Recent Headlines

• Is TikTok trying to leverage #FinTok success to become an accredited lender?

  TikTok has reportedly applied for licenses in Brazil that would allow it to operate as an accredited financial lender.

  
• 200 experts tell YouTube to stop recommending AI slop to kids

  
• YouTube and TikTok draw music lovers, but Meta says that Instagram is the home of superfans

  A study from Meta and Luminate shows that music "superfans" are disproportionately represented on Instagram.

  

• On May 13, YouTube will use its Brandcast presentation to explain why it’s “the future of media”
• Cameo is trying for a comeback with its new TikTok integration
• Many leaders have banned TikTok on government devices. Zohran Mamdani is moving NYC in the other direction.
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