YouTube is strengthening its Community Guidelines around online gambling and graphic violence in gaming. Starting November 17, existing rules prohibiting content linking to online gambling sites or applications that are not certified by Google will also include links to sites involving digital goods with “monetary value,” including video game skins, cosmetics and NFTs. “Our policies are designed to evolve alongside the digital world,” Google says, explaining that the changes “keep pace with new trends, like gambling with digital goods, and to more closely align our guidelines for mature content with industry standards.” Continue reading Google Expands YouTube Rules Limiting Violence, Gambling

Subscription movie theater ticket sales company MoviePass is taking a cue from fantasy sports with a daily fantasy platform themed around Hollywood. Called Mogul, it has launched in beta with backing from blockchain company Mysten Labs and Hong Kong-based Web3 software company Animoca Brands. Mogul lets users track the performance of fantasy films and compete to climb leaderboards. Players are assigned a budget and given a digital wallet in which to store “studio credits” to fund projects and bet on box office performance. MoviePass says it has more than 400,000 sign-ups for Mogul’s early-access waitlist. Continue reading MoviePass Debuts Bitcoin-Based Hollywood Fantasy League