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Why social media regulation could be a boost for the creator economy

Hanna Kahlert

26 Nov 2024

TikTok

social media

platforms

TikTok’s future hangs in the balance, with its January deadline to find a new owner fast approaching beneath the oversight of a new, and unpredictable, US administration. President Trump originally tried...

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The future of entertainment lies in collaborating with audiences themselves

Hanna Kahlert

26 Apr 2023

creat

creator tools

AI

After two years of the Covid boom, the tide that buoyed tech and digital entertainment companies has begun to recede. The likes of Meta, Netflix, and even Apple and Alphabet have all seen stock dips, largely...

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Andrew Tate, the manosphere and social media platform responsibility

Ashleigh Millar

30 Aug 2022

andrew tate

hunter moore

manosphere

Millennials among us may remember Hunter Moore, a man that Rolling Stone aptly named “the most hated man on the internet” , and who is now the subject of Netflix’s recent documentary series of the...

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The social reckoning is nigh: The Haugen testimony and Facebook blackout hint at imminent regulatory changes

Hanna Kahlert

7 Oct 2021

social media

TikTok

Facebook

The race between social media (and broader tech) innovation and governmental regulation has been a bit of a hare and the tortoise situation for the past decade-plus. However, the digital-first transition...

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