🔴 LIVE WEBINAR: "The New Playbook for Full-Time UGC Creators"

Join us for a can't-miss session on building a sustainable creator career in 2025!

📅 Friday, March 14 | ⏰ 5:00 PM EST | 🎫 FREE!

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💡 You'll discover:

• Proven revenue streams beyond brand deals

• How to build a recession-proof creator business

• AI & automation strategies that save time and boost income

🎤 Featuring power panel:

• ​Jake Pearson Featured Guest — 1B+ views UGC specialist

• ​Maayan Gordon Co-Host — Community Launchpad founder, 2m+ follower creator, and co-host

• ​Brian Freeman Co-Host — Creatorland CEO & creator economy veteran

Instructions:

1. Register: Click here to register for the webinar.

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3. Access: On the day of the webinar, click the link in your email to join. We recommend joining 5 minutes early to ensure a smooth start.

🏛️ Class Action Lawsuit Hits Passes

Lucy Guo, founder of Passes, is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging that she knowingly recruited underage girls to create and distribute explicit content on the platform. The lawsuit claims Guo personally intervened to override site restrictions, allowing minors to post content despite safeguards meant to protect them. Passes, which once marketed itself as "the tool to help creators become entrepreneurs," had raised nearly $50 million from reputable investors like Menlo Ventures.

This isn’t the first legal battle for Passes. In January 2024, rival monetization platform Fanfix sued the company for alleged unfair business practices, accusing Guo and co-founder Celestin of conspiring to steal confidential information to recruit creators. The latest lawsuit raises further concerns about Passes’ operations and its handling of safety measures.

Guo has denied all allegations, calling the lawsuit "utterly meritless" in a statement on X. She insisted she had “ZERO” interaction with the plaintiff and maintained that Passes acted swiftly on reports of illicit activity. She also distanced herself from Celestin, claiming he was never an agent or employee of the company. However, with mounting legal challenges, Passes faces increasing scrutiny over its business practices and platform security.

This is a sticky situation to say the least, Passes is undoubtedly going to spend immense time and resources on ensuring their creators don’t leave the platform, and that new creators who are considering joining are aligning with a safe (and most importantly law-abiding) company. We are not affiliated with Passes - and if what this suit alleges is true, are disgusted by the thought of it. We’ll follow this story closely and update as new information comes to light.

^{For the full article from Chris Nesi at the New York Post, click here.}

⚠️ Influencer Social Responsibility: It Matters

As influencers gain more cultural influence, their platforms have the power to do more than just promote products—they can drive real social impact.

Influencer Social Responsibility (ISR) helps creators align with meaningful causes, build trust with audiences, and forge authentic partnerships with brands that share their values.

Why it matters for digital creators:

• Strengthens audience trust and credibility

• Opens doors to brand deals with purpose-driven companies

• Creates long-term influence beyond trends and sponsorships

• Helps shape a more ethical and impactful creator economy

By using their platforms for good, creators can build deeper connections with their communities while shaping the future of social media. Influence isn’t just about reach—it’s about responsibility.

^{Give Emma Cortes Ellendt from Forbes a follow by click here.}

🔔 Social Media Features & Updates For You

From YouTube’s AI-powered tools to TikTok’s product badges and Instagram’s evolving messaging features, these updates aim to make content creation more interactive, personalized, and profitable.

1. YouTube

• AI-powered Dream Screen creates backgrounds and clips from text prompts.

• Text-to-speech voiceovers for Shorts now available on iOS.

• Voice replies allow creators to respond to comments with 30-second audio messages.

• A new "Promote" button helps boost Shorts visibility through paid promotion.

2. Instagram

• Testimonials feature lets creators endorse brand products as “Sponsored” comments.

• New DM features: automated responses, music sharing, message scheduling, and pinned messages.

• QR codes for group chats allow controlled access.

• Meta is testing a private dislike button for comments.

3. Meta

• Businesses can now use third-party blocklists to control ad placements.

• Testing the ability to disable comments on Facebook and Instagram ads.

4. X (formerly Twitter)

• Launched Grok 3 AI model with DeepSearch for in-depth answers.

• New ad tools: AI-generated ad copy and campaign analysis for better targeting.

5. TikTok

• Introduced “Most Loved” badge to highlight top-rated, low-return products in TikTok Shop.

Staying ahead of these changes will help brands and influencers maximize their impact in the evolving digital space.

^{For the full article from Casey Weldon at Ragan PR Daily, click here.}

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Content We Referenced Today:

1. Influencer Lucy Guo sued for allegedly allowing child porn on her social media platform billed as OnlyFans ‘minus the nudity’ - New York Post

2. Why Influencer Social Responsibility Can Change The Creator Economy - Forbes

3. New social media features and updates to know this week - Ragan