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Mia Sato

Mia Sato

Features Writer, The Verge

Features Writer, The Verge

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    TikTok removed 136 million videos in Q3 for policy violations.

    That’s according to the company’s quarterly report, published today. The 136 million figure is just under 1 percent of all videos published between July and September. Removals last quarter spiked — in the months preceding, TikTok removed around 106 million clips.

    A chart showing that 136 million videos were removed in Q3 on TikTok, the highest since 2020. In the previous quarter, 106 million videos were removed.
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    YouTube is making it harder to tell if a creator is getting ad revenue.

    Wired reports that YouTube recently removed a bit of public code that flagged whether a channel was monetizing through ad revenue. The change happened a few weeks ago, according to developers tracking it:

    [Developers] say the code on YouTube channels disappeared as early as November 17—the day after WIRED asked YouTube about the flag when fact-checking a story about YouTube excluding creators in the Palestinian territories from its revenue-sharing arrangement.

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    Pinterest is working on diversifying its search results.

    A new search tool will let users filter results by body type, starting with women’s fashion and wedding content.

    Pinterest is a popular platform — especially for young people — when it comes to mood boarding and finding inspiration for everything from outfit ideas to hairstyles. The company has previously introduced similar filters for skin tone and hair pattern.

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    More than an hour and a half later, that’s a wrap.

    Musk’s portion has ended, the phones came out for pictures, and DealBook has come to a close. Thanks for tuning in.

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    No mention of X suing Media Matters.

    We’re nearing the end of this interview, but Sorkin hasn’t yet asked Musk about X’s lawsuit against Media Matters, which reported that ads were appearing next to Nazi content.