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• Meta’s Creator Week is back—and promises 7 days of “Reels-spiring” events (Exclusive)
• A slew of new ad formats are coming to Reels on Facebook and Instagram

  Meta is bringing new ad formats to Instagram and Facebook Reels, including AR ads, carousel ads, and post-loop ads.

  
• YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter have become proxy battlegrounds in the war over January 6

  Republicans want to end social media censorship. Democrats remember January 6. YouTube, Meta, Twitter, and TikTok are caught in between.

  
• WhatsApp enters the original content court with Giannis Antetokounmpo

  Called Naija Odyssey, the film is narrated by Antetokounmpo and his mother and “tells his origin story…as he reconciles his roots, birthplace and sense of belonging between cross-cultural worlds,” per its official description.

  
• TikTok’s COO appeared in front of Congress. Her testimony left many questions unanswered.
• The Facebook Gaming app will “no longer be available” after October 28
• 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
• Facebook’s splitting ad revenue with creators who use licensed songs
• Instagram’s bulking up creator subscriptions
• Instagram is testing a “full screen” design that looks a lot like TikTok
• Meta is changing Facebook’s feed to be more like TikTok