Popular short-video app TikTok is developing new tools that would let users limit the topics that appear in their “for you” recommendation feed, executives said on a call with advertisers and reporters Wednesday, part of its work to control the spread of negative or harmful content on its platform. The changes could allow users to indicate which words or hash tags they don’t want to see in the...
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On Wednesday, we published a quarterly update to our Creator Economy Database. We’ve now tracked four consecutive quarterly decreases in investments in creator startups—a downbeat sign for founders who had become used to seemingly unlimited check-writing over the last two years. Here are some other takeaways: Investors’ enthusiasm in crypto has plummeted: Creator startups that incorporate...
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