"Snapchat is introducing a new way for creators on the app to earn money. The platform is testing mid-roll ads that appear in the Stories of a small group of US creators, with a wider rollout happening in the coming months."

>"Accidental deaths soar among young people amid a proliferation of fentanyl-filled pharmaceuticals"

"Snapchat is launching a new tool aimed at guiding its young user base to consider running for political office. The company says it wants to help potential future candidates deal with common barriers to launching political campaigns by _...Read More_

>"The company had initially suspended President Donald Trump's account after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol."

Snapchat betting on augmented reality to drive user adoption in the latest installment of the platform wars. "Bobby Murphy, the company’s co-founder and chief technology officer, told the Guardian: “In terms of the long-term future, we _...Read More_

"Everything that happens on the screen is composed of real people, with real bodies, politics, insecurities, and vulnerabilities. People also sell the fiction that if you just turn off the phone, “authentic” reality is waiting for you, but _...Read More_

"...this episode "really resonates with the idea that one should not perceive companies as monolithic entities but rather set together by individuals all who have flaws and biases of their own."

$33 billion 😱 We should make relevant more complicated!