Recent Headlines

• Vine is back–and it has a zero-tolerance policy for creators using AI

  Jack Dorsey, co-founder and former multi-time CEO of Twitter, has launched "diVine," a new app that serves as both an archive of around ~500,000 videos from the original Vine, plus lets users post new content--as long as that content is six seconds or shorter, and (crucially) made by a human.

  
• Spotify has a new use for “verified” check marks: They can identify human creators

  Spotify is using Twitter-style check marks to identify creators and artists who are humans, not AI-generated characters.

  
• Instagram has a new penalty for unoriginal content aggregators: No recommendations

  Instagram already punishes accounts that repost too much content on Reels. Now it's applying the same policy to photos and carousels.

  

• Expedia buys into iShowSpeed’s world tours to sell vacations to Gen Z
• YouTube hits nearly $10 billion in Q1 ad revenue
• Kick gambling streamer N3on is spending millions on his army of clippers
• Australia limited teen access to social media. Now it’s trying to get a better deal for news media companies.