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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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Leaking YouTube creators' private videos↗ javoriuski.com · HN · 395 comments · 694 points · Jul 04, 2026
The newest Instagram “exploit” is the goofiest I've seen↗ 0xsid.com · HN · 491 comments · 2210 points · Jun 01, 2026
uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts↗ github.com · HN · 343 comments · 1172 points · Feb 14, 2026
TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues↗ cnn.com · HN · 1003 comments · 1495 points · Jan 27, 2026
Gaussian Splatting – A$AP Rocky "Helicopter" music video↗ radiancefields.com · HN · 260 comments · 772 points · Jan 18, 2026
20251,340 stories
Yt-dlp: Upcoming new requirements for YouTube downloads↗ github.com · HN · 611 comments · 1244 points · Sep 24, 2025
Self-hosting your own media considered harmful according to YouTube↗ jeffgeerling.com · HN · 760 comments · 1634 points · Jun 06, 2025
Someone at YouTube needs glasses↗ jayd.ml · HN · 694 comments · 1424 points · Apr 30, 2025
Leaking the email of any YouTube user for $10k↗ brutecat.com · HN · 466 comments · 1624 points · Feb 12, 2025
TikTok goes dark in the US↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 2458 comments · 1180 points · Jan 19, 2025
20241,375 stories
Trudeau government bans TikTok from operating in Canada↗ cbc.ca · HN · 453 comments · 747 points · Nov 06, 2024
Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels↗ ytch.xyz · HN · 514 comments · 2741 points · Aug 14, 2024
SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube↗ sponsor.ajay.app · HN · 400 comments · 661 points · Aug 12, 2024
Biden signs TikTok bill into law, starting clock for ByteDance to divest↗ theverge.com · HN · 1694 comments · 819 points · Apr 24, 2024
Google ordered to identify who watched certain YouTube videos↗ forbes.com · HN · 370 comments · 552 points · Mar 23, 2024
20231,714 stories
Show HN: FreshTube – show latest videos from YouTube channels↗ github.com · HN · 43 comments · 115 points · Dec 30, 2023
Study: TikTok Global Platform Anomalies Align with CCP Geostrategic Objectives [pdf]↗ networkcontagion.us · HN · 225 comments · 280 points · Dec 24, 2023
Hbomberguy didn't want to make that 4-hour plagiarism video↗ vulture.com · HN · 18 comments · 188 points · Dec 23, 2023
How big is YouTube?↗ ethanzuckerman.com · HN · 246 comments · 814 points · Dec 22, 2023
YouTube is now blocking Ad Blockers – So I just make ads run 16x faster↗ old.reddit.com · HN · 95 comments · 132 points · Nov 23, 2023
20221,587 stories
FCC: TikTok is unacceptable security risk and should be removed from app stores↗ blog.malwarebytes.com · HN · 848 comments · 835 points · Jul 19, 2022
No Dislikes has officially ruined YouTube for me↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 479 comments · 1097 points · May 10, 2022
One App – Two Worlds: This Is TikTok in Russia and Ukraine↗ nrk.no · HN · 348 comments · 1260 points · Apr 05, 2022
The campaign to shut down YouTube-dl continues↗ eff.org · HN · 252 comments · 775 points · Mar 07, 2022
Tell HN: YouTube and how my wife lost 7 years of work↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 429 comments · 1061 points · Feb 19, 2022
20211,229 stories
TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS↗ twitter.com · HN · 498 comments · 1545 points · Dec 17, 2021
Making the dislike count private across YouTube↗ support.google.com · HN · 1514 comments · 1439 points · Nov 10, 2021
YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content↗ washingtonpost.com · HN · 2900 comments · 1405 points · Sep 29, 2021
TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app↗ asia.nikkei.com · HN · 678 comments · 1007 points · Aug 10, 2021
Stealing Your Private YouTube Videos, One Frame at a Time↗ bugs.xdavidhu.me · HN · 194 comments · 1245 points · Jan 11, 2021
20201,791 stories
YouTube-dl's repository has been restored↗ github.blog · HN · 658 comments · 2636 points · Nov 16, 2020
How journalists use youtube-dl↗ freedom.press · HN · 328 comments · 1651 points · Oct 26, 2020
YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA↗ github.com · HN · 1443 comments · 4240 points · Oct 23, 2020
iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents every few keystrokes↗ twitter.com · HN · 591 comments · 1847 points · Jun 24, 2020
Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube↗ support.google.com · HN · 1177 comments · 1783 points · May 18, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock↗ github.com · HN · 284 comments · 499 points · Sep 25, 2026
Texas judge rules TikTok misled users on child safety feature↗ reuters.com · HN · 99 comments · 158 points · Sep 14, 2026
Show HN: Weedout – Safari extension that hides YouTube AI-labeled videos↗ masteranza.github.io · HN · 84 comments · 185 points · Sep 01, 2026
Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ads↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 77 comments · 58 points · Sep 16, 2026
Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study↗ rathbiotaclan.com · HN · 120 comments · 358 points · Aug 20, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock↗ github.com · HN · 284 comments · 499 points · Sep 25, 2026
Show HN: Weedout – Safari extension that hides YouTube AI-labeled videos↗ masteranza.github.io · HN · 84 comments · 185 points · Sep 01, 2026
Texas judge rules TikTok misled users on child safety feature↗ reuters.com · HN · 99 comments · 158 points · Sep 14, 2026
Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ads↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 77 comments · 58 points · Sep 16, 2026
TikTok CEO says over two dozen Jewish organizations are telling them who to ban↗ twitter.com · HN · 23 comments · 56 points · Sep 01, 2026
4.5B Posts Scraped from TikTok↗ tiktok-api.seeksocial.io · HN · 61 comments · 55 points · Sep 03, 2026
Show HN: LiveWorld – Every 24/7 YouTube live camera on one globe↗ liveworld.info · HN · 37 comments · 42 points · Sep 19, 2026
Re-Engineering YouTube for the Living Room: Bringing "Chrobalt" to RDK↗ collabora.com · HN · 12 comments · 37 points · Sep 11, 2026
Everyday Tiktokers Are Making $6k a Month Posting Stealth Ads↗ wsj.com · HN · 11 comments · 14 points · Sep 21, 2026
YouTube has a Propaganda Problem [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 0 comments · 11 points · Sep 28, 2026

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