Recent Headlines

• TikTok wants its fact-checking to be user-generated, too

  X and Meta already have Community Notes systems where users submit fact-checks on one another's posts. YouTube also has "information panels," which are crowdsourced but only from an approved list of publishers, so it half counts.

  
• One of the world’s biggest production companies has its sights set on YouTube

  During its most recent earnings call, Banijay Entertainment reported that it has plans to expand its presence on YouTube.

  
• On a new European app, TikTok tips the scales in favor of “joyful and entertaining content”

  TikTok Pro is a new app available in Europe that links the titular platform to charity drives and other fundraising efforts.

  

• Swearing’s back on the YouTube menu, boys
• Ryan Trahan, Haley Pham’s 50-state trek raises $11.5 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
• Samsung TV Plus’ plan to get creators in the FAST lane involves original content from Dhar Mann
• 20 years of YouTube: In 2018, many creators needed breaks. Elle Mills took a memorable one.