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YouTube Argues It's Designed for Entertainment, Not Addiction, in Landmark Social Media Trial
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (634+ words) The company's lawyers delivered the video platform's opening statements Tuesday in California state court YouTube is not a social media app, lawyers for the video streaming platform said in Tuesday opening arguments, kicking off a landmark trial that claims it…...
Creatorverse: Shortform Creators Aren't Making As Much As You Think
1+ week, 5+ day ago (903+ words) TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts get a lot of attention, but their payouts aren't great But while reporting on the story, something journalist and creator Aaron Parnas (4.8 million TikTok followers) said surprised me. After revealing he hasn't made any…...
TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Days Before Trial, but Instagram and YouTube Remain in the Hot Seat
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (205+ words) Plaintiffs had alleged that the apps were designed to addict young people, increasing depression and suicidal thoughts TikTok has agreed to settle a social media addiction lawsuit just days before trial, while Instagram and YouTube are still on the hook…...
Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Prepare for Trial Over Social Media Addiction Lawsuit
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (315+ words) Snap, the company behind Snapchat, was also named in the legal dispute but settled last Tuesday Three of the biggest social media companies on the planet " Instagram and Facebook owner Meta, YouTube owner Google and TikTok owner ByteDance " are preparing…...
TikTok's Early Outage Heightens Censorship and Monetization Concerns: 'It's Terrifying"
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (1025+ words) TikTok's already diminishing returns led to creators fearing the worst when an outage struck right after U.S. owners took over TikTok's new ownership is off to a rough start." After six years of executive orders and legal battles about whether or…...
TikTok Is Bringing 10 Creators to Sundance 2026, Will Host a Creator Happy Hour With Charli xcx | Exclusive
2+ week, 6+ day ago (643+ words) TikTok head Dawn Yang and the comedy duo behind durafest2 explain how #FilmTok helps build fandoms FilmTok is once again making the trek to Park City. TikTok is bringing 10 creators to the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and hosting three events, TheWrap has…...
The Atlantic Sues Google Over Its Digital Ad Model, Alleging Manipulation and Fraud
4+ week, 6+ hour ago (332+ words) The Atlantic on Tuesday sued Google and its parent company Alphabet, alleging the tech giant's model of serving ads to publishers has become a monopoly and that it has falsely claimed its practices would work to the Atlantic's benefit "only…...
Dish Network Countersues Disney, ESPN in Sling TV Sling Pass Fight
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (431+ words) The pay TV operator alleges that the media giant is using its market dominance to crush competition and stifle innovation Dish Network has countersued Disney and ESPN, alleging that the media giant is using it market dominance to crush competition…...
YouTube Terminates 2 Channels Over Fake AI Movie Trailers
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (301+ words) They reverted to clear violations of our spam and misleading metadata policies," a company spokesperson says YouTube has put an end to two channels known for utilizing artificial intelligence to create and circulate fake movie trailers. The mega video platform…...
How Hollywood Is Managing Cable TV’s Rapid Decline
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1614+ words) Consolidation will be the catalyst to prune linear TV as pay TV subscriptions are poised to account for less than half of U.S. households by year's end The latest round of media company earnings reports confirmed once again that linear TV…...