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Creator Weekly: YouTube Trending Tab Removed, Inauthentic Content Policy Update, Bluesky Profile Notifications
Dear readers, I hope you are having a fabulous summer weekend! This week there are updates from YouTube, Bluesky, Instagram, Mastodon, X, Google’s Veo 3 video model, Gmail, Google Drive and more. 📨 Subscribe to get Creator Weekly by email. Top news and updates this week YouTube is killing the Trending tab, but still has music, podcast and movie trailer charts. YouTube made a minor monetization policy update for inauthentic content. Yes, you can monetize content made with AI tools. TikTok may or may not be creating a US-only app and there may or may not be a deal for it to be sold to US owners. TikTok Sans font is now available to everyone for free. YouTube channels in the YouTube Partner Program can share channel and audience insights with brands and advertisers. There are now 10-year YouTube Membership loyalty badges. Edits by Instagram now has Voice Enhancement, sharing to other apps, more Insights and an improved Imagine tab. Google’s Veo 3 text-to-video model can now g...