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YouTube's 20,000 creator survey reveals Europe's €8.4 billion economy is locked out of policy and funding
Two-thirds of European creators receive no government support, despite contributing more to GDP than many legacy sectors. YouTube's Creative Capital report exposes the structural barriers holding back an export economy built by entrepreneurs regulators don't officially recognise.
Discord sorts 90% of accounts into age groups without asking, as platform bets behavioural signals beat ID scans
The chat platform is classifying most users as adult or teen automatically using account patterns instead of selfies. The shift follows a 2025 vendor breach and months of privacy backlash, but leaves adults open to being locked out by an algorithm with no warning.
Meta's $17bn settlement forces two-hour limits and overnight lockouts for teen users
The social media giant has agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion and implement the most restrictive usage controls yet across Facebook and Instagram, reshaping how brands can reach teen audiences and how the platforms themselves function for anyone under 18.
Hashtags are now labelling violations: FTC treats social media as packaging in Made in USA crackdown
Warning letters sent in July made explicit what many brands missed: a single hashtag claiming domestic origin can now carry the same $53,080 penalty as false product labelling, turning every Instagram post into a compliance surface.
Meta signs EU AI transparency code as August compliance deadline looms
Meta has confirmed it will sign the EU's Code of Practice on transparency of AI-generated content ahead of the 2 August enforcement deadline. The move aligns the company's existing labelling work with the strict marking requirements now facing every social platform operating in Europe.
The FTC just made fake reviews and misleading influencer work a $750,000 problem
This week's TruHeight settlement shows that brands using undisclosed endorsements, employee-written reviews, and AI-generated social proof now face six-figure penalties. The days of warnings are over.