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Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has been awarded $715,000 in defamation damages by the Federal Court over two YouTube videos by so-called comedian Jordan Shanks.

Thousands of Google employees at offices in Asia, Europe and North America have staged a brief walkout on Thursday US time, to protest against sexism, racism and the lack of checks on executive power in the company.

Networking gear manufacturer Cisco is pulling all its advertisements from Google's YouTube video site, because it feared that they would appear on unsuitable content, according to a blog post that has now been removed.

Google seems to be taking advantage of the kerfuffle over YouTube ads appearing on videos that are deemed unsuitable to quietly demonetise news sites that are not mainstream.

Google has ad problems. At least that's what numerous stories have told us over the last three weeks. But judging from the search behemoth's reaction, one could well be forgiven for thinking that all is well at the Googleplex.

The Australian Government has joined the boycott of ads on Google's YouTube online video channel.

Telstra and Tourism Australia have pulled advertising from YouTube following incidents where advertisers had their ads displayed on videos not deemed suitable for mass viewing.

An app named 'Ghetto Tracker' was renamed 'Good Part of Town' after an intense backlash last week, with the app's creators being accused of racism.