A young woman was told "I will make sure you take your own life" in a horrific phone call from her ex-boyfriend. The threat was one of a number of terrifying insults fired at the 27-year-old by Kyle O'Sullivan, who also threatened her with a claw hammer in another incident saying: "I’ll stick this between your f****** eyebrows." And in another dramatic incident - which happened on the same day as the telephone call - O'Sullivan stood outside his ex-partner's home and hurled yet more abuse in front of his seven-year-old daughter, who cried and pleaded with him to leave. The victim recorded what happened on her mobile phone and the footage was played in court as O'Sullivan, 29, was sentenced for two counts of harassment and one of assault by beating. An impact statement from the ex-girlfriend was also read out, in which she said he had "made her life a living hell" and she believed him "when he said he wouldn't stop until she took her own life". O'Sullivan - who had a previous … [Read more...] about Abusive YouTube star told victim he’d make her kill herself
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YouTube Kids: Google reveals tips to help parents make the most out of the app
Since it launched back in 2015, YouTube Kids has been one of the most popular video-streaming apps for youngsters. The app allows children to watch YouTube videos, while giving parents tools to make sure the content is family-friendly. While the app is very instinctive to use, there are several handy features you may not be using at the moment. Speaking exclusively to Mirror Online, Claire Lilley, Child Safety Public Policy Manger at Google EMEA, revealed the features and tips to make sure you’re making the most of the YouTube Kids app. 1. Search Settings If you don’t want your child to search for videos themselves, you can choose to disable search mode. Ms Lilley explained: “Turn search on to let your child explore more broadly, or keep search off to restrict your child’s experience to a more limited set of videos, playlists and channels.” 2. Parent approved content The app’s ‘approved content’ mode allows parents to select individual … [Read more...] about YouTube Kids: Google reveals tips to help parents make the most out of the app
Golden age of YouTube replaced by darkness: YouTuber Joey Graceffa
News / UK and world by Press Association February 10, 2019, 2:00 am Send us a story Sign up to our Daily newsletter YouTube’s golden age is over and has been replaced by a dark place, popular YouTuber Joey Graceffa has claimed. He blamed increased anger and fear in the world for the shift. The 27-year-old, who has almost nine million subscribers on his main channel on the video-sharing website, believes the algorithm on YouTube favours “negative energy”, with people focusing on cancel culture, where controversial comments or activities from a person’s past are dug up. “The direction it’s in right now, I don’t personally agree with the types of videos and content that does well,” Mr Graceffa explained. “I definitely think there was a golden age of YouTube but currently now it’s a bit of the dark times, and hopefully we’ll get out of that soon.” The video-maker said he feels as though people … [Read more...] about Golden age of YouTube replaced by darkness: YouTuber Joey Graceffa
Muere por una bala perdida Legarda, el cantante de reguetón y ‘youtuber’ colombiano
El cantante colombiano de reguetón Fabio Legarda, de 29 años, murió ayer al ser alcanzado por una bala perdida durante un tiroteo en un intento de robo que tuvo lugar en Medellín, informaron fuentes oficiales. La Clínica León XIII confirmó en un comunicado que el artista ingresó con "herida por arma de fuego en cráneo transfixiante a nivel frontal", por lo que recibió "un diagnóstico de daño cerebral muy severo" tras ser revisado por los médicos. Entró en paro cardiorespiratorio (...) El personal de la salud realizó maniobras de reanimación durante 20 minutos, pero falleció". Fabio Andrés Legarda empezó a cantar a los 14 años en festivales latinos y pasó de grabar versiones de canciones en su canal de Youtube a firmar con una casa de discos. El secretario de seguridad de Medellín, Andrés Tobón, reveló que Legarda viajaba en un vehículo cuando ocurrió un … [Read more...] about Muere por una bala perdida Legarda, el cantante de reguetón y ‘youtuber’ colombiano
ConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlightCarrot juice to cure stage four cancer: the dangerous world of YouTube home remedies
Last month, amid the social media frenzy of Bird Box challenges, which saw viewers of the Netflix film attempt everyday tasks blindfolded, YouTube announced that it had changed its community guidelines to ban content that encouraged people to do dangerous, even life-threatening, things. Yet despite this crackdown on pranks, there is an area of harm it is seemingly taking very little action on: cancer quackery. A search for such treatments on YouTube unveils a Wild West of ineffectual recommendations and “cures” promoted on channels with hundreds of thousands of subscribers, some of which have even given verified status by the platform. A robotic voice on the verified “Home Remedies” channel tells the story of Ann, who claims drinking two-and-a-half kilos of carrot juice a day cured her stage four cancer without chemo or radiotherapy. “There’s no harm in postponing chemo or radiation and trying the carrot treatment,” … [Read more...] about ConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlightCarrot juice to cure stage four cancer: the dangerous world of YouTube home remedies