Google appealing French 500 million euro fine
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Google is appealing a 500 million euro fine by France’s competition authority in a dispute on how the company is using publishers’ editorial content under the European Union’s updated copyright
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Instagram using AI to see if you lie about your birthday
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Facebook-owned Instagram is making it mandatory to let the company know your birthday as part of an action to increase safety and privacy for younger users. The company has earlier
One hour and Game over for Chinese kids
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Chinese authorities are cutting down on the time kids can play games online. Online game providers can only offer minors one-hour services from 8 pm to 9 pm on Fridays,
Reuters announcing editorial leadership changes
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Reuters news agency announced changes to its editorial leadership team “to focus rigorously on breaking news and beat reporting” and meet the needs of its major customers, website the baron.com
Increasing pressure on independent Russian media
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Pressure on Russian media by authorities have reached a new peak prior to the upcoming parliamentary elections, International Press Institute (IPI) says referring to that the ministry of justice has
Apple changing app store rules but only for small developers
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Apple announced new and looser rules for its App Store opening up for developers to have more direct contact with customers. Critics were not impressed saying the changes are minor.
Axel Springer is buying POLITICO and POLITICO Europe
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Axel Springer is buying US news media POLITICO and Brussels-based POLITICO Europe, Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner announced. The deal includes buying the remaining 50 per cent share of joint venture
Will South Korea be the first to win over the giants’ app stores?
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Google’s and Apple’s app stores are too dominating, critics say. The companies are facing global attacks on the rules for their app stores that force software developers to use the
Majority says social media not important for vaccine news
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Social media’s importance for covid vaccine information has been discussed with President Joe Biden accusing social media of not doing enough to stop misinformation about the vaccines. A new survey
US news media reporting improved management diversity
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There are about 30 women chief executives and five Black CEOs running companies in the US Standard&Poor 500 stock market index. With much of corporate America targeting greater diversity in