me back to some favorite shows

Plus, Kevin Bacon plays a bounty hunter in The Bondsman starting Thursday, and a new medical drama premieres on Netflix.

March 31, 2025
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
If you are in the mood to break stuff and smash into walls, Teardown is the video game for you.

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  • Pop Culture

What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing and gaming

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Chef John Mitzewich, Star Trek, the return of baseball and the videogame Teardown.

February 07, 2025
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By:
  • Regina G. Barber,
  • Jeff Yang,
  • and 1 more
The world is full of unsolvable problems and sometimes you just want to see something get fixed. Above, YouTuber <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@post.10"target="_blank"   >post 10</a> unclogs a backed up drain <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-zEvy3BaUw"target="_blank"   >in one of his videos.</a>

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  • Pop Culture

Sometimes, you just need to take a break and watch a guy unclog a drain

The world is full of unsolvable problems and it's nice to see something get fixed. Millions of us are turning to YouTube to watch people unclog drains, deep clean rugs, and do other satisfying tasks.

February 04, 2025
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki speaks at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on May 24, 2022.

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  • Obituaries

Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and Silicon Valley visionary, dies at 56

Over the past three decades, Susan Wojcicki had a knack for seeing a startup's potential. Her intuition helped shape the growth of YouTube and Google.

August 10, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Amid growing concern about children's use of social media, the United Kingdom implemented rules designed to keep kids safer and limit their screen time. The U.S. is weighing similar legislation.

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  • Mental Health

TikTok and others change platforms to protect kids. Advocates say it's just a start

A new report by Children and Screens rounds up the changes spurred by the U.K.'s Age Appropriate Design Code, which went into effect in 2020. Similar laws are being considered in the U.S.

April 01, 2024
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  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Defendant Ruby Franke looks on during court Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in St. George, Utah.

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  • National

YouTube mom Ruby Franke apologizes at sentencing in child abuse case

Franke told the judge that she would not argue for a shorter sentence before she stood to thank local police officers, doctors and social workers for being the "angels" who saved her children.

February 21, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Mexican singer Peso Pluma performs in concert at the Foro Sol in Mexico City, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023.

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  • Pop Culture

Peso Pluma bests Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny for most streamed YouTube artist of 2023

The Mexican singer-songwriter racked up more than 8.5 billion views globally on the platform this year.

December 26, 2023
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
This image from video provided by the Utah State Courts shows Ruby Franke during a virtual court appearance in September 2023 in St. George, Utah. Franke, a mother of six who gave parenting advice via a once-popular YouTube channel called "8 Passengers," pleaded guilty on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, to four counts of aggravated child abuse.

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  • National

Ruby Franke, the YouTube mom who gave parenting advice, pleads guilty to child abuse

The "8 Passengers" mother pleaded guilty to four felony counts for abusing and starving two of her children in a deal with prosecutors. She faces sentences of one to 15 years in prison for each count.

December 18, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
A supporter of Kuomintang, or KMT, Taiwan's major opposition party, waves Taiwan's national flag on Nov. 24, 2023, in Taipei, Taiwan. Researchers uncovered an influence operation targeting Taiwan's upcoming presidential election on Facebook, TikTok and YouTube.

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  • Technology

Fake social media accounts are targeting Taiwan's presidential election

The influence operation identified by Graphika researchers involved a network of more than 800 fake Facebook accounts that reposted Chinese-language TikTok and YouTube videos about Taiwanese politics.

December 13, 2023
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
A photo shows the logo signs of Google and YouTube at their stand ahead of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos in 2022.

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  • Technology

YouTube will label AI-generated videos that look real

The Google-owned video platform says it will shut accounts if they don't disclose when they use AI tools to make realistic-looking content. Other platforms are adopting similar policies.

November 14, 2023
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Theoretical physicist and YouTuber Sabine Hossenfelder, shown in a photo taken in December at the University of Oxford in England, turned to YouTube "to keep my sanity" during the dark days of the pandemic.

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  • Science

She got famous on YouTube. Now it helps fund her research in quantum gravity

This theoretical physicist and mathematician drops a new video several times a month, dispensing her dry wit and pithy wisdom to a loyal fan base of nerds across the internet.

September 23, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Former YouTube star Ruby Franke, pictured here in a video for her mental health counseling service ConneXions, was charged with six felony counts of child abuse.

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  • National

YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke formally charged with 6 felony counts of child abuse

Ruby Franke, the YouTube mommy blogger behind the channel 8 Passengers, was arrested last week after her 12-year-old son climbed out a window and ran to a neighbor's house asking for food and water.

September 06, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
Ruby Franke, pictured here on her Instagram account, was arrested on suspicion of aggravated child abuse.

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  • National

Who is Ruby Franke? What to know about the mommy vlogger accused of child abuse

For years, the Utah YouTube star sparked criticism for her parenting tactics. She was arrested this week after her malnourished son escaped out a window and ran to a nearby home, police said.

September 01, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
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