Amazon, YouTube, BMW: 5 things that mattered this week and why

YouTube looks to hire thousands of new staff to battle unsavoury videos
It’s undeniable that Google has had a tough year. The digital giant has come under fire for a lack of transparency when it comes to sharing data, and “marking their own homework” with reporting campaign results. But one of the biggest scandals of the year surrounds its video platform YouTube.
At the start of 2017, an investigation by The Times into advertising appearing next to extremist content sparked a m