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Founded in February 2005, acquired by Google Inc. in 2006, YouTube is a consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. People can see first-hand accounts of current events, find videos about their hobbies and interests, and discover the quirky and unusual. As more people capture special moments on video, YouTube is empowering them to become the broadcasters of tomorrow.
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NAICS Code Other Motion Picture and Video Industries: 512199
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YouTube Launches YouTube Direct Tool - Quick Facts
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Thai government threatens to shut down 29 websites
- 2008-05-20
BANGKOK AFP — Thai authorities on Tuesday threatened to shut down 29 websites over content deemed offensive to the nation's revered king, warning that owners of the portals could face prosecution. The latest threat came after Thailand banned the video-sharing service YouTube for five months last year, over videos...
Indonesia apologises for YouTube blockade
- 2008-04-11
JAKARTA AFP — Indonesia ended its blockade of websites carrying a controversial anti-Islam film and apologised to the public on Friday after a string of angry complaints and accusations of censorship. Access was restored to YouTube, MySpace and other prominent sites by the country's main Internet service providers, who...
Indonesia threatens to block YouTube over Dutch film
- 2008-04-02
JAKARTA AFP — Indonesia will start blocking YouTube at the end of this week if an anti-Islamic film that has sparked protests here is not removed from the file-sharing site, the government said Thursday. The information ministry has written to Internet service providers telling them to prepare to block...
Jordan queen seeks to tackle stereotypes through YouTube
- 2008-04-01
AMMAN AFP — Jordan's Queen Rania has launched her own Internet channel on YouTube in a bid to encourage young people to help tackle stereotypes of Muslims and Arabs, her office said on Tuesday. "In a world where it's so easy to connect to one another, we still remain...
Malaysia's opposition mounts campaign in cyberspace
- 2008-02-19
KUALA LUMPUR AFP — Malaysia goes to the polls next month and this time the campaign is going online, as opposition parties turn to blogs, SMS and YouTube to dodge a virtual blackout on mainstream media. Major newspapers and television stations -- many partly owned by parties in the...
Thailand wants to block more YouTube video clips
- 2007-09-22
BANGKOK AFP — Thailand, which just ended a five-month ban on the video-sharing site YouTube, now wants to block clips that accuse a top royal adviser of masterminding last year's coup, an official said Saturday. "The video clips pose a threat to our national security," said Yanaphon Youngyuen, head...
YouTube Capitulates to Censorship in Thailand
- 2007-08-31
YouTube, the popular video sharing site owned by Google Inc., has been banned in Thailand for the last five months. What was the offending content? The Wall Street Journal Business Technology blog reports: One of the videos that prompted the ban featured a pair of shoes with the soles...
YouTube expected to remove clips of Thai king
- 2007-05-10
BANGKOK AFP — YouTube is likely to remove all video clips deemed insulting to Thailand's king, a government official said Thursday, paving the way to the ban on the website being lifted. The popular video-sharing site, owned by Internet giant Google, has been blocked to Thai users since early...
Bullies in cyberspace spark growing concern
- 2007-03-27
SYDNEY AFP — An Australian schoolgirl, a Chinese adulterer and several South Korean celebrities have one thing in common: all have been victims of cyberbullying, a modern version of mob cruelty. The case of the girl was particularly horrific and led an Australian state to ban the popular Internet...
Can small businesses help win the war?
- 2007-01-03
The U.S. military is studying small companies such as 24-employee Craigslist to see how the online bulletin board has all but terrorized the newspaper industry by siphoning classified advertising. Such research may unearth ideas that will help the United States fight the war on terror. It may seem a stretch...
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