Meta to Pay Up to $16.7B in Child Safety Settlement With 29 States

Meta Platforms has agreed to pay a maximum of $16.7 billion to settle a case brought...

Brazil Fines ByteDance Nearly $30M Over TikTok’s Handling of Minors’ Data

Brazil’s data protection regulator fined TikTok parent company ByteDance more than 153 million reais (nearly $30...

Pennsylvania AG Targets Snapchat With Second Child Safety Lawsuit in Weeks

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday filed a lawsuit against Snap on Tuesday, accusing the Snapchat parent...

Media Tech Company Entravision Launches Reyna, a Creator-Led Media Platform for Latinas

Entravision has launched Reyna, a multimedia platform the company describes as the first creator-led platform built...

Florida Breaks From Meta’s $18B Teen Safety Settlement, Heads to Trial

Florida has rejected a multistate settlement in which Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion...

Twitch Releases Programming for TwitchCon San Diego 2026

Twitch has released initial programming details for TwitchCon San Diego 2026, scheduled for November 13-15 at...

Instagram Rolls Out ‘First Draft,’ a Tool for Assembling Reels

Instagram is rolling out “First Draft,” a new in-app editing feature that automatically trims and sequences...

Patreon Ditches Creator Similarity Model, Will Rank Discovery by Post Content Instead

Patreon is overhauling the algorithm behind its creator discovery feed, moving away from a system that...

YouTube Expands 24/7 ‘Stations’ Streams Beyond Music to Creators, Podcasts, and Media

YouTube announced in an August 21 update that it is expanding “Stations,” its continuous 24/7 stream...

Streamer Sues Twitch, Amazon Over Undisclosed AI Training on Creator Content

A Twitch streamer has filed a proposed class action accusing Twitch Interactive and parent company Amazon...

Twitch Opens Brand Sponsorship Opportunities to All Affiliates

Twitch is extending its brand sponsorship program beyond Partner-tier streamers, giving all Affiliates globally the ability...

Major Update Sees Patreon Launching 30 New Creator Features

Patreon has rolled out dozens of new tools for creators in its most substantial product update,...

Kick & Stake Founders Launch Creator Platform Club With Mobile App

Club, a social platform built by the founders of livestreaming site Kick and crypto gambling platform...

Reddit Tests Audio & Video Format for Viral Posts

Reddit has begun testing a new way to consume its most popular posts, rolling out audio...

TikTok Explores Sending Money Through Direct Messages

TikTok is developing a feature that would let users send money to one another inside the...

Australian National Film and Sound Archive Adds 10 YouTube Creators to National Collection

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia has selected 10 Australian YouTube creators for inclusion...

Pennsylvania Sues TikTok, Alleging App Store Age Ratings Misrepresent Content Shown to Teens

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday filed a lawsuit against TikTok this week alleging the platform misrepresented...

Google Lowers Follower Requirements for Search Profiles, Widening Access to Smaller Creators

Google has lowered the eligibility thresholds for Search profiles, expanding access to a feature that gives...

Twitch Confirms Amazon Trains AI on Streamers, Triggering Creator Backlash

Twitch confirmed this week that parent company Amazon is training generative AI models on the platform’s...

Meta Says It Removed Over 750,000 Suspected U-16 Accounts in Australia Since Ban Took Effect

Meta said that it has taken down more than 756,000 accounts it suspected belonged to Australians...

Spotify’s The Ringer Brings ‘Wise Guys’ to Twitch in New Front Against YouTube

Spotify-owned The Ringer began live-streaming its sports gambling podcast “Wise Guys” on Twitch this week, marking...

U.S. Federal Employees Can Use TikTok Again After Yearslong Device Ban Lifted

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) rescinded its ban on TikTok for executive branch...

Facebook Creator Studio Opens to Creators After Beta Test Showing Follower and Earnings Gains

Facebook has opened its rebuilt Creator Studio app to all creators using iOS in the U.S....

TikTok Orders U.S. Staff Back to the Office Five Days a Week Starting in September

TikTok will require most of its U.S. employees to work from the office five days a...

YouTube Raises Bar for New Creators to Join Partner Program, Tightens Shorts Payout Threshold

YouTube has announced changes to the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) that will require new creators to...