YouTube Shopping at 500 Subs, Facebook Creator Fast Track, and More Creator News

When YouTube Shopping first started, it had a pretty steep requirement of 10k subs. Eventually, they lowered it to 5k subs in order to get more people on board with Shopping.

Now, anyone in the YPP is eligible for Shopping because YouTube's lowered the requirement to 500 subs.

If you're in the YPP, you'll either start seeing or are already seeing the option to tag products on your video.

To do this, head over to one of your video's detail page. Scroll down to the end of your description and you'll see a button called "Products". Click on it and add in the products you want.

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Instagram and YouTube found liable in a lawsuit alleging they were designed to addict kids.

After 7 weeks of court proceedings, jurors made a decision that finds Instagram and YouTube guilty of building a platform to addict young users.

This is a landmark decision that will echo through thousands of other pending lawsuits.

It's not a surprise to know that platforms like YouTube or Instagram are made to keep you on their platform. They want to keep you watching, go through ads, and maybe even buy a YouTube Premium.

However, there's also the fact that most parents nowadays allow their kids an iPad and let them wander the internet without much (if any) supervision.

It can be said that this is an issue that lies on the platform, but also the parents who allow the platform to raise their kids.

Source: ​https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-25/social-media-lawsuit-trial-meta-google-verdict​

Facebook wants you to switch to their platform, and they're willing to pay you for it.

Facebook launches their Creator Fast Track, a 3 month program and guaranteed pay just to post your reels on Facebook.

Here are the requirements:

• You must reside in the US or Canada
• Have (or will create) a Facebook Page and have it up for 30 days
• Have no posted a FB reel in the past 6 months
• Your Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube must have at least 20k followers
• Your Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube must have at least 30k video views in the last 60 days
• Have high quality content that's filmed or created by you

Depending on your follower count, you can get:

• $100 - $450/mo for 20k to 99k followers
• $1,000/mo for 100k to 999k followers
• $3,000/mo for 1M+ followers

By joining the Creator Fast Track, you'll also get immediate access to Facebook's Content Monetization so you can start making money without waiting.

Currently, it doesn't say that you're ONLY allowed to post on Facebook, so you'll still be able post on other platforms. Note that it is a 3 month program.

Interested? Join here: ​https://creators.facebook.com/creator-fast-track​

Is this the beginning of the AI bubble burst? OpenAI plans to shutdown Sora.

Sora was launched in late 2024 and had a partnership with Disney that allow them to generate Disney-related items. A lot of people were using Sora, whether for fun or to create videos (or AI slop).

However, OpenAI is now discontinuing Sora as Disney ends their partnership, pulling out a billion dollars.

We've been in an AI bubble for a while, and it's only a matter of time before the bubble burst. Some are saying this might be the first step with Sora's shutdown.

What are your thoughts?

Source: ​https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/openai-shutting-down-sora-video-disney-1236698277/​