James Hale

• Millions Use #BlackOutTuesday, #TheShowMustBePaused To Amplify Black Voices—But Their Posts Are Drowning Out #BlackLivesMatter
• Instagram Highlights Black Creators, Businesses, Organizations With #ShareBlackStories

  As Facebook executives speak up and employees walk out to protest CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s handling of Donald Trump’s “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” post, Instagram has shared a list of Black creators, Black-owned businesses, organizations, and hashtags to follow.

  
• Jake Paul Denies He Was Looting After Viral Videos Show Him Entering Shuttered Mall During Protests

  “We were strictly documenting, not engaging,” Jake Paul says about recent Instagram videos that showed him and his photographer/videographer Andrew Blue present as a group of people smashed windows and looted items from stores in Arizona’s Scottsdale Fashion Square mall.

  
• Trump’s Executive Order Targeting Social Platforms Could Hurt “Internet Freedom,” Google Says

  Donald Trump’s newly signed executive order seeks to strip social media platforms of protections which keep them from being sued over content posted by users.

  
• Chinese Tech Giant ByteDance Reportedly Working To Bring TikTok’s Operations Stateside
• YouTube Squads Up Dozens Of Creators—Including Typical Gamer, Daithi De Nogla, CouRage—For Charity ‘Warzone’ Tournament
• Last-Click Coupons Have Dominated Affiliate Marketing For Years. Now, Brands Are Restrategizing With Influencers.
• TikTok Taps Bill Nye, Lilly Singh, Tyra Banks For $50 Million Educational Content Initiative
• Deletion Of Comments Criticizing Chinese Government Was A Contextual Error, YouTube Says
• Netflix Cancels ‘Terrace House’ Production After Death Of Star Hana Kimura
• BuzzFeed’s Latest ‘Unsolved’ Season Scares Up Record YouTube Traffic
• Instagram Finally Brings In Monetization For (Some) Creators With Purchasable Badges, IGTV Ads