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• Alphabet sees green in earnings report as YouTube’s quarterly ad revenue hits $7.7 billion
• Creators are pushing drugs like Ozempic as weight-loss solutions. Now TikTok is cracking down.

  TikTok is cracking down on videos featuring weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro as part of its disordered eating policy.

  
• Instagram Subscriptions expansion lets users in ten more countries put up paywalls

  After beginning to test its subscriptions feature last year, Instagram is giving more users the chance to offer paywalled content for fans.

  
• TikTok invites users to share “stories, poems, lyrics, and other written content” with text posts

  TikTok has delivered a new format to its users by introducing text posts, which can be enhanced with stickers and Sounds.

  
• Sneakerheads ConnorTV, The Drip Don open shoe store in Detroit area
• FaZe Clan’s ‘Rig Raiders’ is ‘Pimp My Ride’ for the custom PC crowd
• Karl Jacobs gets his kicks with Dream SMP-inspired Vans at Journeys
• Millionaires: Alex & Jon want to be your brand-savvy BFFs
• The price of YouTube Premium is going up by $2 per month
• Kai Cenat made nearly $6,000 in one hour after hopping onto “NPC streaming” trend
• Around the World: Beastmania in the UK, big names on TikTok, and the most internet-obsessed country
• In a survey of LGBTQ youth of color, TikTok emerges as most-trusted social platform