Social Media
The UK just became the second English-speaking country to ban social media for under-16s. But lumping YouTube in with TikTok and Instagram has the creator industry asking whether lawmakers understand what YouTube actually is.
Tessa Rowan·
27d ago
3 sources
Social Media
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's landmark legislation would block TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and X for anyone under 16 in Britain. The business implications run deeper than the headlines suggest.
Tessa Rowan·
28d ago
3 sources
Social Media
Facebook's new AI Mode pulls from public posts to generate search results — a quiet but significant move that reframes what 'public' means on the platform and what Meta gets out of it.
Nina Cross·
28d ago
3 sources
Social Media
The Reddit co-founder attended the event but says he had already left when the remarks were made — a distinction that matters in the court of public opinion.
Nina Cross·
28d ago
3 sources
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The singer-songwriter went public on Instagram after the Trump administration staged UFC Freedom 250 on White House grounds — and she wasn't subtle about it.
Grant Hollis·
29d ago
3 sources
Social Media
London follows Canberra's lead with age-gating legislation that will force platforms to build verification infrastructure or exit a major market.
Miles Hart·
29d ago
3 sources
Social Media
Meta's text platform has cleared a milestone that took Instagram years to reach. The question advertisers are quietly asking: when does the money follow?
Grant Hollis·
29d ago
3 sources
Social Media
The 'For You' feed in Meta's standalone AI app generates topics, images, and text algorithmically. It looks like the content farms Facebook spent years hosting. Now Meta is the content farm.
Nina Cross·
33d ago
3 sources
Social Media
The SpaceX IPO pushes Musk past the $1 trillion personal wealth threshold — and his expanding empire is increasingly hard for media, entertainment, and telecom to ignore.
Miles Hart·
33d ago
3 sources
Social Media
The Obama-era @whitehouse Instagram sat untouched since 2017. Someone got in anyway — and Meta's response time tells you everything about whose accounts actually get protected.
Nina Cross·
34d ago
3 sources
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Art Garfunkel, Jimmy Fallon, Busta Rhymes, and Kirk Franklin didn't just show up to celebrate Puth. They showed up to make the concert impossible to replicate on a screen.
Nina Cross·
46d ago
3 sources
Social Media
As TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube rewire feeds around entertainment logic, marketers are abandoning the interruption model and building content operations that look a lot like studios.
Nina Cross·
46d ago
3 sources
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From TikTok's Creativity Program overhaul to YouTube's ad-share thresholds, the payout landscape is changing fast — and creators who built on a single platform's terms are finding out what that dependency actually costs.
Tessa Rowan·
47d ago
5 sources