Norton released a survey this morning on children, parents, and artificial intelligence. The number the press release leads with is that 85 percent of American parents feel comfortable talking to their kids about online risk. The number that should stop you sits four bullets further down.
Former Apple Executive Launches PersonaShield to Fight Deepfakes
Someone is using your face to sell weight loss pills. Someone else pasted your likeness into a political ad you’d never endorse. A third person built an entire social media channel around AI-generated versions of you — and none of them asked permission. If that sounds far-fetched, it’s not. It’s happening right now to creators, influencers, and public figures at a pace that’s hard to overstate.
Fanfix Pays Creators $300 Million as Direct Fan Support Reshapes Digital Media
Fanfix Surpasses $300 Million Paid to Creators as Direct Fan Support Continues to Gain Ground
Fanfix has reached a significant milestone. The creator monetization platform announced that it has now paid more than $300 million to creators, a figure that reflects both the platform’s growth and the growing financial strength of the creator economy.
RoamChat Launches a Live Global Map Where Anyone Can Talk Instantly
This New AI Social App Wants to Kill Language Barriers — And It’s Letting Strangers Talk Across the Globe
Social media has turned into an endless conveyor belt. Swipe. Scroll. Repeat. One more short video. One more recommendation. One more algorithm deciding what users should watch next.
RoamChat wants no part of that. [Read more…]
Ghosted, Scammed, or Catfished? ClarityCheck Hits 25M Searches as Digital Skepticism Surges
ClarityCheck Crosses 25 Million Searches as Consumers Grow More Suspicious Online
ClarityCheck says its platform has now surpassed 25 million total searches since launch, a milestone that says as much about consumer behavior as it does about the company itself. The Claymont, Delaware-based platform announced the figure this week, pointing to a sharp increase in people verifying phone numbers, email addresses, online profiles, and images before responding, replying, meeting, or buying. [Read more…]
Creators No Longer Have to Choose Between Money and Followers
LootLabs Drops “Social Booster”—A Clever Twist That Could Change How Creators Grow and Earn
LootLabs has released a new feature that takes direct aim at a long-standing problem in the creator economy. The company, known for its gaming-focused link locker and URL shortener tools, has introduced “Social Booster,” a feature that blends audience growth with monetization in a single workflow. [Read more…]