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• Jumprope Is A New Social Network Where Users Create How-To Videos — And Then Post Them Everywhere
• YouTube Terminates All ‘SevenAwesomeKids’ Channels After Owner Ian Rylett Pleads Guilty To Child Abuse

  Last week, Ian Rylett, owner of the SevenAwesomeKids family of YouTube channels, signed a plea deal admitting he’d abused one of the channels' stars.

  
• Woody Allen Files $68 Million Lawsuit Against Amazon Studios For Backing Out Of Four Film Deals

  Woody Allen has filed a $68 million lawsuit against Amazon Studios for infringing on contracts to distribute his film A Rainy Day in New York and to produce and distribute three more of his as-yet-untitled-and-unmade films.

  
• Amtrak Offering Roundtrip Residency To Social Media Influencers — But Not The Kind You Think

  Amtrak is offering a free roundtrip residency to social media leaders “from all walks of life” who are willing to share their experiences aboard with their followers.

  
• The Dolan Twins Forced To Ask Fans Not To Attend Their Late Father’s Funeral
• Netflix Signs Indian Content Code Banning Offensive Material, Agrees To Self-Regulate
• Jake Paul Dropped By Legal Firm In Case Involving Prank That Damaged Man’s Hearing
• Roku Reverses Course, Bans Alex Jones Channel After Outcry
• Gillette’s New Ad Addressing Toxic Masculinity Met With 400,000 Dislikes, Vitriol From YouTube Users
• ‘DaddyOFive’ Parents’ Sentences Reduced Despite Allegations They Broke Court Order, Continued To Vlog Children
• Transgender Beauty Vlogger Nikita Dragun Drops Her Own Victoria’s Secret Ad After Exec’s Transphobic Comments
• A Logan Paul Vlog Led To The Arrest Of Man Who Mistreated Baby Tiger, Investigators Say