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

  TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas gave her first testimony in front of the U.S. Congress, but she dodged questions about parent company ByteDance.

  
• The Facebook Gaming app will “no longer be available” after October 28

  The Facebook Gaming app, a standalone mobile hub for Facebook's live streaming content, will no longer be available after October.

  
• 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
• 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