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• Facebook Makes First Play In Gaming Streamer Sign-Up Wars With ‘Disguised Toast’
• Facebook Levels Up Charity Livestreaming Tools, Opening Them To All Partner Creators

  Almost exactly one year ago, Facebook Gaming revealed a newly-developed suite of charity livestreaming tools for its creators. Only 25 of the platform’s official partner creators got access to the tools, and for the past 12 months, those creators have been putting them to the test, raising more than $180K for organizations like St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and The Humane Society of the United States.

  
• Facebook Launches ‘News’ Tab, Will Pay (Some) Partner Outlets For Their Content

  This morning, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (who recently endured a scathing interrogation by Congresspeople, particularly Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, about how Facebook handles election security and fact-checking) introduced the platform’s News tab, which is rolling out today to about 200,000 users in the U.S.

  
• Facebook, Like Instagram, To Test Hiding ‘Likes’, Reactions, And Video Viewcounts

  Instagram's parent company, Facebook, is taking a page out of the photo and video-sharing company's playbook by publicly hiding 'like' counts in order to alleviate user pressure, encouraging Facebookers to post more freely without fixating on their content's reception. 

  
• Facebook Unveils Several Video Product Updates, Including ‘Live’ Rehearsals, Pre-Scheduled ‘Watch Parties’
• Viacom Digital Studios Readies Facebook Watch Slate With Grace Helbig, MatPat, Joey Graceffa
• Facebook Watch Partners With International News Organizations To Produce New Slate
• Body Artist Jody Steel To Launch Make-A-Wish Fundraiser On Her Massively-Followed Facebook Page
• Facebook Opens Instagram’s AR Filter-Building Tool, ‘Spark,’ To Everyone
• Facebook Tests Selling Subscriptions To Tastemade Plus, CollegeHumor’s Dropout, BritBox
• Facebook And Instagram Ban User Posts Selling Alcohol And Tobacco
• Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Says $5 Billion FTC Settlement Terms “Go Beyond Anything Required Under U.S. Law”