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• Twitch is punishing streamers who use viewbots by capping their concurrent viewership
• Snapchat studies Chat ads as culture moves “from public feeds into personal conversations”

  In India, Snapchat teamed up with Kantar to study the efficacy of Sponsored Snaps and other forms of chat-based advertising.

  
• YouTube and Netflix are on track to land multi-game packages for the 2026 NFL season

  As the NFL resells football broadcasts that once went to ESPN, YouTube and Netflix are likely to both receive multi-game packages.

  
• The ACLU is using a YouTube Kids series to teach children about their inalienable rights

  The ACLU is using an animated YouTube Kids series to invite children to attend 'Know Your Rights University'.

  
• OnlyFans rolls out category-specific hubs to helps its users discover new accounts to follow
• VidCon’s new title sponsor is an AI-powered creator monetization platform
• Social media has political divides, but some feeds are more polarized than others
• Streamers are mogging each other, so Twitch changed its rules to accommodate them
• Meta says its new age verification tech isn’t facial recognition. Can that solution manage meddling kids?
• It’s time for a Game Changer: Dropout raises $1.5 million (and counting) to develop board game
• TikTok adds to out-of-home push by letting brands “reformat and reimagine” ads for billboards
• YouTube is testing a tool that lets creators generate royalty-free music for their videos