Sources told Forbes that TikTok has often used heating is the term they're using to court influencers and brands by inflating their videos. This suggests that heating has potentially benefited some influencer and brands. Those with whom TikTok has sought business relationships at the expense of others. So it's unfair that some people got heated. Also, it sounds like they're saying that maybe the view counts weren't real,. which I wonder if the view counts are even real.
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Molly and Jason chop it up about New York Attorney General Letitia James probing into MSG's alleged use of facial recognition to identify and target specific patrons (1:46). This segues into a great discussion about Meta's $10M deal with BuzzFeed and The Creator Economy as a whole (21:41). We cap off the week with two great interviews, one with LA26 graduate Nevsah Karamehmet of Breath Hub (36:17) and another with Brett Bauman, the creator of PlaylistAI (48:09).
(0:00) M+J kick off the show
(1:46) WLITF WTF: Facial recognition software at MSG
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(10:03) More on the NYAG case regarding MSG's facial recognition software
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(21:41) BuzzFeed's lucrative deal with Meta + Revenue share with creators
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(36:17) LA26 Founder: Nevsah Karamehmet of Breath Hub
(48:09) Ok Boomer with Brett Bauman
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