YouTube already frowns on challenges and pranks that put people at risk, but it's making that policy more explicit in light of the recent rise of Bird Box-inspired dares. The service has updated its ...

YouTube challenge is one of the routes for content creators to go viral on the popular video-sharing platform. As such, some aspiring YouTubers follow such trends to kick start their following. A ...

But, like so much of YouTube, there’s plenty to dislike about viral challenges. Some are toxic. Many of them are dangerous. Most of them are stupid. And hopefully, all of them are stricken from our ...

YouTube launches "Collab" tool for Shorts, enabling split-screen duets to compete with popular TikTok feature. YouTube launched a new "Collab" tool for Shorts. Creators can now split screen with other ...

Jimmy Kimmel pitched some dangerous challenge ideas to YouTube, in the wake of YouTube's new rules banning videos of users engaging in dangerous behavior in the wake of the Bird Box challenge, on ...

Every December, YouTube takes a look back at the year in viral videos with YouTube Rewind. Though there are gaming videos and even advertisements included in the mega-compilation, one category that is ...

This post originally appeared on Common Sense Media. It’s a tale as old as time: We see a lot of people wearing/doing/saying something and we want to try it, too. Back in the day it was saying “Bloody ...

Pranks and challenges have always been popular on YouTube, but now the Google-owned company has set stricter guidelines for such content. A new YouTube support page details the company’s updated ...

Viral challenge and prank videos have been a staple of YouTube for years, but on the tail of the controversial “Bird Box challenge,” the platform announced that it will start to crack down on “harmful ...

TikTok’s tools for adding music to short videos helped turn short-form video into a phenomenon. Now Google is giving some YouTube Shorts creators an AI feature called Dream Track that can generate ...

This week, YouTube decided to ban “dangerous challenges and pranks” from the platform, updating their community guidelines and enforcement of rules with a promise they will remove content that ...