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BreakingTikTok restructures Creator Fund, shifting payouts to watch-time
The change, effective next month, ends the flat per-view rate that had drawn criticism from top creators.
TikTok's US divestiture deadline passes with no sale — creators brace for uncertainty
ByteDance has neither completed a sale nor exited the US market; creators say app-store availability remains their biggest worry.
Instagram tweaks Reels ranking, and creators say reach is already down
Meta confirmed a 'small change' to the recommendation model; early data from growth tools suggests non-followers are seeing fewer Reels.
Instagram will now require AI-content labels on all Reels, closing a loophole
The change, effective this month, closes a loophole that let creators skip disclosure on partially AI-assisted content.
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