meta

• Facebook goes back to the Forum age with its new app
• YouTube’s Neal Mohan plays coy as Meta attempts to persuade rivals to add safety features

  Neal Mohan has publicly rebuffed Meta's attempts to convince its rivals to adopt certain teen mental health safeguards.

  
• Meta bets on $1,300 VR glasses that can play YouTube, ESPN, Peacock, and much more

  Meta's upcoming VR glasses will be equipped with apps like Prime Video, YouTube, Peacock, HBO Max, Tubi, Crunchyroll, and ESPN.

  
• Meta appeals to creators and small biz owners with pricey subscriptions for “more” compute from Muse, plus embeddable links and 24/7 support

  Max has one exclusive perk that might pique creators' interest: a promise that they'll have 24/7 "unlimited" access to Meta's support specialists for help with their accounts. This could be a big draw in an industry where platforms have majorly scaled back in-house creator managers and points-of-contact, leaving creators stuck dealing with chatbot responses and long, confusing recovery processes if their accounts are compromised or something else goes wrong.

  
• Meta’s ads asked TikTok to follow its lead on safety. TikTok rejected them.
• Meta is paying over $17 billion to settle social media lawsuits. What changes can users expect?
• What can AI do for you? Facebook’s relaunched Creator Studio aims to answer that question.
• From its storefronts to its feeds, Facebook is becoming more like TikTok
• Instagram’s audio swapping tool is a quality-of-life upgrade for creators
• Agentio’s AI-powered creator ads are coming to Facebook and Instagram
• Are usernames WhatsApp’s path toward becoming a creator hub?
• Facebook has a new Creator Studio (with AI included, of course)