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• TikTok defied a ban attempt in Montana. Can it challenge social media age limits in Utah?
• Facebook courts creators with performance-based payouts for its ad formats

  Meta is introducing new performance-based payouts for Facebook, which are designed to highlight the platform's scale and ad diversity.

  
• YouTube’s first video recently received a MrBeast-style thumbnail update

  Jawed Karim has uploaded a new MrBeast-style thumbnail for "Me at the zoo," the first YouTube video in history.

  
• An ad agency ran a standalone campaign on YouTube Shorts. The results compared favorably to TikTok.

  Agency Precise.TV measured YouTube Shorts ads against TikTok ads by running short-form campaigns for brands like Asics.

  
• YouTube family vlogger Ruby Franke, who claimed her children were possessed, enters guilty plea
• Ninja is hosting a New Year’s Eve special alongside guests like SypherPK and DrLupo
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Mark Rober’s GlitterBomb is bad for porch pirates (but good for T-Mobile)
• TikTok quietly changed its terms of service. Will need arbitration rules prevent future lawsuits?
• Twitch reverses sexual content policy shift: “We are rolling back the artistic nudity changes”
• Around the World: TikTok makes moves in Indonesia, Italy fines YouTube, and Brazil enacts “crypto tax”
• Millionaires: Drew Talbert’s acting and writing chops come together in viral TikToks
• Kai Cenat’s collab with Nicki Minaj broke a Twitch record with 348,593 concurrent viewers