Popular Twitch streamers Amouranth and Indiefoxx are the two latest casualties of Twitch's ongoing battle to enforce its own confusing rules around sexually suggestive content. Both creators were ...

In June, China banned and excised videos of sound effects while claiming to cleanse its internet of pornography. YouTube had already demonetized the genre in a sex panic; now PayPal is banning people ...

Tapping fingernails triggering goosebumps, whispers sending shivers down the spine: the brain-tingling world of ASMR has the internet clamoring for sounds that feel good. The auditory-sensory ...

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ASMR, the quirky YouTube subculture, has acclimated to mainstream attention with relatively little backlash — until now. China’s government has leveled their notoriously authoritarian Internet ...

A FEW years ago, I sat down in my home office and clicked through to a YouTube video. In it, a woman slowly folded towels on a table, while talking in a gentle whisper. Almost immediately, a warm, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Billie Eilish's March 2019 debut album has cemented her place at the top of the pop charts. For the second year in a row, Eilish has won the International Female Solo Artist award at the BRIT Awards.