TikTok is hiring policy managers for ‘shocking and graphic content’ Duties include watching "deeply disturbing content on a daily basis." Fortune · Jun 14, 2024
The biggest problem with AI is us AI has plenty of technical shortcomings that we may be able to fix over time. But as we're learning, AI is also a reflection of the society that creates it—and that's a much harder fix. Fortune · Jan 8, 2024
Instagram launched a major campaign to champion parent control over app downloads And offload responsibility for this onto the app stores. Fortune · Dec 22, 2023
Disappearing messages aren't just for kids A pair of profile legal cases involving Sam Bankman-Fried and Amazon highlight a familiar issue for parents: the use of self-deleting messages. Fortune · Nov 3, 2023
2 Israeli cybersecurity experts are relatively unconcerned about hackers’ tactics Cyberattacks against Israel have been relatively unsophisticated and less of a concern than the fighting in the real world. Fortune · Oct 13, 2023
YouTube piles on the AI sauce in an attempt to eat TikTok’s lunch At an event of creators this week, YouTube's leaders opened up a grab bag of new AI toys aimed at keeping creators on its video platform and away from TikTok. Fortune · Sep 22, 2023
The bizarre death of the Creator League The online video game tournament had enlisted top streamers. But when they found out about a crypto connection they went ballistic. Fortune · Sep 8, 2023
Nvidia's rocketship has room for more passengers The A.I. chipmaker, which just delivered blowout earnings, is on a hiring spree. Fortune · Aug 24, 2023
News publishers and social platforms: A case study in dysfunction Whether they like it or not, news publishers rely on social media to distribute their content. And the relationship with the platforms is looking increasingly dysfunctional. Fortune · Aug 22, 2023
Amazon dusts off the low-wage labor playbook for the creator economy As Amazon ramps up its efforts to become a bigger player in the creator economy, it's turning to its longstanding playbook for gaining market share. Fortune · Aug 21, 2023
Are Dave Portnoy and Alex Cooper the future of media? The two media magnates have something in common: 100% ownership of their intellectual property. Fortune · Aug 11, 2023
Creators react to Threads: ‘It’s better than Twitter’ But monetization questions loom for Zuckerberg’s latest iteration. Fortune · Jul 7, 2023
Gloves are about to come off in Meta vs Apple fight First Apple kneecapped Meta's ad business, now it's going after the metaverse platform that Mark Zuckerberg staked out. Fortune · Jun 9, 2023
Social media's battle for creators comes to earnings calls But some platforms, like Alphabet's YouTube, gave creators more love than others this quarter. Fortune · Apr 28, 2023
Fortune · Mar 17, 2023 Bank run mints viral star Vanessa Pham, cofounder of Asian home cooking startup Omsom, shared screenshots and text messages as she tried to save her startup when SVB crashed.
Fortune · Feb 17, 2023 Exploring YouTube's post-Wojcicki future The longtime YouTube CEO's most important legacy may be with the creators who are the center of the competition with TikTok and Instagram.