Donald Trump launching website
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Suspended from Facebook, Instagram and YouTube and banned from Twitter after the Capitol riot on January 6, former US president Donald Trump launched his own website shortly before Facebook’s Oversight
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Will Facebook’s Oversight Board open Trumps accounts?
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Facebook’s Oversight Board is expected to on May 5 announce its decision about the management’s blocking of Donald Trump’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram. The board has been asked to
Michèle Léridon – an iconic figure of French journalism passed suddenly
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Michèle Léridon, a great figure of French journalism, died suddenly at the age of 62 on May 3rd, causing tremendous grief in the journalistic world in France and beyond. Michèle
Twitter live chat hosts selling tickets
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Twitter announced that users hosting live audio chats on its audio service Spaces will be able to charge a fee for people to join. This follows similar statements from viral
Yahoo and AOL are getting a new owner
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Telecom Verizon Communications is selling its media businesses that include Yahoo and AOL for USD 5 billion to private equity firm Apollo Global. Verizon sold blogging platform Tumblr in 2019
Google and Facebook agreeing to pay more publishers
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Australia proved its position as a test market for big tech platforms paying publishers to use their content online when Seven West Media, comprising both TV and newspapers, signed agreements
UNESCO report: online violence focus on women journalists
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We have to recognise that the problem of online violence is transnational, and operates in the context of huge and profitable technology companies. Online violence has become the new frontline
Record number of European media freedom alerts
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Governments across Europe adopted emergency laws and regulations in response to the Covid-19 pandemic that also imposed extraordinary restrictions on journalists’ activities, the annual report for the Council of Europe’s
After eight months TikTok gets a new CEO
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TikTok has appointed a new CEO some eight months after Kevin Mayer left the position when the Chinese-owned company was attacked by the Donald Trump administration. Owner-company ByteDance’s CFO, Shouzi
Gaming growth combining pandemic and new devices
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Gaming business is growing in the pandemic with US spending on the industry up 30% in the first quarter this year to USD 14.92 billion while the increase for 2020