- California To Court: Reinstate 'Deep Fake' Political Ad Ban
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 13, 2026
A district court judge struck down the Defending Democracy from Deepfake Decepti ...
- Meta Plans Reality Labs Job Cuts, Pivots Further Away From Metaverse Focus
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Meta plans to cut around 10% of employees within the division w ...
- YouTube Opens Ad Rev Monetization For Dramatized Controversial Content
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, January 13, 2026
YouTube is giving creators a chance to earn more ad revenue wh ...
- New Jersey Bill Seeks To Control Diet Ads Aimed At Children In Social Media
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, January 13, 2026
A New Jersey bill set for passage would prevent media companies fr ...
- Google And TikTok Face Appeal In Suit Over 'Choking Challenge' Videos
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 12, 2026
Parents who unsuccessfully sued Google and TikTok over "choking videos" and oth ...
- Meta Complies With Australia's Social Media Ban For Kids
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Monday, January 12, 2026
Meta has deleted around 550,000 accounts in Australia following the country’s enactme ...
- Judge Authorizes Fast Appeal In Battle Over Fake Facebook Ads
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 9, 2026
Meta can now ask the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to deci ...
- NetChoice Pushes To Block Virginia Time Limits For Social Media
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 9, 2026
The new law "restricts wide swaths of First Amendment activity - includi ...
- X Limits Grok AI Image Generation To Paying Subs
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Friday, January 9, 2026
While the official Grok app allows anyone to generate AI images f ...
- X Revenue Falls By 60% In The UK Due To Content Concerns
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Friday, January 9, 2026
Elon Musk’s X has suffered a 60% decline in UK revenue ...
- Pinterest Loses First Global CMO
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Tanya Gazdik - Thursday, January 8, 2026
Andrea Mallard joined Pinterest as its first CMO and later took ...
- TikTok To Stream 2026 FIFA World Cup Content
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, January 8, 2026
FIFA has announced it will broadcast clips of games from the 20 ...
- Roblox Enforces Global Age Checks For Chat Access
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, January 8, 2026
After testing proprietary facial-recognition technology in December, Roblox has announced it ...
- TikTok Is Phasing Out Its Custom Identity Option
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Thursday, January 8, 2026
TikTok advertisers will soon need a verified TikTok profile to run a ...
- Pinterest, Roku Bring Pinners To CTV
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Following its acquisition of tvScientific earlier this month, Pinterest has announced ...
- Prudential Tells Younger Demos To Plan For Retirement
Out to Launch, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, January 7, 2026
McCann crafts spots for TV and Instagram. Future spots on ESPN. ...
- Threads Reportedly Testing Chat-Based Gaming
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, January 6, 2026
As Threads continues to grow, it is experimenting with a gaming featu ...
- TikTok Launches Immersive Hub For Sponsored Sports Content
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Monday, January 5, 2026
"TikTok GamePlan," a new in-app resource, is intended to help official spor ...
- Not Just Netflix, YouTube: Lest We Forget All Digital Video
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Streaming TV's slow-moving legacy media growth is compounded by rapid growth ...
- New York State Bill Requires Warning Labels On Social Media Platforms
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Monday, January 5, 2026
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed a bill requiring social med ...
- Virginia Law Limiting Social Media Time For The Young Takes Effect
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Friday, January 2, 2026
A Virginia law that restricts the amount of time minors can spe ...
- Pew: TikTok Most Popular Social News Source For Gen Z
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, December 31, 2025
U.S. consumers ages 18-29 are using TikTok more than any other social-med ...
- Meta Acquires AI Startup For Social, Business Integration
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Meta announced its acquisition of AI startup Manus, known for its proprieta ...
- 2025: A Year In Social Media 'Slop'
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, December 31, 2025
When Merriam-Webster announced its Word of the Year was "slop," it ma ...
- 2025's Most-Read '3.0' Was About A Question I Asked Agency Honchos About 2030
Media 3.0, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, December 30, 2025
The question: What share of your ad budget will be spent targeti ...
- NY Governor Signs Law Requiring Social Media Warnings
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 29, 2025
New York will require social platforms with automatically playing videos and oth ...
- Adidas Expands Youth-Centric Minecraft Product Launch For Holidays
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Monday, December 29, 2025
The holiday product collection in partnership with Minecraft marks an IRL expansi ...
- What Meta's Acquisition Of Chinese-Founded AI Startup Means For Advertisers
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Meta's AI power play led it to purchase a startup specializing ...
- Meta Presses For Fast Appeal In Battle Over Scam Ads
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, December 26, 2025
Meta Platforms says the central issue in the lawsuit -- whether ...
- 29 Attorneys General Back Virginia Law Limiting Social Media
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 24, 2025
A Florida-led state coalition opposes the tech industry's bid to block ...