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• Visa wants to help creators discover the wide world of NFTs
• Tax Day is coming. TikTok wants you to #BeCyberSmart.

  With April 15 around the corner, TikTok is urging its its users to #BeCyberSmart and avoid fraud associated with Tax Day.

  
• Noah Beck is starring in a Wattpad movie

  According to the film’s official description, Beck will play star high school quarterback Drayton Lahey, who inconveniently pops up in main character Dallas Bryan’s life right as she’s shooting for a dance scholarship at CalArts.

  
• Generation Alpha is a thing. And it chooses YouTube and Netflix as the “coolest brands”.

  A study revealed that Generation Alpha, which begins with people born in 2010, sees YouTube and Netflix as the coolest brands.

  
• YouTube Millionaires: Dougmar risks it all to test the internet’s most questionable life hacks
• From streams to sneakers: Karl Jacobs strikes a deal with Journeys
• ‘Fortnite’ faces lawsuit from choreographer saying it stole his copyrighted moves for an emote
• YouTube tests “timed reactions”
• Want an idea of YouTube’s plans for podcasting? Take a look at its pitch deck.
• U.S. attorneys general want TikTok and Snapchat to give parents more control of kids’ DMs
• Facebook needed a way to stay ahead of TikTok. So it paid for smear campaigns in local newspapers.
• Creators On The Rise: As an ICU nurse, Hunter Prosper has seen it all. Now he’s sharing his story on TikTok.
• Khaby Lame will judge the inaugural #TikTokShortFilm competition at the Cannes Film Festival
• LinkedIn wants creators making videos and newsletters
• The video of Will Smith slapping Chris Rock is breaking MrBeast’s records on YouTube
• BBTV inks partnership with Metamask maker ConsenSys as it ventures into the crypto waters
• Top 50 Most Viewed U.S. YouTube Channels • Week Of 03/27/2022
• TikTok launches a Library stocked with clips from GIPHY
• Pinterest tops off its creator fund with $700K, calls for applications from marginalized creators
• Rhett & Link’s Mythical wants foodies to get Sporked
• Alinea is Robinhood, Spotify, and TikTok all rolled together
• TikTok may help you find those lost gems with ‘Watch History’
• Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 03/27/2022
• TikTok wants to distribute music for unsigned, up-and-coming artists. Record labels might not like that.