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• MrBeast announces internal investigation in response to ongoing misconduct allegations
• If long-form YouTube videos are your bedtime ritual, a new “sleep timer” is made for you

  YouTube Premium users can try out a "sleep timer" feature that pauses video after a set amount of time. The feature caters to long-form videos

  
• Amazon wants you to buy its stuff while you’re watching TikTok

  Amazon has announced partnerships with TikTok and Pinterest that will allow users to buy some products directly from those apps.

  
• YouTube wants you to fact check its videos

  Just in time for the election and not long after Poynter called out YouTube as a major source of misinformation online, the platform is rolling out its own version of Twitter's Community Notes, asking users to give creators' content the ol' sniff test and see if it smells factual.

  
• Want AI to help you generate ideas? YouTube invites creators to Brainstorm with Gemini.
• Hollywood turns to TikTok to fill seats in empty theaters—and it seems like it’s working
• ByteDance is getting into AI text-to-video. Can it avoid the issues that have plagued OpenAI?
• Indian creators are dominating YouTube Shorts to the tune of 1 trillion views
• VTubers want to hold IRL events with fans, too. Hololive is making it happen.
• Views, views, views: Instagram standardizes its metrics to promote a multiformat approach
• Prime gets hit with $68 million lawsuit–its biggest one yet
• A year ago, Kai Cenat’s live event caused chaos. With a “huge festival,” he’ll turn over a new leaf.
• Twitch drops the beat to turn up the volume on its music business
• Roblox bets on ecommerce by selling tickets to ‘Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice’
• Creators are ready for some football, and a firm backed by the Dallas Cowboys is leading the way
• Will 2024 be remembered as the influencer election?
• YouTuber launches first-of-its-kind class action lawsuit against OpenAI
• YouTube doesn’t want to interrupt your live stream, but also wants creators to make money
• Podcasters are making hundreds of millions of dollars on Patreon
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: This time, Kendrick Lamar and Drake both finished second
• Jake Paul raises $14 million for body care brand W as more investors buy into creator products
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