YouTube cracks down on Tide Pod Challenge videos

Starts removing vids of people eating detergent capsules amid pressure from Procter & Gamble

• YouTube
• Tide Pods Challenge

Markiplier, Jacksepticeye and others team up with Twitch to create exclusive video content

Four high profile gaming personalities will be hosting exclusive content on the streaming platform

• Twitch
• Markiplier
• Jacksepticeye

Facebook acquires exclusive rights on two major ESL tournaments

The social platform will host two of ESL's biggest leagues

• Facebook
• ESL
• eSports
• Streaming
• dota

Report: volume of Instagram #ad posts doubled in 2017

Klear report also claims that women accounted for 83.9% of that sponsored content

• Instagram
• market data

Logan Paul: "Everyone deserves second chances bro"

The shamed star speaks out about how he should be forgiven by the internet

• Logan Paul

Canadian man faces criminal charges after allegedly spamming Twitch with thousands of hate messages

Twitch user expecting punishment after plaguing platform with countless messages of racism, sexism and homophobia.

• Twitch

YouTube raises bar for channels to attain partner status

You’ll now need 4,000 hours of watch-time and 1,000 subscribers to start making money

Influencer marketing agency Spartan Elite launches brand new energy drink for gamers

Spartan Elite Ad have launched an energy drink for those who grind the hardest

• Energy drink
• Spartan Elite Ad

Buzzoka report explores influencer marketing trends in India

Includes finding that only 29% of brands are using agencies to reach out

• market data
• India

Influencer marketing agency Obviously opens Paris office

Fashion, beauty, entertainment, food and beverage, and tech on the agenda

• France

Snapchat redesign meets with unimpressed reviews from early users

83% of App Store reviews for social app's rejig are one or two stars says SensorTower

• Snapchat

Facebook confirms plans to show less 'public content' in people's news feeds

That includes videos from influencers, as social network pivots back to personal posts

• news feed
• Mark Zuckerberg

YouTube plans to further examine top-tier channels for inappropriate content

The video service is bringing in 10,000 members of staff to deal with content monitoring crisis

Will Smith has launched his own YouTube channel and it's surprisingly entertaining

Hollywood hero Will Smith has launched his own channel

• YouTube

Cutting ties: YouTube removes Logan Paul as a preferred partner

Logan Paul is being punished by the platform

• Logan Paul