In an update to its policies about posting prank videos, YouTube is banning users from uploading footage that tricks people into thinking they are in danger — such as fake home invasions or drive-by ...

Viral challenge and prank videos have been a staple of YouTube for years, but on the tail of the controversial “Bird Box challenge,” the platform announced that it will start to crack down on “harmful ...

YouTube has updated its guidelines to ban prank and dangerous challenge videos. The Google-owned video platform said that while it is a home for light-hearted prank videos, it wanted to reinforce that ...