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• Amid Pandemic, Dozens Of Health Professionals Petition For Tech Companies To Curtail Misinformation
• Amid “Significant Reduction” In Q1 Ad Buys, Video Game Marketing Is Showing “Relative Strength,” Facebook Says

  Facebook’s first-quarter report is here, and like pretty much everyone else, it said it’s contending with “a significant reduction in the demand for advertising” that began in March.

  
• Facebook Comes For Zoom With New Videoconferencing Feature ‘Messenger Rooms’

  The social network today announced that because of increased traffic caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s adding (and bringing back) live video features to its various products.

  
• Facebook Is Cool With Disguised Toast Revisiting Twitch—So Long As He’s Not Streaming Gaming Content

  Disguised Toast’s 1.3 million Twitch followers got a shock this week when he popped up to host a two-hour Just Chatting livestream.

  
• Facebook Debuts Dedicated—And Ad-Free—Gaming App Months Before Planned Release
• Insights: Old-School Stars Forced Online Will Help Change Hollywood Long After Pandemic
• Beau Avril Departs Leading Role At YouTube’s FameBit, Nabs Global Marketing Position At Facebook
• The Slow Mo Guys Launch VR Series In Exclusive Collaboration With Oculus
• Facebook Says Live Streams Have Increased 50% This Month, Will Expand ‘Stars’ Monetization To Musicians, More
• 20-Person Creator Collective Launches Facebook Hub To Stave Off Coronavirus Isolation
• Facebook Pledges $100 Million To Small Businesses Affected By Coronavirus, Partners With WHO To Remove False COVID-19 Content
• Twitter, Facebook Target Trump Campaign’s Latest Biden Video, Labeling It “Manipulated,” “Partly False”