SOUTH KOREA: The ARMY – Adorable Representative MCs for Youth – fandom of Korean boy band BTS has existed for nine years. Google and YouTube made a special feature to thank their devoted following. A purple heart appears next to any search results for BTS on any of the aforementioned platforms. Purple animated balloons would appear on the screen if …

Asean – The anti-vaccination YouTube videos by the Healing the Divide group, which were posted on the channel of its founder Iris Koh, have been removed, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Sunday (Nov 7). The videos, which contain false claims warning people about the dangers of vaccination, were taken down from YouTube by the Google-owned platform itself for …

In Vietnam, Facebook and YouTube are complicit in “censorship and repression on an industrial scale” a hypothesis advanced in a recent Amnesty International study that confirms and fleshes out previous studies on Vietnam’s increasingly assertive attempts to extend its control over key social media networks. The 78-page study published on 1 December shows that the number of instances in which …

METRO MANILA – The YouTube channels of ABS-CBN News and ANC were inaccessible as of Tuesday morning, November 3. YouTube users trying to access both channels will be receiving an error message that reads: “Video unavailable. This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated.” Other user would be notified that the …

METRO MANILA – YouTube star and Internet personality Lloyd Cafe Cadena died Friday. He was 26. His passing was confirmed from a post in his official Facebook account. “It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that we announce the untimely demise of our beloved brother Lloyd Cafe Cadena,” the post read. “May he be remembered for all the …

A controversial video interview case between “Profesor” Hadi Pranoto and Indonesian singer Anji about the claim of coronavirus cure is still continuing. In Anji’s YouTube channel called Dunia Manji, Hadi Pranoto, who is referred to as a professor and microbiologist, claims to have found a drug in the form of Covid-19 antibodies which has been the subject of various discussions. …

KUALA LUMPUR – At least six Al Jazeera staff accompanied by seven lawyers were seen walking into Bukit Aman federal police headquarters after being summoned for questioning with regards to the controversial documentary recently broadcasted by the news agency. Bukit Aman federal police said they are investigating the crew for a possible sedition, defamation and violation if the country’s Communications …

MANILA – Social media personality Emman Nimedez on Sunday revealed that he had acute myeloid leukemia. Nimedez uploaded a 10-minute video on his YouTube channel, where he confesses his toughest battle yet. He also thanked everyone  for their support. In the video, Nimedez revealed that he was initially admitted to the hospital for a fever, which they thought was due …