Discord Bans Bot Accounts Responsible for Scraping Over 4 Billion Messages
Discord has unexpectedly been the target of data scraping as over 4 billion messages were packaged and sold by bot accounts.
Toronto-based YouTube Channel UnboxTherapy caused a media firestorm when it uploaded an iPhone 6 Plus bend test video back in September. Some questioned the authenticity of the video, while Consumer Reports concluded the device was “not as bendy as believed”.
Nevertheless, the video–which has 59.2 million views to date–has made its way into the fourth spot overall in YouTube Canada’s Rewind for 2014, which today listed the top trending videos of the year. Below is a list of the top trending YouTube videos in Canada for 2014: