News

• TikTok’s latest overture to the music industry is its take on ‘American Idol’
• Australia reverses course, will restrict YouTube as part of teen social media ban

  Australia is expected to include YouTube in its youth social media ban after previously exempting the Google platform.

  
• Sorry, kids: No more lying about your age on YouTube

  If the system thinks an account is being operated by a kid/teen, it'll automatically apply limits, including disabling ads, turning on YouTube's suite of digital wellbeing tools, and "adding safeguards to recommendations, including limiting repetitive views of some kinds of content," YouTube said in a company blog post.

  
• YouTube is the platform with the most AI chatbot referrals. Competitors want to catch up.

  eMarketer's findings from the world of generative AI chatbot referrals show why so many platforms are putting more resources into search.

  
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