Google updates its policy after YouTuber MegaLag details a scheme under which the PayPal-owned Honey swapped creators' ...

YouTube creator MegaLag posted a video titled, "Exposing the Honey Influencer Scam" on Dec. 21 accusing Honey, which is owned ...

Credit: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images Late last year, a YouTube video uncovering the shady affiliate ... SEE ALSO: YouTuber Marques Brownlee explains his part in the alleged Honey 'scam' ...

Honey was accused of taking affiliate revenue from the same influencers it paid for promotion by using its Chrome extension ...

Google updated its Chrome extension policy after PayPal's Honey was accused of deceptive practices by content creators. Honey allegedly diverted affiliate revenue and replaced creator links during ...

The issue regarding Honey came to light in December 2024, when YouTubers accused the extension of being a scam. The extension claimed to search through discount codes and automatically apply them ...

Earlier this week, Google updated the Chrome extension rules for affiliates, basically telling its users that without tangible benefit, or user action, affiliate links cannot be placed. Although not ...

In a YouTube video that has since amassed ... highlighting the "major, shady things Honey has been doing the entire time." "I believe the scam has cost content creators millions of dollars ...