{"id":25914,"date":"2020-06-11T18:04:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T01:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=25914"},"modified":"2020-06-11T18:04:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T01:04:09","slug":"youtube-steps-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=25914","title":{"rendered":"YOUTUBE STEPS UP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube will create a $100 million fund \u201cdedicated to amplifying and developing the voices of Black creators and artists and their stories,\u201d the CEO announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>CEO Susan Wojcicki committed to the multi-year fund in her\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ebdpjvdlqrrfcvcrftbqqfppqdfwrdrkkhqlvzwqdhztz_cjltccpdpftcmtmtlmch.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/ebdpjvdlqrrfcvcrftbqqfppqdfwrdrkkhqlvzwqdhztz_cjltccpdpftcmtmtlmch.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1592003964354000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGwGhrS96h1uh94GiDE3Hc8ixTsAA\">mid-year update<\/a>\u00a0to \u201ccenter and amplify Black voices and perspectives\u201d on the video platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have always been proud that we are a platform that celebrates a broad and diverse set of voices,\u201d she wrote. \u201cAnd we have implemented many policies and product features to protect our communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we recognize we need to do more, in particular with the Black community, and that is why we are committing to following actions,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Wojcicki cited the upcoming live stream fundraising event \u201cBear Witness, Take Action\u201d as an example of content YouTube wishes to further promote. The event produced by YouTube Originals will feature creators, artists, public figures and activists for discussions and musical performances on Saturday, with the donations going to the Equal Justice Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The platform\u2019s Spotlight channel will focus on racial justice issues through the rest of the month, including perspectives from black community members, historical content, educational videos and protest coverage, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The CEO also vowed to do more to protect diverse communities from hate and harassment, saying the company will review how its policies work for everyone but especially the black community and \u201cclose any gaps.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube will create a $100 million&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25915,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25914\/revisions\/25915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}