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| [[File:YouTubeLogo.png|right|thumb|200px|YouTube Logo]]
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| '''YouTube''' is a video sharing website which has been operated by [[Google]] since November 2006. YouTube is the second biggest website by daily usage, behind the Google website itself. | | '''YouTube''' is a video sharing website which has been operated by [[Google]] since November 2006. YouTube is the second biggest website by daily usage, behind the Google website itself. |
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| ==History==
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| [[File:Me at the zoo.webm|right|thumb|200px|[[Jawed Karim|Jawed]], "Me at the zoo", the first video on YouTube.]]
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| YouTube was created on February 14, 2005, its first video titled "Me at the zoo" on April 23, 2005. The website was originally founded by investors, them giving a total of $11.5 million before Google's purchase. During the summer of 2006, YouTube was growing rapidly, having above 100 million video views every day in July 2006. A bit earlier, it went to a partnership with NBC in June 2006<ref>https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/online-video-the-market-is-hot-but-business-models-are-fuzzy/</ref>. In October 2006, Google announced that they were purchasing the company for $1.65 billion in stock, which was their 2nd biggest transaction at the time<ref>https://www.theage.com.au/business/google-closes-a2b-youtube-deal-20061115-gdotv3.html</ref>. The transaction was completed on November 13, 2006.
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| == Controversy ==
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| Despite YouTube being popular, the platform have been criticized for the removal of the dislike button,<ref name=":0">https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/update-to-youtube/</ref> and the CEO's decision to ban content that denies the existence of the patriarchy.<ref name=":1">https://telegra.ph/YouTube-is-banning-channels-that-deny-the-existence-of-the-patriarchy-03-18</ref>
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| Despite YouTube success, the platform has been subject to multiple controversies, such as the removal of the dislike button<ref name=":0"/>, or the recent update banning content that denies the existence of the patriarchy.<ref name=":1"/>
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| == Play Buttons ==
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| [[File:SilverPlayButtonEj.png|right|thumb|250px|YouTube's Play Silver Button]]
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| *100,000 subscribers (Silver Button)
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| *1 million subscribers (Gold Button)
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| *10 million subscribers (Diamond Button)
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| *50 million subscribers (Custom Ruby Button)
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| *100 million subscribers (Red Diamond Button)
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| == References == | | == References == |
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