YouTube is reportedly considering new strategies in response to ongoing concerns about child safety on the massive video platform. The Washington Post and New York Times both reported that the Federal Trade Commission is in the late stages of an investigation into YouTube’s handling of children’s content. YouTube executives are […]

Sheryl Sandberg, Marissa Mayer, and Meg Whitman are some of the most powerful and wealthy women in tech whose fortunes have been entirely self-made. Forbes recently released its list of America’s richest self-made women, and 23 of the 80 women made their money in the tech world. These are the […]

YouTubeCEO Susan Wojcicki was asked whether she actually meant her apology to the LGBTQ+ community during an interview on Monday at Code Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. The question was posed following YouTube’s week from hell: The company declined to remove videos by conservative commentator Steven Crowder, which contain homophobic comments […]

YouTubeCEO Susan Wojcicki apologised to the LGBTQ community for not banning videos involving homophobic slurs last week, but maintained that she believed the company made the right decision based on its current policies. “I know that the decision we made was very hurtful to the LGBTQ community and that was […]

YouTube is promising changes to address some of its stars’ biggest grievances. These include copyright claims issues and being excluded from trending lists, which impacts their ability to earn revenue from ads. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki outlined her plans in a blog post on Tuesday after meeting with some of […]

A recent New York Times report highlighted the difficulties YouTube faces when deciding whether or not controversial content should remain on its site. A policy review meeting held to discuss “Condom Challenge” videos, displayed just how seemingly arbitrary distinctions can be, even when the company’s CEO, Susan Wojcicki, is involved. […]

Ester Wojcicki – the mother of YouTubeCEO Susan Wojcicki and 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki – has a new book coming out on May 7 about how to raise successful children. Wojcicki told Fortune in a recent interview that her approach can be applied by business leaders as well, and boils […]

According to Bloomberg, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and other execs had a plan to pay creators for the amount of time people spent watching their videos, rather than based on the ad revenue they bring in. Wojcicki’s plan – known internally as “Project Bean,” or sometimes “Boil the Ocean” – […]

YouTube executives ignored employee warnings and shelved product changes that could have curbed the spread of toxic videos on its site, according to a Bloomberg report. The report – based on conversations with more than 20 current and former YouTube employees – described YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki’s focus on an […]

YouTube’s CEO is trying to tell parents and advertisers that the company will do more to keep its youngest users safe amid reports of predatory behaviour in video comment sections. CEO Susan Wojcicki said the company will no longer allow comments on videos that feature young children or “risky behaviour” […]

“YouTube Rewind 2018” is the most disliked video on YouTube. On Tuesday, YouTube’s CEO Susan Wojcicki said that “even at home, my kids told me our 2018 Rewind was ‘cringey.'” “We hear you that it didn’t accurately show the year’s key moments, nor did it reflect the YouTube you know,” […]

Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube, provided the garage space where Google was founded in 1998. Wojcicki joined Google as its 16th employee, and rose up the ranks to become YouTube’s CEO in 2014. Here’s a glimpse at the life of 51-year-old Susan Wojcicki, who is worth nearly $US500 million. […]

This week, Comparably – a website that rates companies across a number of different areas – released its list of Best CEOs of 2018. Of the 50 chief executives on that list, 29 were from tech companies. Below, we’ve compiled the list of best tech CEOs of the year. For […]

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki voiced her opposition to new EU copyright legislation in a Financial Times op-ed. Specifically she took aim at the draft directive’s article 13, which would force online platforms to censor content that breaches copyright. Wojcicki says article 13 is an unrealistic way of policing copyright, and […]

The new biography from Lisa Brennan-Jobs, the daughter of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, illustrates just how closely knit Silicon Valley can be. Brennan-Jobs’ high school mentor was Esther Wojcicki, the mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki. Esther Wojcicki is a longtime and well-respected educator. The […]

Google’s 16th employee and current YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki played a huge role in solidifying the Google-YouTube relationship back in 2006. Wojcicki saw how user-generated videos could spark emotions after launching Google Videos, Google’s own free video-sharing website, and hearing her kids’ reactions. YouTube quickly took over a significant portion […]

Silicon Valley executives may not be known for their fashion sense, but many of them have high-end taste. Mark Zuckerberg gets his signature grey T-shirts custom-made by an Italian designer; Evan Spiegel prefers $US450 sneakers; and everyone from Satya Nadella to Sundar Pichai to Kevin Systrom has been spotted in […]

YouTube is now pulling in over 1.8 billion users every month – and that’s just the people who are logged in. That makes YouTube Google’s most popular service, with even more users than Gmail. YouTube’s monthly user number is nearing that of Facebook, the world’s largest platform, which has over […]

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki addressed the site’s video creators in a blog post for the first time since a shooting attack on the company’s headquarters. She recognised that YouTube’s efforts to purge site of offensive material was hard on some creators For the first time since the shooting at YouTube […]

YouTube is teaming up with Wikipedia to combat conspiracy theories by linking Wikipedia pages to videos that contain conspiracy-related materials. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki spoke on a South by Southwest (SXSW) panel detailing how the “information cues” would operate. The information cues would appear right below the video with a […]

Google’s auto-complete features gives you a drop-down menu of suggestions based on the most popular queries related to whatever you’re searching. If you start searching for a story about a tech CEO, for example, Google auto-complete might show you that other users are searching about this person’s marriage, kids, salary, […]

YouTubeCEO Susan Wojcicki said at a media conference Monday that the controversial YouTube star Logan Paul hasn’t violated enough policies to be banned from the platform. YouTube temporarily suspended paid advertising on Paul’s page last week after he uploaded a video of himself tasering two dead rats. In January, Paul […]

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki was dismissive of Facebook’s video ambitions during Recode’s Code Media conference. Wojcicki said that Facebook “should get back to baby pictures.” Facebook and YouTube are competing to become the dominant social video platform. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki joked that rival site Facebook “should get back to […]

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki was dismissive of Facebook’s video ambitions during Recode’s Code Media conference. Wojcicki said that Facebook “should get back to baby pictures.” Facebook and YouTube are competing to become the dominant social video platform. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki joked that rival site Facebook “should get back to […]

Google is promising that 10,000 humans will review videos for inappropriate content in 2018. The company is also planning to tighten its criteria on which YouTube channels can carry advertising. CEO Susan Wojcicki has issued a memo touting these measures following a series of articles pointing out questionable videos on […]

Silicon Valley is known for a lot of things, but high-fashion isn’t one of them. Its elite show up to meetings in pajamas, fleece vests have become the go-to uniform of venture capital investors, and many high-powered executives are so obsessed with efficiency, they have adopted a boring, unfashionable uniform […]

Most of the original employees at Google have since left the company – even founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Many early Googlers became entrepreneurs or executives at other companies. Marissa Mayer, for example, was employee No. 21 – she later became CEO of Yahoo. Others have stayed at Google. […]

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the owner of an adorable fluffy dog named Beast, but he isn’t the only tech executive with a furry friend. Studies show that dogs can help reduce stress levels and boost productivity, so they make ideal companions for tech moguls running billion-dollar companies. These are […]

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