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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...

YouTube launched a new "Collab" tool for Shorts. Creators can now split screen with other videos to remix content. The feature competes with TikTok's popular duet capability. YouTube launches "Collab" ...

YouTube is banning content that promotes dangerous pranks or challenges, following a blindfold challenge inspired by hit Netflix movie "Bird Box." The Google-owned company previously had a policy ...