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• Facebook says it’s testing encryption that’ll actually keep users’ DMs private
• Meta is reportedly paying creators up to $3,000 to test a new live streaming platform

  Meta has recruited creators like Andru Edwards, Vienna Skye, and Chris Thompson to test a live streaming platform called Super.

  
• Facebook’s splitting ad revenue with creators who use licensed songs

  Creators who use songs by artists like Post Malone and Tove Lo in their Facebook videos can now earn 20% of in-stream ad revenue generated by those videos.

  
• Instagram’s bulking up creator subscriptions

  Instagram has expanded its subscriptions test to “tens of thousands of creators here in the U.S.”

  
• Instagram is testing a “full screen” design that looks a lot like TikTok
• Meta is changing Facebook’s feed to be more like TikTok
• Meta survey: 58% of consumers purchased a product in the past six months because of a creator’s recommendation
• The FTC says social media is rife with crypto scams—and victims are losing hundreds of millions of dollars
• Meta hopes “platform agnostic” creators will flock to its events at VidCon
• TikTok, Meta, Snap, and YouTube are waiving their rainbow flags for Pride Month
• TikTok’s Cannes Film Festival partnership has hit some major speed bumps
• Facebook’s giving up on podcasts, its Clubhouse copycat, and apparently audio as a whole