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'''Jawed Karim''' (born 28 October 1979) is a [[German-American]] Internet entrepreneur, who co-founded [[YouTube]] and was the first person to upload a video on it. The video he released was named '[[Me at the zoo]]' and as of 2017 has reached 36 million views. Many of the core components of [[PayPal]], including its real-time anti-[[internet fraud]] system, were also designed and implemented by Karim.
 
'''Jawed Karim''' (<!--Subject is American. Do not add a Bengali name.-->born October 28, 1979) is an American software engineer and [[Internet entrepreneur]]. He is one of the co-founders of [[YouTube]] and the first person to upload a video to the site. The site's inaugural video, "[[Me at the zoo]]", uploaded on April 23, 2005, has been viewed over 342 million times as of November 28, 2024.<ref name=CNN>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/23/tech/youtube-first-video-jawed-karim-trnd/index.html|author=Asmelash, Leah|publisher=[[CNN]]|title=The first ever YouTube video was uploaded 15 years ago today. Here it is.|date=April 23, 2020|accessdate=March 16, 2023|archivedate=April 23, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423180431/https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/23/tech/youtube-first-video-jawed-karim-trnd/index.html}}</ref><ref name=MeAtTheZoo>{{cite web|title=Me at the zoo|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/jNQXAC9IVRw |archive-date=December 19, 2021 |url-status=live|language=en|date=April 23, 2005|access-date=September 1, 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]|author=Karim, Jawed}}{{cbignore}}</ref> During Karim's time working at [[PayPal]], where he met fellow YouTube co-founders [[Steve Chen]] and [[Chad Hurley]], he designed many of its core components, including its real-time anti-fraud system.
==Personal life==
Karim was born in [[Merseburg]], [[East Germany]]. He crossed the [[inner German border]] with his family in 1981, growing up in [[Neuss]], [[West Germany]]. Karim grew up in Germany and his family moved to [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] in 1992. Karim graduated from [[Saint Paul Central High School]] and later attended the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] Department of [[Computer Science]]. He left campus prior to graduating to become an early employee at [[PayPal]], but continued his coursework, earning his Bachelor of Science in computer science. He subsequently earned a [[master's degree]] in computer science from [[Stanford University]].
[[File:Jawed Karim 2004.jpg |thumb|200px|Karim in September 2004.]]
 
== Early life and education ==
==Career==
Jawed Karim was born on October 28, 1979, in [[Merseburg]], [[East Germany]], to a [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]] father and a [[Germans|German]] mother.<ref>{{cite news |title=Big data company Palantir is now officially a public company — and it's one of nearly a dozen major tech firms that can trace its roots to PayPal |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/big-data-company-palantir-is-now-officially-a-public-company-x2014-and-itaposs-one-of-nearly-a-dozen-major-tech-firms-that-can-trace-its-roots-to-paypal/slidelist/78465316.cms |work=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=June 29, 2024 |archive-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515083320/https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/big-data-company-palantir-is-now-officially-a-public-company-x2014-and-itaposs-one-of-nearly-a-dozen-major-tech-firms-that-can-trace-its-roots-to-paypal/slidelist/78465316.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> His father Naimul Karim ({{langx|bn|নাইমুল করিম}}) is a Bangladeshi who is a researcher at [[3M]], and his mother, Christine, is a German biochemistry scientist at the [[University of Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 14, 2018|title=Jawed Karim, Co-founder of Youtube|url=https://real-leaders.com/jawed-karim-co-founder-youtube/|access-date=January 26, 2021|website=Real Leaders|language=en-US|archive-date=July 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718134153/https://real-leaders.com/jawed-karim-co-founder-youtube/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was the elder of two boys.<ref name="utodaypro">{{cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-10-11-youtube-karim_x.htm |title=Surprise! There's a third YouTube co-founder |access-date=July 22, 2017 |work=USA Today |archive-date=August 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805161152/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-10-11-youtube-karim_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He crossed the [[inner German border]] with his family in the early 1980s due to experiencing [[Racism in Germany|racism]],<ref name="diewelt">{{cite news |last=Keese |first=Christoph |date=October 22, 2006 |title=Sergey Brin und Jawed Karim – zwei Karierren |url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article89110/Sergey-Brin-und-Jawed-Karim-zwei-Karierren.html |newspaper=[[Die Welt]] |language=de |access-date=August 20, 2017 |quote=Der andere heißt Jawed Karim und wurde 1979 in Merseburg/DDR geboren. Sein Vater kam aus Bangladesch, seine Mutter aus dem Harz. Die Karims waren als Ausländer verpönt und wanderten deswegen 1982 in den Westen aus. In Neuss schlug ihnen wieder Fremdenhass entgegen; deshalb zogen sie in die USA |archive-date=February 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216083903/https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article89110/Sergey-Brin-und-Jawed-Karim-zwei-Karierren.html |url-status=live }}</ref> growing up in [[Neuss]], [[West Germany]].{{refn|group=note|Sources vary regarding the year that the family moved from East Germany to West Germany. ''The New York Times'' says 1980.<ref name="Student Hits Jackpot Again"/> ''[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|Star Weekend Magazine]]'' says at the end of summer 1981.<ref name="swm8Dec2006">{{cite news |last=Rahman |first=Muhit |date=December 8, 2006 |title=The Greatest Possibilities: The Jawed Karim Story |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/12/02/sfeature.htm |work=Star Weekend Magazine |access-date=August 20, 2017 |archive-date=April 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429163238/https://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/12/02/sfeature.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Die Welt]]'' says 1982.<ref name="diewelt" />}} Facing racism there as well,<ref name="diewelt"/> Karim moved with his family to [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]], in 1992.<ref name="Student Hits Jackpot Again" />
In 1998 Jawed served an Internship at [[Silicon Graphics]] Inc. where he worked on 3D voxel data management for very large data sets for volume rendering, including the data for the [[Visible Human Project]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Speakers, Graphics Conference | url=https://www-s.acm.illinois.edu/conference/1998/jawed_k.html}}</ref>
 
He graduated from [[Saint Paul Central High School]] in 1997,<ref name="swm8Dec2006" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Christensen |first=Tesha M. |date=September 5, 2016 |title=Year-long events mark Central High School 150th anniversary |url=http://www.monitorsaintpaul.com/year-long-events-mark-central-high-school-150th-anniversary/ |newspaper=Monitor St. Paul |access-date=August 20, 2017 |archive-date=August 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820202529/http://www.monitorsaintpaul.com/year-long-events-mark-central-high-school-150th-anniversary/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and attended the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]].<ref name="swm8Dec2006" /> He left campus prior to graduating to become an early employee at [[PayPal]]. He continued his coursework,<ref name="Student Hits Jackpot Again" /> earning his bachelor's degree in [[computer science]].<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=YouTube co-founder to be commencement speaker at Illinois |url=https://news.illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/206692 |publisher=University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |date=March 27, 2007 |access-date=August 20, 2017 |archive-date=August 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821043249/https://news.illinois.edu/blog/view/6367/206692 |url-status=live }}</ref> He subsequently earned a master's degree in computer science from [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite news |date=January 2007 |title=Planet Cardinal |url=https://alumni-gsb.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=32549 |newspaper=Stanford Magazine |access-date=November 9, 2017 |archive-date=May 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514112515/https://stanfordmag.org/contents/planet-cardinal-4886 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In addition to his native language German, he speaks English and Bengali.<ref>{{Cite web|title=::: Star Weekend Magazine :::|url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/12/02/sfeature.htm|access-date=April 3, 2021|website=archive.thedailystar.net|archive-date=June 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629030010/https://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2006/12/02/sfeature.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
While working at PayPal, he met [[Chad Hurley]] and [[Steve Chen (YouTube)|Steve Chen]]. The three later founded the YouTube video sharing website in 2005.<ref name="usatoday-nov-21-2005">[http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm Video websites pop up, invite postings], USA Today, 21 November 2005</ref> YouTube's first-ever video, ''[[Me at the zoo]]'', was uploaded by Karim on 23 April 2005.<ref>{{cite web | title=Me at the zoo, YouTube's first ever video| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw| first1=Jawed | last1=Karim | date=23 April 2005}}</ref>
 
== Career ==
After co-founding the company and developing the YouTube concept and website with Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, Karim enrolled as a graduate student in computer science at Stanford University while acting as an adviser to YouTube. When the site was introduced in February 2005, Karim agreed not to be an employee and simply be an informal adviser, and that he was focusing on his studies.<ref name="Student Hits Jackpot Again">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/12/technology/12tube.html?hp&ex=1160712000&en=c6ddbc2fdb0a4dea&ei=5094|title=With YouTube, Student Hits Jackpot Again|last=Helft|first=Miguel|date=12 October 2006|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> As a result, he took a much lower share in the company compared to Hurley and Chen.<ref>http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2006/10/jawed_who_meet.php</ref> Because of his smaller role in the company, Karim was mostly unknown to the public as the third founder until YouTube was acquired by [[Google]] in 2006. Despite his lower share in the company, the purchase was still large enough that he received 137,443 shares of stock, worth about $64 million based on Google's closing stock price at the time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Helft |first=Miguel |date=7 February 2007 |title=YouTube's Payoff: Hundreds of Millions for the Founders |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/technology/07cnd-google.html?ex=1328504400&en=96fcc0326d0a7ef6&ei=5088 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
[[File:Me at the zoo.webm|thumb|thumbtime=2|upright=1.5|200px|"[[Me at the zoo]]", the first video on YouTube, was uploaded by Karim on April 23, 2005.]]
[[File:Jawed Karim 2004.jpg|thumb|200px|Karim in September 2004]]
In university, Karim served an Internship at [[Silicon Graphics]], Inc., where he worked on 3D voxel data management for very large data sets for [[volume rendering]], including the data for the [[Visible Human Project]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Speakers, Graphics Conference|url=https://www-s.acm.illinois.edu/conference/1998/jawed_k.html|access-date=June 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919130455/https://www-s.acm.illinois.edu/conference/1998/jawed_k.html|archive-date=September 19, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> While working at PayPal in 2002, he met [[Chad Hurley]] and [[Steve Chen (YouTube)|Steve Chen]]. Three years later, in 2005, they founded the video-sharing website YouTube.<ref name="usatoday-nov-21-2005">[https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm Video websites pop up, invite postings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706134045/http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-11-21-video-websites_x.htm |date=July 6, 2012 }}, ''USA Today'', November 21, 2005</ref> Karim created the first account on YouTube, "jawed", on April 23, 2005 [[PST Time Zone|PDT]] (April 24, 2005 [[UTC]]),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://citizenevidence.amnestyusa.org/|title=Extract Meta Data|website=citizenevidence.amnestyusa.org|access-date=June 2, 2018|archive-date=November 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118073608/https://citizenevidence.amnestyusa.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> and uploaded the website's first video, "[[Me at the zoo]]", the same day.<ref name=CNN/><ref name=MeAtTheZoo/>
 
After co-founding the company and developing the YouTube concept and website with [[Chad Hurley]] and [[Steve Chen]], Karim enrolled as a graduate student in computer science at Stanford University while acting as an adviser to YouTube. When the site was introduced in February 2005, Karim agreed not to be an employee and simply be an informal adviser, and that he was focusing on his studies.<ref name="Student Hits Jackpot Again">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/12/technology/12tube.html?hp&ex=1160712000&en=c6ddbc2fdb0a4dea&ei=5094 |title=With YouTube, Student Hits Jackpot Again |last=Helft |first=Miguel |date=October 12, 2006 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=August 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815175737/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/12/technology/12tube.html?hp&ex=1160712000&en=c6ddbc2fdb0a4dea&ei=5094 |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result, he took a much lower share in the company compared to Hurley and Chen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2006/10/jawed_who_meet.php |title=Jawed Who? Meet YouTube's silent partner |website=Silicon Valley Watcher |access-date=June 19, 2016 |archive-date=April 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402222439/http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2006/10/jawed_who_meet.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
In October 2006, Karim gave a lecture about the history of YouTube at the [[University of Illinois]]' annual ACM Conference entitled ''YouTube: From Concept to Hyper-growth''. In his lecture he mentioned Wikipedia as being an innovative social experiment. Karim returned again to the University of Illinois in May 2007 as the 136th and youngest Commencement Speaker in the school's history.<ref>[http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/about/dwelcome.php Welcome to Engineering at Illinois], University of Illinois</ref><ref>[http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/mm/videos/articles/Karim2007commencement.html 136th Commencement Address], University of Illinois, 13 May 2007.</ref>
 
Because of his smaller role in the company, Karim was mostly unknown to the public as the third founder until [[YouTube]] was acquired by Google in 2006. Despite his lower share in the company, the purchase was still large enough that he received 137,443 shares of stock, worth about $64&nbsp;million based on Google's closing stock price at the time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/technology/07cnd-google.html?ex=1328504400&en=96fcc0326d0a7ef6&ei=5088 |title=YouTube's Payoff: Hundreds of Millions for the Founders |last=Helft |first=Miguel |date=February 7, 2007 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327195344/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/technology/07cnd-google.html?ex=1328504400&en=96fcc0326d0a7ef6&ei=5088 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In March 2008, Karim launched a venture fund called Youniversity Ventures, with the goal of helping current and former university students to develop and launch their business ideas.<ref>{{cite web|title=YouTube Co-Founder Starts Venture Capital Firm|url=http://mashable.com/2008/03/20/youniversity-ventures/|publisher=[[Mashable]]|date=20 March 2008}}</ref>
 
In October 2006, Karim gave a lecture about the history of YouTube at the [[University of Illinois]] annual ACM Conference entitled ''YouTube From Concept to Hyper growth''. Karim returned again to the [[University of Illinois Chicago|University of Illinois]] in May 2008 as the 136th and youngest commencement speaker in the school's history.<ref>[http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/about/dwelcome.php Welcome to Engineering at Illinois] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513191504/http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/about/dwelcome.php |date=May 13, 2008 }}, University of Illinois</ref><ref>[http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/mm/videos/articles/Karim2007commencement.html 136th Commencement Address] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411223550/http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/mm/videos/articles/Karim2007commencement.html |date=April 11, 2009 }}, University of Illinois, May 13, 2007.</ref>
==Response to Google+ integration==
On 6 November 2013, YouTube began requiring that commenting on its videos be done via a Google+ account, a move that was widely opposed by the YouTube community. An online petition to revert the change garnered over 240,000 signatures.<ref>{{cite web | title = YouTube faces backlash for Google+ integration | publisher = CNN | url = http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/08/tech/social-media/youtube-comment-backlash/ | accessdate = 10 September 2014}}</ref>
 
== Investments ==
In response to Google requiring YouTube members to use [[Google+]] for its comment system, Karim wrote on his YouTube account, "why the fuck do i need a google+ account to comment on a video?", and updated the video description on his first video titled '[[Me at the zoo]]' to: ''I can't comment here anymore, since i don't want a google+ account''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cheredar |first=Tom |date=8 November 2013 |title=YouTube cofounder's first public comment in 8 years: ‘why the f*** [sic] do i need a google+ account to comment on a video?’ <!-- bowdlerization is in VentureBeat source --> |url=http://venturebeat.com/2013/11/08/youtube-cofounders-first-public-comment-in-8-years-why-the-f-do-i-need-a-google-account-to-comment-on-a-video/ |work=VentureBeat |access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> In response to pressure from the YouTube community, Google publicly apologized for forcing Google+ users to use their real names, which was one of the reasons the Google+ integration was unpopular with YouTube users.<ref>{{cite web | title = Google Plus Finally Gives Up on Its Ineffective, Dangerous Real-Name Policy | publisher = Slate | url = http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/07/17/google_plus_finally_ditches_its_ineffective_dangerous_real_name_policy.html | accessdate = 13 September 2014}}</ref> Google subsequently dropped its Google+ requirement across all products, beginning with YouTube.<ref>{{cite web | title = Google is dropping its Google+ requirement across all products, starting with YouTube | publisher = VentureBeat | url = http://venturebeat.com/2015/07/27/google-is-dropping-its-google-requirement-across-all-products-starting-with-youtube/ | accessdate = 8 August 2015}}</ref>
In March 2008, Karim launched a venture fund called Youniversity Ventures (now known as YVentures) with partners [[Keith Rabois]] and [[Kevin Hartz]].<ref>{{cite web |title=YouTube Co-Founder Starts Venture Capital Firm |url=http://mashable.com/2008/03/20/youniversity-ventures/ |publisher=[[Mashable]] |date=March 20, 2008 |access-date=May 2, 2013 |archive-date=August 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826200645/https://mashable.com/2008/03/20/youniversity-ventures/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Karim is one of [[Airbnb]]'s first investors, investing in the company's initial [[Seed money|seed round]] in April 2009.<ref name="Gallagher2017">{{cite book|last=Gallagher|first=Leigh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4iGtDQAAQBAJ&q=airbnb+story|title=The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions. and Created Plenty of Controversy|date=February 14, 2017|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-544-95387-1|page=31|chapter=The Hustle|access-date=November 8, 2017|archive-date=June 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629030009/https://books.google.com/books?id=4iGtDQAAQBAJ&q=airbnb+story|url-status=live}}</ref> Y Ventures has also invested in [[Palantir Technologies|Palantir]], [[Reddit]] and [[Eventbrite]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Y Ventures {{!}} Companies|url=http://www.yventures.com/companies/|access-date=July 19, 2020|website=www.yventures.com|archive-date=May 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511115722/http://www.yventures.com/companies/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
== Responses to YouTube ==
==Publications==
Occasionally, Karim has updated the video description of "[[Me at the zoo]]" to criticize decisions made by YouTube.
Karim has published articles on programming in [[Dr. Dobbs Journal]], including one on loading rendering and animating Quake models.<ref>{{cite web | title=Dr. Dobbs Article, A Windows 3D Model Viewer for OpenGL | url=http://www.drdobbs.com/windows/a-windows-3d-model-viewerfor-opengl/184410607}}</ref>
 
On November 6, 2013, YouTube began requiring that commenting on its videos be done via a [[Google+]] account, a move that was widely opposed by the YouTube community. An online petition to revert the change garnered over 240,000 signatures.<ref>{{cite news |title=YouTube faces backlash for Google+ integration |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/08/tech/social-media/youtube-comment-backlash/ |access-date=September 10, 2014 |archive-date=July 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723082728/https://www.cnn.com/2013/11/08/tech/social-media/youtube-comment-backlash/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==References==
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In response to Google requiring YouTube members to use Google+ for its comment system, Karim wrote on his YouTube account, "why the fuck do i need a Google+ account to comment on a video?", and updated the video description on his first video titled "Me at the zoo" to "I can't comment here anymore, since i don't want a Google+ account".<ref>{{cite news|last=Cheredar|first=Tom|url=https://venturebeat.com/2013/11/08/youtube-cofounders-first-public-comment-in-8-years-why-the-f-do-i-need-a-google-account-to-comment-on-a-video/|title=YouTube cofounder's first public comment in 8 years: why the f*** [sic] do i need a Google+ account to comment on a video? <!-- bowdlerization is in VentureBeat text, but not in their screenshot of Karim's comment -->|date=November 8, 2013|work=VentureBeat|access-date=November 11, 2013|archive-date=September 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909100329/https://venturebeat.com/2013/11/08/youtube-cofounders-first-public-comment-in-8-years-why-the-f-do-i-need-a-google-account-to-comment-on-a-video/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==External links==
 
* [http://www.jawed.com/ Jawed Karim's Personal Website]
In response to pressure from the YouTube community, [[Google]] publicly apologized for forcing Google+ users to use their real names, which was one of the reasons the Google+ integration was unpopular with YouTube users.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Google Plus Finally Gives Up on Its Ineffective, Dangerous Real-Name Policy |magazine=Slate |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/07/17/google_plus_finally_ditches_its_ineffective_dangerous_real_name_policy.html |access-date=September 13, 2014 |archive-date=September 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920041614/http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/07/17/google_plus_finally_ditches_its_ineffective_dangerous_real_name_policy.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Google subsequently dropped its Google+ requirement across all products, beginning with YouTube.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://venturebeat.com/2015/07/27/google-is-dropping-its-google-requirement-across-all-products-starting-with-youtube/ |title=Google is dropping its Google+ requirement across all products, starting with YouTube |work=VentureBeat |date=July 27, 2015 |access-date=August 8, 2015 |archive-date=August 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811081423/http://venturebeat.com/2015/07/27/google-is-dropping-its-google-requirement-across-all-products-starting-with-youtube/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Google announced in October 2018 its intention to permanently shut down Google+, as it had failed to achieve broad consumer or developer adoption,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/tech/google-plus-security/index.html |title=Google+ to shut down |publisher=CNN |access-date=October 8, 2018 |archive-date=October 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018074635/https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/tech/google-plus-security/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/project-strobe/ |title=Project Strobe: Protecting your data, improving our third-party APIs, and sunsetting consumer Google+ |date=October 8, 2018 |access-date=October 8, 2018 |archive-date=October 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008172414/https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/project-strobe/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and because of a vulnerability.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehackernews.com/2018/10/google-plus-shutdown.html#:~:text=Google%2B%20is%20Shutting%20Down%20After%20a%20Vulnerability%20Exposed%20500%2C000%20Users'%20Data,-%EE%A0%82October%2008&text=Google%20is%20going%20to%20shut,users%20to%20third%2Dparty%20developers|title=Google+ is Shutting Down After a Vulnerability Exposed 500,000 Users' Data|website=thehackernews.com|access-date=June 15, 2020|archive-date=June 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621165023/https://thehackernews.com/2018/10/google-plus-shutdown.html#:~:text=Google%2B%20is%20Shutting%20Down%20After%20a%20Vulnerability%20Exposed%20500%2C000%20Users'%20Data,-%EE%A0%82October%2008&text=Google%20is%20going%20to%20shut,users%20to%20third%2Dparty%20developers|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/story/google-plus-bug-52-million-users-data-exposed/|title=A New Google+ Blunder Exposed Data From 52.5 Million Users|magazine=Wired|access-date=June 15, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803163232/https://www.wired.com/story/google-plus-bug-52-million-users-data-exposed/|url-status=live}}</ref> Google+ was closed for personal accounts on April 2, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Welch|first=Chris|date=April 2, 2019|title=Google begins shutting down its failed Google+ social network|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/2/18290637/google-plus-shutdown-consumer-personal-account-delete|access-date=February 12, 2021|website=The Verge|language=en|archive-date=February 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213040312/https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/2/18290637/google-plus-shutdown-consumer-personal-account-delete|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/jawed Jawed's YouTube Profile]
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080508185217/https://www.youtube.com/user/jawed Cache of Jawed's YouTube Profile in 2008]
In November 2021, Jawed updated the "Me at the zoo" video description to include "When every YouTuber agrees that removing dislikes is a stupid idea, it probably is. Try again, YouTube🤦‍♂️."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Li|first=Abner|date=November 14, 2021|title='Me at the zoo,' YouTube's first video, gets new description protesting dislike count removal|url=https://9to5google.com/2021/11/13/youtube-me-at-the-zoo-dislike-protest/|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=[[9to5Google]]|language=en-US|archive-date=November 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122060639/https://9to5google.com/2021/11/13/youtube-me-at-the-zoo-dislike-protest/|url-status=live}}</ref> A few days later, Karim updated the description again to a more detailed condemnation of YouTube's decision.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vincent|first=James|date=November 17, 2021|title=YouTube co-founder predicts 'decline' of the platform following removal of dislikes|url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/17/22787080/youtube-dislikes-criticism-cofounder-jawed-karim-first-video-description-zoo|access-date=November 18, 2021|website=[[The Verge]]|language=en|archive-date=November 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117142742/https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/17/22787080/youtube-dislikes-criticism-cofounder-jawed-karim-first-video-description-zoo|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
== See also ==
* [[PayPal Mafia]]
* [[History of YouTube]]
 
== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://www.jawed.com/ Jawed Karim's Personal Website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/jawed Jawed Karim's YouTube Profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080508185217/https://www.youtube.com/user/jawed Cache of Jawed Karim's YouTube Profile in 2008]
* [http://www.yventures.com/ Youniversity Ventures]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090828032440/http://www.news-gazette.com/news/opinions/editorials/2006/10/16/he_went_off_to_college_to_make_his ''"He went off to college to make his fortune''"] – ''The News-Gazette'' (16 October 16, 2006)
 
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