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its creators hey creators it's time for

your monthly social media news and Trend

recap March has been an eventful month

so in this video we're going to be

giving you an update on the tick tock

ban in the US talking about currently

trending memes and sounds in the social

media space and of course platform

specific updates such as meta verified

on Instagram and a secret app that

they're working on a new YouTube feature

that brings you in more monetization

options and so much more like always

resources for each article and

timestamps will be listed in the

description below and of course a huge

thanks to my video team at story for

curating scripting and editing this

month's news and Trend recap now let's

go jumping straight into the latest

update on The Tick Tock ban in the US

Tick Tock CEO Sho Chu met with the U.S

Senate two weeks ago to address concerns

over Tick Tock lawmakers from both

political parties have called for a ban

on Tick Tock citing concerns about data

privacy National Security mental health

and of course protection of children

ahead of his hearing to help ease

tensions between Tick Tock and the US

government Tick Tock CEO show Chu posted

a video on the platform on March 21st

appealing directly to the app's users

ahead of his grilling in the video Chu

emphasized the scale of tick tock's user

base Tick Tock has over 150 million

monthly active users here in the US 50

million of which are businesses that are

using their app to help reach customers

Tick Tock claims to have a risk

mitigation in place to ensure that the

U.S data remains secure but lawmakers

and intelligence officials remain

unconvinced all of this leading to the

hearing where two answered questions in

front of the U.S Senate for over five

hours Chu was grilled and faced calls

for the app to be banned in the United

States emphasizing tick tock's

independence from China Chu stated that

the app is not available in mainland

China and Tick Tock itself is

headquartered in Los Angeles and

Singapore with over 7 000 employees in

the us alone Chu also defended the app's

data collection practices stating that

they are no different from those of

other major tech companies in the U.S

Chu claims that Tick Tock is committed

to being transparent with its users

about what data it's collecting and what

they do with that data and that he does

not believe they collect more data than

any other players in the industry

independent researchers have also backed

up choose assertions finding that Tick

Tock does not appear to collect any more

data than mainstream social networks

like Facebook or Twitter some lawmakers

also expressed concerns about tick

tock's impact on children including

allegation that the app recommends

videos promoting those to self-harm

eating disorders and even suicide and

while Tick Tock has launched features to

provide additional safeguards for

younger users lawmakers criticize the

features as being too easy for teens to

bypass that's a quick summary of the

hearing but post hearing she released

this video to tick tock sharing his

promises and commitment to all of us

users number one we will continue to

keep safety especially for teenagers a

top priority second we will continue to

protect your data from unauthorized

foreign access now in the US American

data will be stored on American soil by

an American company overseen by American

Personnel third we will ensure that Tick

Tock remains a platform for free

expression and that it cannot be

manipulated by any government and fourth

we will be transparent and give access

to third-party independent monitors to

keep us accountable for our commitments

now we know that trust is built with

every decision we make we're proud of

the groundbreaking work we are doing to

be the most trusted platform in the

world thank you for listening I hope you

share this information with your friends

your family and your elected officials

on why Tech talk is important to you so

why Tick Tock why now I think Tick Tock

is really the scapegoat for the

government to enact Bill s 686 also

known as the restrict bill or The Tick

Tock ban bill which of course all

information to this bill will be linked

down below this bill was introduced on

March 7th of this year to prohibit

certain transactions between persons in

the U.S and foreign adversaries and for

other purposes literally it says and for

other purposes here's a list of

qualified foreign adversaries but of

course these can change at any time as

you continue to read through the bill

you will learn that the bill allows the

U.S to ban any technology that's used to

contact or communicate with foreign

adversaries including things like vpns

if you use a VPN to access any banned

apps such as Tick Tock it has made a

criminal act under this bill and the

penalty a minimum of 20 years in prison

and a minimum of two hundred and fifty

thousand dollars or a million dollar

fine in addition this bill will also

give the US government access to monitor

any and all activity by any suspected

devices such as your phone gaming

consoles routers ring cameras smart

thermostats basically any using the

internet they will be able to monitor

you 24 7 without having to notify you a

tick tock ban has never looked this

serious meaning we might not have access

to not only Tick Tock but any app made

in China such as capca expressvpn

Microsoft Bing and more but we will just

have to wait and see over the next few

months what the decision is made on a

lighter note let's look at some of the

memes that kept us laughing and our

video views skyrocketing all of March

first let's talk about Pedro Pascal the

internet's new man of the hour with the

new season of the Mandalorian as well as

HBO's The Last of Us Pedro Pascal has

been in front of us constantly and I'm

not complaining this popularity has

crossed over to tick tock where many are

making memes using clips from variety of

Pedro Pascal's films one of these memes

comes from a scene in last year's movie

The unbearable weight of massive Talent

where Pascal and Nick Cage are driving

in a convertible while Mama Cass

Elliot's 1969 single Make Your Own Kind

of Music plays in the background

creators are using this meme to make

light of a crappy situation explain

Polar Opposites between you and someone

you know or even ridiculous plot twists

that you've experienced in life the

other one is a more recent one and it is

a cap cut template of Pascal eating a

sandwich this meme can be used to

highlight some simple sweet moments in

Life or for a humorous spin something

really mundane relatable or boring

moving along from Pedro Pascal I know I

know we're sad but another popular meme

is this one of a kid drinking something

and then trying to hide himself gagging

this has been used a variety of ways to

communicate something that actually

makes you gag or even something that is

just cringy to you that you really don't

like if you want to use either Pedro

Pascal meme or like the kid gagging or

any sort of meme like those on Tick Tock

use the cap cut app on the bottom when

you open the app select template and use

the category gory meme or for tick tock

there you will find trending or commonly

used memes for you to adapt to to your

own need and then our final meme or

Trend before talking about trending

music and audio is AI presidents if

you're worried about the implications of

using AI for catfishing no worries

people are just using it to make gamer

memes Tick Tock creators have been using

AI text to speech generators to create

clips of Joe Biden Donald Trump Barack

Obama and other US presidents and

celebrities playing Minecraft while they

play the president's talk and argue

about music video games and even the

recent Selena Gomez Haley Bieber drama

some creators are even making edits of

the presidents talking about them and

their own music products and services

this is so lame Joe hey I know I just

got the Doom Slayer skin in fortnite you

guys want to go inside and watch me get

a couple dubs Michelle said we can't

come inside until we get some sun she's

making pizza oh just love Michelle's

Pizza Yum she makes good pizza Go Fish I

don't know how I feel about AI being

used on celebrities or people of High

status and kind of forcing them to make

say certain things or pretending they

said certain things don't know how I

feel about that but you gotta admit some

of these videos are pretty funny we've

got some new trending sounds and music

this month most noticeably Meghan

Trainor with her single mother the song

follows Megan's past themes of having

fun and feeling empowered and is a fun

light-hearted song about taking charge I

literally sing this around the house no

I don't I literally will just say I am

your mother to John

all the time even though I don't know

another song that has been blowing up on

Tick Tock is a sped up version of

ceilings by Rising Star Lizzie McAlpine

while the song is being used a variety

of ways the trend around it has people

running while lip syncing to the camera

eventually running faster and building

to cinematic Masterpiece one of the best

versions of this I have seen was done by

the baseball team the Savannah bananas I

thought it was just brilliantly done and

it's a great example of what the trend

is if you're like me you're for you page

has been nothing but Taylor Swift the

past few days Taylor kicked off her

long-awaited eras tour this month and

this has caused an explosion of Taylor

Swift content and songs growing on the

app as her tour continues we can predict

her music will continue to Trend more

and more over the next coming months and

then finally sound specifically a sound

that has been taking off is Lyle Lyle

Crocodile Sean Mendes is performance as

a singing crocodile has been gaining

popularity online recently this meme

uses a Melody from the movie Lao Lao

crocodile and imposes it on other

reptilians or things that look similar

whether it's a claw clip Chopsticks or

anything else that looks even remotely

like a crocodile's mouth Lyle's Melody

is everywhere a lot of creators are

making fun of mendez's appearance as

Lala the crocodile because a lot of

people just don't think his voice

matches the crocodile like it just

doesn't make sense it just doesn't make

sense for some

I haven't seen the movie so I can't make

a comment but that is where the gaining

popularity of this comes from people

just think it's hilarious to have that

voice paired with a crocodile and now

it's become an internet meme sensation

an internet what have you when it comes

to Trends one thing is for certain that

things are always changing who would

have known that a cartoon crocodile

would have taken over last month the

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below now my personal favorite part

let's touch on some platform-specific

updates that happened last month meta

the parent company of Instagram has been

staying busy this month and is even

working on a secret project but before

we talk about that let's talk about its

new Revenue sharing system and of course

meta verified Instagram announced meta

verified I believe end of February where

it is a monthly subscription for

Instagram users where they can subscribe

to get access for verification the

ability to chat live with an Instagram

representative for questions and support

overall security for your account and

even increased reach now as of lately

March's update meta verified is

officially being released to the US but

after their first launch in Australia

there were a lot of concerns and people

vocalizing their concerns about

increased reach so that will not be

included in this rollout for the US

users I think a lot of people were

sketched for the whole

pay to play thing where it's like oh you

want me to pay you to increase my reach

that sketchy so Instagram is not going

to be doing that for this version

they're going to continue to explore

what that means and how to adapt that if

that's something they want to include in

the future update 2 menopause's reels

bonus program as it develops a new ad

Revenue share system meta announced a

temporary pause on its reels Creator

fund program the fund was launched in

August 2021 to financially support

creators who produced engaging reels

content on Instagram the pause has said

to be a temporary measure to enable the

company to review its program and assess

its impact on creators meta has not

specified when or if the program will

reopen for applications but they did

state that they will still respect any

commitment for bonuses for 30 days

meaning if you've already started your

30-day bonus real program if you have it

you know that means they'll continue to

honor the payout for the remaining 30

days of that agreement update number

three meta working on a Twitter now back

to that secret project I mentioned

earlier meta is reportedly working on a

decentralized version of a twitter-like

social media platform the new platform

will reportedly allow users to control

their own data and be free from

censorship as well as provide a More

Level Playing Field for smaller creators

the new platform will utilize blockchain

technology to create a decentralized

network of users with no single entity

controlling platform basically this

would allow users to have more control

over their own data and prevent any one

entity from having too much power over

that specific platform while the project

is still in its early stages the

development of a decentralized social

media platform could have significant

implications for the future of social

media it remains to be seen whether meta

will be successful in creating a viable

alternative to centralized social media

platforms but it is clear that there is

a growing demand for decentralized

user-controlled alternatives to the

current social media landscape what are

your thoughts on this potential new

social media platform that could be

coming down the line while Tick Tock has

been busy trying not to get banned in

the U.S they still have made a few moves

worth noting a potential new feature you

might start seeing at the top of your

Tick Tock is categories these are topics

like gaming food or whatever you tell

the algorithm that you like this kind of

reminds me of categories on YouTube you

can find content that you're interested

in right then and there a lot easier

which does make sense since Tick Tock is

trying to compete directly with YouTube

and released the ability to post a 10

minute video to highly active users to

see if you have the option to post a 10

minute video just go to film and Tick

Tock and where you see the duration of

like 15 seconds 30 seconds 60 whatever

where you see those durations 10 minutes

should be an option Tick Tock will now

enable you the user to start over in the

app by refreshing your algorithmic

recommendations if you feel like you're

for you page just has been the same

thing over and over and over again and

you kind of hate everything that you're

seeing then you might want to know that

Tick Tock has announced a new feature

that will allow users to refresh their

algorithmic recommendations the feature

will be accessible via a button in the

settings menu and will be rolled out

gradually to all users globally with

this new feature users will have more

control over the content that's in their

feed and can avoid feeling like they're

stuck in a rut the ability to refresh

algorithmic recommendations is a

significant step towards creating user

control and personalization on social

media platforms this also shows how Tick

Tock is continuously working on

improving the user experience and keep

users engaged on their app the final

Tick Tock update is a new app alert tick

tock's parent company bite dance

launched a new app called lemon 8 which

is apparently a combination of Instagram

and Pinterest I did create an account

just to test it out and it is very much

Pinterest and Instagram it looks like

Pinterest but when you click on posts it

looks like Instagram posts with like

carousels the caption giving dialogue

comments all the things so very much

combination of the two I'm interested to

see if this will pick up traction ever

since Elon Musk took over Twitter the

app has been making major changes

however are these changes actually

improving how things are being run over

there or are they self-sabotaging

Twitter looks to add ID verification to

its Twitter blue sign up process Twitter

is reportedly exploring the edition of

an ID verification process for its

Twitter blue Subscription Service the

move is aimed at increasing trust and

reducing spam on the platform as well as

providing an additional layer of

security for Twitter blue subscribers if

implemented the ID verification process

would require users to submit a valid

form of identification such as a US

government issued ID or passport during

the sign up process to Twitter would

then verify the user's identity before

granting access to premium features of

Twitter blue the move comes amid growing

concerns about online security and

privacy particularly in light of recent

high-profile data breaches and cyber

attacks while the addition of an ID

verification process could help to

increase trust and reduce spam on the

platform it may also raise concerns

about privacy and potential misuse of

user data update 2 Twitter looks to give

Clarity to its algorithm Twitter CEO

Elon Musk tweeted on March 20th that the

popular app would release the code

behind its algorithm to the public next

week which should be technically it

should be released by now or by the time

you're seeing this the move to open

source Twitter's feed algorithm is

significant because it will enable

third-party developers and researchers

to analyze and improve the platform's

recommendation engine Twitter's

algorithm determines what content is

displayed on a user's feed and this

decision has been subject to criticism

in the past as a result in the promotion

of harmful or misleading content the

open sourcing of the algorithm will

allow for greater transparency and

accountability as well as a potential

for improvements in the accuracy and

quality of recommendations this decision

by Twitter to release their algorithm

also could have a wider impact for the

tech industry as it could encourage

other companies to follow suit and open

source their own algorithms and it could

lead to increased collaboration and

Innovation within the industry so we

could see better performing algorithms

that the user would actually enjoy this

is something that I'm pretty excited

about to see how Twitter uses their

algorithm and would love to see if

Instagram would follow suit in releasing

their algorithm I mean Twitter announces

their Twitter blue subscription thing

where you pay for verification and then

sure enough Instagram announces meta

verified monthly subscription where you

pay for verification and so I feel like

if Twitter is going to open source their

algorithm then maybe Instagram would

open source their algorithm as well and

who knows what can happen let's talk

about YouTube podcasts believe it or not

YouTube is one of the most popular

platforms for podcasts with a vast

Global audience of over 2 billion active

users so recently YouTube released

podcasts on YouTube to help creators

expand their reach and build their

Community while providing more

monetization options now on YouTube you

can start your own podcast create a

designated place for all the episodes on

your channel and access monetization

through ads and even offering episodes

to only channel members that pay a

monthly subscription it's funny because

I feel like when you hear a podcast you

think Spotify Apple podcasts or anything

that's audio but YouTube did an analysis

and found that podcasts on YouTube with

video particularly those featuring hosts

on camera are performing better than

podcasts with just static visuals video

allows more intimacy with your audience

and allows the Creator or host to get

creative with visual storytelling update

2 YouTube creators can now dub their

videos in multiple languages with the

platform's new feature called YouTube

dubbed video this feature is available

to creators who have monetized content

on the platform and allows them to

upload a translated script or use an AI

generated one to create dubbed videos in

up to 10 languages with the new feature

creators can now reach a broader

audience by providing their content in

multiple languages making their videos

more accessible to non-native speakers

this feature is expected to be

particularly helpful for creators who

make educational or tutorial videos as

it enables them to share knowledge and

information with people who speak many

different languages the feature is also

a part of YouTube's effort to improve

accessibility and inclusivity on its

platform

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