Similarly, Amazon removed a The Boys fake trailer once but ignored repeats. Nikhil P. Chaudhari, founder of Screen Culture, estimated only 10% of his videos faced monetization claims.

YouTube users will be notified in the next few days if their account was affected by fake subscribers. If that’s the case, those creators will see a note from YouTube in the Creator Studio.

Kojima Productions says it will consider “legal action” after fake news posts linked studio founder Hideo Kojima to the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Fake Elon Musk livestreams on YouTube continue to flourish. The scammers that take part in this particular scheme appear to focus solely on YouTube to perpetrate their fraudulent activity.

The fake YouTube app can hijack your phone and record your secrets, targeting diplomats but potentially affecting other users.

The stream had plenty of signs of being fake. It had a strange title — “Apple Event Live. Ceo of Apple Tim Cook: Apple & Metaverse in 2022.” — and it’s was showing an old interview that ...