Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. YouTube has updated its rules to explicitly ban dangerous pranks and challenges after a Bird Box blindfold challenge went viral.

YouTube has updated its community guidelines to explicitly ban dangerous prank videos after a string of incidents that resulted in injuries, such as videos produced for the recent “‘Bird Box’ ...

Birds Aren't Real is an elaborate and successful prank. Everyone is in character, from McIndoe and Gaydos down to the TikTokers going off on Thanksgiving (a suspiciously bird-centric holiday) in the ...

Watch a lighthearted bird poop prank take an unexpected turn as the reaction unfolds in real time. See how the prank was set up, what happened next, and why the outcome caught everyone by surprise.

“We’ve made it clear that our policies prohibiting harmful and dangerous content also extend to pranks with a perceived danger of serious physical injury,” the video-sharing network announced Tuesday, ...

YouTube has announced a ban on videos that depict “dangerous challenges and pranks”, after a string of incidents that were seemingly caused by the ‘Bird Box’ challenge. The viral craze was inspired by ...