- TikTok To Launch More Microdramas Via Creative Partnership
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Thursday, October 15, 2026
The partnership is designed to bring a slate of creator-led vertical microdram ...
- Study Finds Fans Trust Creators As Much Or More Than Friends
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, October 14, 2026
A new study shows consumers view their favorite episodic content creators ...
- Apple, Amazon, Meta At A Standoff Blocking Ads, AI Agents
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, October 9, 2026
ByteDance is the latest company banned from buying ads on a rival ...
- California To Court: Uphold Restrictions On Algorithmic Recommendations
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 7, 2026
"Algorithmically generated personalized feeds are habit-forming, addictive, and cause an array ...
- TikTok Unveils Third-Party Ad Network Updates
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Monday, October 5, 2026
TikTok is using this year's New York Advertising Week to unveil agent ...
- Meta, YouTube Will Take Ads For Musk Documentary
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Monday, September 28, 2026
Meta and YouTube say they will accept advertising for Alex Gibney’s El ...
- Court Should Reject Texas Push To Revive 'Harmful' Content Law, Tech Groups Say
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 25, 2026
The Fifth Circuit should leave in place its prior decision blocking ...
- Bill Would Tax Platforms That Make Algorithmic Recommendations
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 24, 2026
The In Real Life Act, unveiled by Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut), wou ...
- TikTok Joins Child Protection Platform Lantern
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Lantern enables a multitude of platforms to share signals about accounts a ...
- Judge Rejects FTC-TikTok Settlement Over Children's Privacy
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, September 21, 2026
A federal judge on Monday refused to approve a settlement that wou ...
- Watchdogs, Experts: Algorithmic Recommendations Protected By First Amendment
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 15, 2026
"The First Amendment protects judgments about both what to say and h ...
- TikTok Violated Texas Consumer Protection Law, Judge Rules
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 11, 2026
TikTok made misleading statements about its efforts to prevent minors from viewi ...
- Platforms Push Court To Block Recommendation Restrictions
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 11, 2026
Google, Meta and TikTok on Thursday pressed a court to block enforceme ...
- TikTok Is Most Scraped Website For Second Year
Around the Net In Media, Ray Schultz - Thursday, September 10, 2026
TikTok is the most-scraped website for the second year, Decodo reports. ...
- Consumers Are Seeing AI Everywhere And Facebook Is Taking The Blame
Research Intelligencer, Rob Williams - Tuesday, September 8, 2026
For all of its sophistication in audience targeting, Meta's next challenge m ...
- California Lawmakers Pass 'Addictive' Features Ban
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 1, 2026
California lawmakers have passed a bill that would prohibit social-media platforms outrig ...
- TikTok Focuses On Europe In Off-Platform Ad Expansion
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Wednesday, August 26, 2026
TikTok is bringing new partners to its multi-screen ad experience across billboard ...
- TikTok Allows Users To Preserve Their Account After Death
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, August 25, 2026
TikTok is prompting users with the ability to "Choose someone you tru ...
- TikTok, DOJ Settle Children's Privacy Charges For $400M
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 24, 2026
The deal resolves charges that TikTok allowed children 12 and under ...
- Platforms Petition Court To Block Kids Recommendation Restrictions
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 24, 2026
"Absent prompt relief from this court, Meta will have to fundamentally transfo ...
- Meta Fights FTC Bid To Revive Monopoly Charges
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, August 21, 2026
"Content posted by friends has become a small fraction of the conte ...
- Colorado Battles Tech Group Over Media Warnings
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 20, 2026
"Colorado's Healthier Social Media Use by Youth Act requires social media compani ...
- Your Brain On Short Videos: Cognitive Control Takes A Snack Break
Research Intelligencer, Rob Williams - Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Watching an appealing stream of bite-sized clips shifts the brain into ...
- TikTok Continues Experiential Music Push With Live Global Competition
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Monday, August 17, 2026
The Music On Stage competition is designed to promote music creators acro ...
- Court Preserves Block On Ohio Social Media Law, For Now
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 17, 2026
Ohio can't yet enforce a law requiring some social platforms to obta ...
- California Blasts Platforms' Bid To Block Algo Restrictions
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, August 14, 2026
"California should not be prevented from enforcing its duly enacted law th ...
- NetChoice To Ask SCOTUS To Block Ohio Parental Consent Law
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, August 12, 2026
The tech industry group says it will petition the Supreme Court ...
- Minnesota Presses Judge To Reject Challenge To Warning Label Mandate
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, August 12, 2026
"There is little risk that the Act will chill speech," Attorney Gener ...
- Social Platforms Make New Push To Block Law Restricting Recommendations
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Meta says California's restrictions on personalized recommendations to minors would make Facebo ...
- Meta, TikTok Must Face State 'Addiction' Claims, Appeals Court Says
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 10, 2026
A federal appellate court on Monday refused to halt litigation by ...