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 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.
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…]
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…]
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…]
Online fraud is no longer a simple email scam or a single fake website. It now spans messaging apps, cryptocurrency wallets, payment processors, and impersonation tactics that shift mid-conversation. Influere Investigations is stepping forward with a focused message: the issue is no longer just spotting fraud. The issue is making sense of it.