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    1. TikTok's news audience has stopped growing as Facebook and Nextdoor pull younger users back to local content

    2. Facebook's natural language algorithm controls will make topic consistency matter more than engagement bait

    3. Meta's GEM now runs every ad auction with one model trained across Facebook, Instagram and Reels

    4. Meta's Muse agent is coming for your back office hours, not your strategy calls

    5. Meta's anti-scam campaign reached 303 million people. The numbers show why education alone won't stop the $114bn problem.

    6. Meta's $17bn settlement forces two-hour limits and overnight lockouts for teen users

    7. Facebook AI Mode turns public Groups and Reels into a search engine, no citations included

    8. Meta's Creator Fast Track offers up to $3,000 monthly, but history suggests the money won't last

    9. EU says Instagram and Facebook's infinite scroll breaks the law

    10. Meta's BlackRock Data Center Deal Shows Who Really Pays for AI (and What That Means for Marketers)

    11. Facebook's Marketplace unbundling reveals where social commerce value really lives

    12. Facebook Verified: Meta's free badge puts trust signals in everyone's hands

    13. Meta's new Seller app hands Marketplace power sellers what eBay had for years

    14. Threads finally gets parental controls as regulators tighten grip on teen access

    15. Meta removes off-platform data opt-out: the quiet audience upgrade marketers didn't ask for

    16. Meta's Muse Image lets anyone remix your public Instagram photos without asking. Here's why that changes the rules

    17. Meta's cloud business flips its ad platform into infrastructure play

    18. Google Search Console now tracks Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X as properties

    19. Facebook now pays creators up to $3,000 a month to post. Here's what they have to give up.

    20. Facebook's content planner and bulk Reels upload arrive as Meta squares up to third-party schedulers