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Snap introduces Sponsored Snaps: Full-screen vertical ads now appear in users' chat inboxes as part of Snap’s efforts to grow its ad business.

YouTube is doubling down on social connectivity and AI tools to stay competitive with rivals like TikTok and Meta. The platform’s new suite of features introduced last week include Communities, a fan’s ability to boost creators’ videos, generative AI (genAI) video tools, and gifting. These innovations mimic what’s working on other social media platforms as YouTube seeks to remain social even as it builds out its connected TV business.

The latest fine reflects both Meta’s data mishandling and the EU’s heightened regulatory crackdown on Big Tech.

TikTok employs 6,000 content moderators in Europe: The platform disclosed it has 150 million users in the region in a regulatory filing.

Russia, China, and Iran use deepfakes and social platforms to fuel doubts about election integrity and destabilize public trust.

Reddit posts strong Q3 profit: Ad revenues surge 56%, though user engagement and global growth remain critical to long-term success.

The definition of open-source AI now requires transparent training data, giving Meta incentive to clarify what information it feeds Llama.

"Digital devices are by far the most common way Americans get news," our analyst Rahul Chadha said on a recent episode of the "Behind the Numbers" podcast. "Some 86% of Americans say that's how they at least sometimes get their news," he said, citing recent data from Pew Research Center. But the digital news consumption picture is getting more nuanced as digital devices connect users to news on publisher sites, social platforms, and even messaging apps.