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• Are usernames WhatsApp’s path toward becoming a creator hub?
• Facebook has a new Creator Studio (with AI included, of course)

  The relaunched version of the Facebook Creator Studio includes an AI Assistant that can help generate video ideas.

  
• Meta officially offers perks for paying subscribers across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp

  Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus, and WhatsApp Plus are new paid subscription tiers for Meta's most popular social media apps.

  
• Meta says its new age verification tech isn’t facial recognition. Can that solution manage meddling kids?

  Meta's new age verification solution is reportedly not a form of facial recognition. Will it get the job done?

  
• Instagram has a new penalty for unoriginal content aggregators: No recommendations
• Threads thinks live chats can bring users closer to culture. It’s using the NBA playoffs as a case study.
• Meta says “the era of link in bio is over.” Here’s what’s replacing it.
• YouTube and TikTok draw music lovers, but Meta says that Instagram is the home of superfans
• Meta, like TikTok, is putting advertisers in the middle of the cultural moments that consume your feed
• Instagram’s rumored paid tier would let subscribers see who doesn’t follow them back
• Demand for hi-tech Ray Bans is soaring, but supply issues are slowing Meta down
• Meta expands retail footprint with flagship L.A. storefront full of wearable tech and VR devices