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 ...

Want to get your fix of silly stunts and pranks? Stay away from YouTube. That’s the message the platform has given out with the latest change to its community guidelines – the rules that creators have ...

After the Netflix Original Bird Box became a viral hit, people around the world uploaded videos to YouTube showing them compete in the Bird Box challenge. While some of the clips showing people ...

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 ...

YouTube has unveiled updated community guidelines for creators, with a new section on dangerous challenges and pranks, clarifying its position on the behaviour: That is, don't do it. "YouTube is home ...

YouTube has updated its rules to explicitly ban dangerous pranks and challenges after a Bird Box blindfold challenge went viral. In a detailed updated FAQ, the platform said that it is explicitly ...

A Youtube prank may have gone too far after a woman decided to trick her boyfriend into thinking she was murdered. A recent skit has quickly jumped to nearly ten million views after the female host of ...

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 ...

A father has been temporarily suspended from YouTube after videos of him playing cruel pranks on his children were labeled “child abuse” by a cyber-bullying expert. Cordero James Brady runs the ...

Josh and Katie Brueckner started on YouTube sharing pranks, but with one kid and another on the way, they’re now doing less pranks and more preschool Meredith Wilshere is a Society and Culture writer ...