Does Meta's new age verification work? Is Instagram really banning meme accounts?

Lauren is joined by ICYMI's Lia Haberman to discuss her takeaways from the Scalable Summit, Meta's new AI teen surveillance, and the truth about the meme account crackdown.

Plus, Josh sits down with Sophia Kianni, founder of Climate Cardinals and Phia, to talk about leveraging AI, scaling businesses as a Gen Z founder, and her podcast, The Burnouts.

What you’ll learn:

-- Inside TikTok's 100M view micro-drama collaboration with Issa Rae.

-- What Instagram's "unoriginal content" update actually means for creators.

-- How Sophia Kianni raised $40M and built her AI tech stack.

-- The top creator economy conferences to attend this year.

00:00 Intro & Meet Lia Haberman

01:31 Scalable Summit Takeaways

03:52 TikTok's 100M View Micro-Drama

07:45 The Korean Vegan's Productivity

09:53 Meta's Teen Age Verification

16:22 Instagram's Meme Account Crackdown

19:31 Interview with Sophia Kianni

24:04 The Power of AI for Founders

26:16 Why Sophia Started "The Burnouts"

28:07 A Young Founder's Tech Stack

35:54 The Best Creator Conferences

41:09 Google Photos' Clueless Closet Update

44:15 YouTube's AI Music Generator

47:23 Outro & Where to Find Lia

Creator Upload is your creator economy podcast, hosted by Lauren Schnipper and Joshua Cohen.

Follow Lauren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schnipper/

Follow Josh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshuajcohen/

Original music by London Bridge: https://www.instagram.com/londonbridgemusic/

Edited and produced by Adam Conner: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamonbrand