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  Creating content is no cakewalk, and seeing more dislikes than likes in a video could easily be one of the worst nightmares for any content creator. Moreover, recently internet trolls have begun weaponizing the “Dislike” button to convey their message and mock authentic content. Besides, sometimes these “dislikes” on a  video  have nothing to do with its content, thus overthrowing the whole point of having a “like” or “dislike” button. Taking all this into consideration, the video-sharing giant YouTube announced that it is testing out a new feature that won’t display the number of dislikes on videos. While the dislike counts will not be publicly visible, the same will show up inside YouTube Studio only, meaning the “Dislike” button will still exist. In simple words, the viewers can still dislike a video, but since it won’t be displayed publicly, it will help avoid targeted online attacks by internet trolls. In its recent announcement, YouTube said that the creators will...

Google’s recent announcement might come across as “bad news” to YouTube  content  creators in India and other countries. The search engine informed all YouTubers via email that it will have to cut US taxes from payments to creators outside the United States. This means the US YouTube creators won’t have to bear any extra tax burden. Google may start deducting this additional tax from YouTube creators outside of the US from June 2021. In its official message, Google said that it would be asking YouTubers to submit their tax information in AdSense over the next couple of weeks. The search giant will use this data to ascertain the right amount of taxes to be deducted, if applicable. Further adding to this statement, the company said in case any YouTuber does not give their tax information by May 31, 2021, it might need to cut up to 24% of their total earnings worldwide. Here, what’s crucial to understand is that this additional tax will be cut from the money YouTubers make from t...