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• Insights: Microsoft Intercepts TikTok Political Football, Despite Facebook’s Game Plan
• Snapchat Inks Music Deals, Pilots TikTok-Like Feature Letting Users Add Songs To Their Snaps

  After inking licensing agreements with several prominent music labels and publishers, Snapchat is testing a new feature that will let users add popular music to their Snaps -- bringing the app more squarely into competition with app-du-jour TikTok.

  
• Facebook Will Now Host Official Music Videos, Challenging YouTube’s Dominance In The Category

  Beginning this weekend, Facebook will start to distribute official licensed music videos in the U.S. -- a medium that garners seismic viewership across the web. In a blog post, the company said it would also premiere clips from artists like J. Balvin, Karol G, Sebastian Yatra, Alejandro Fernandez, and Calibre 50.

  
• TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Strikes Back At Facebook For Maligning Attacks “Disguised As Patriotism”

  In his first major statement on TikTok’s corporate blog, CEO Kevin Mayer addressed the privacy and security concerns that have reached a fever pitch in recent months due to the Bytedance-owned platform’s Chinese origins.

  
• Instagram’s TikTok Competitor, Reels, Is Reportedly Looking To Poach Creators With Six-Figure Payments
• Facebook To Launch TikTok Competitor ‘Reels’ Globally In August
• Facebook Shutters TikTok Competitor ‘Lasso’, As Instagram’s Own Clone ‘Reels’ Expands To New Markets
• Facebook Expands Fan Subscriptions To Creators In 7 Regions, Introduces Live Stream Ads And More Video Analytics
• Insights: Apple’s Latest Privacy Push Further Complicates Competitors’ Data Handling
• Social Video Views Climbed for Latin American Creators During Quarantine
• Facebook Lets Users Turn Off Political Ads, Launches Voter Registration Campaign
• How YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, And More Platforms Are Responding To The George Floyd Protests