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The Cultural Frontline speaks to YouTubers from around the world about the online video platform.

Every minute over 500 hours of content is uploaded on YouTube and each day, over a billion hours of video is watched. Yet with so much content being uploaded and viewed how does YouTube ensure that everything on the platform is appropriate to be seen? The reporter Julia Alexander tells us how the platform decides what stays up and what must come down.

What is it like being a world famous YouTuber at just 20 years old? We meet Indian vlogger Ajey Nagar, the online sensation whose videos have brought him fame and seven million subscribers to his channel.

One of the Middle East鈥檚 rising online stars, the Iraqi- Sudanese vlogger Maha Jaafar on her journey from dentist to YouTube comedy sensation. She tells us how she came to interview the Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai, and why she鈥檚 focused on challenging misconceptions of Middle Eastern women.

Plus behind the scenes of the video craze that鈥檚 giving viewers the tingles. We take a look at the online trend for ASMR, a phenomenon that is said to induce feelings of euphoria from the most subtle of sounds.

Presented by Tina Daheley

Image: Kati Marton speaks onstage during VidCon 2018 in Anaheim, California. Credit: FilmMagic/FilmMagic for YouTube/Getty Images