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This news item is part of the weekly top 5 news bulletin (from Week 5, Nov 2023) specially packaged for leaders of Nonprofits, Churches, and Faith-based Social Ventures.
Last week, some YouTube users reported that they are experiencing a 5 second delay in video load time in certain browsers, which were not Chrome browsers, like Firefox. And this was reported in the news site Android Authority, which was published as though YouTube is delaying videos in non-Chrome browsers. But later, YouTube has issued an official statement to that website, clarifying that it is not about the browsers, but it’s about ‘ad blockers’, which is a whole new interesting angle to the story. YouTube says “we’ve launched an effort to urge viewers with ad blockers enabled, to allow ads on YouTube or try YouTube premium for an ad free experience. Users who have ad blockers installed may experience suboptimal viewing regardless of the browser”. So is YouTube penalizing users for having ad blockers?
Here is the full list of the Top 5 News Items from Week 5, Nov 2023 with source links from Threads, TikTok, Meta, YouTube, X.
🗞️ News 1: YouTube Says Users With Ad-Blockers May Experience Delay in Loading
Source: YouTube
🗞️ News 2: Meta Allows Expanded Access to Content, Library API for Data Research
Source: Meta
🗞️ News 3: TikTok Releases Music Impact Report With Key Trends & User Behaviour
Source: TikTok
🗞️ News 4: X Brings Back ‘Post Headlines’ to Link Previews, as an Image Overlay
Source: Elon Musk
🗞️ News 5: Threads Posts Can Now Be Tagged by Topic, To Keep Them Organized
Source: Adam Mosseri
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Author of The Connected Church. Social Media and Digital Marketing Consultant for Nonprofits, Faith-based Organisations, Churches, and Ministries.
