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Here's your daily crunch. The only way to get Facebook to release data and research concerning its own platform that hasn't been filtered through its PR Leviathan is to have it leak.

Then Facebook releases it, but with a huge dose of its own spin.

This is precisely the sort of transparency that the social giant is famous for and that was discussed before the Senate yesterday.

In other news, expect brands to have new ways to try to snag your attention on Tik-Toc in the future, with the company working to bring several

new and interactive ad formats, ranging from clickable stickers to choose your own adventure type

ads to Super Like's and more to its social service.

And music streaming service Spotify would like its users to consume more podcasts,

both to improve its gross margin profile, and to give it pricing power in the future thanks to exclusive

content. To that end, the company is rolling out podcasting tools including polls and

Q&A functionality to its global audience. The features were previously in beta.

Now let's see what's going on in the world of startups.

Ola Electric has raised $200 million.

The Bangalore-based startup, which builds electric scooters,

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