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• Instagram is reportedly offering TikTokers up to $50,000 per month to post on Reels
• Meta axes fact-checking program, is working with Trump administration to “promote free expression”

  In a video posted this morning, founder/CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is making major changes with the way it handles disinformation--starting with eliminating its official fact-checking program and replacing professional checkers with an X-clone Community Notes system.

  
• Meta envisions a future where human creators share the stage with AI content mills

  "We expect these AIs to actually, over time, exist on our platforms, kind of in the same way that accounts do," Hayes said. "They'll have bios and profile pictures and be able to generate and share content powered by AI on the platform…that's where we see all of this going."

  
• Instagram gives creators a trial run for their Reels

  Instagram is helping creators take the guesswork out of Reels creation by letting them share trial uploads with non-followers.

  
• Meta’s plan to compete with Roblox experiences involves the king of Hollywood blockbusters
• Facebook is now (kinda) paying regular people to use Facebook
• Meta wants to build a search engine and integrate it into its AI bots
• Instagram downgrades creators’ video quality if it thinks they’re not driving enough views
• Meta is uniting the revenue streams it has used to pay more than four million creators
• Have you heard? Streamers want answers after Kick community’s TwitchCon harassment
• Will Meta’s Orion change the narrative on smart glasses?
• TikTok, Meta, Snap team up to protect teens (and themselves)