Access to abortion pills a new headache for social media giants
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Abortion pills are approved in the U.S. to end pregnancies before the 10th week. The pill has now become a headache for social media after the U.S. Supreme Court in
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Survey shows 94% of journalists use social media for their job
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94% of journalists in the U.S. use social media for their job. Twitter is the number one. Journalists’ use of social media sites varies by what they identify as the
Reuters News gets new President
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Paul Bascobert, former CEO of US publisher Gannet, has been appointed President of Reuters News – the news agency business in information company Thomson Reuters. He is succeeding Michael Friedenberg
Tech, media, telco dominate M&A first half of 2022
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Merger and acquisition activity has slowed from its record-setting 2021 pace, with economic headwinds stunting deals in the first half of 2022. However, M&A activity in the first half of
Growth of European digital ads strongest in 13 years
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European digital advertising’s grew 30.5% in 2021 which is the strongest since 2008. All 28 markets covered in a study recorded double-digit growth. Seven markets grew above the average growth
Few young users report harmful online content
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Young people are active online but they don’t report harmful content. Two thirds of teens and young adults have recently encountered at least one potentially harmful piece of content online,
Social media and websites exploiting Ukrainian refugees
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Attempts to recruit vulnerable Ukrainian refugees for sexual and labour exploitation via websites and social media have been discovered in a pan-European police hackathon with authorities from 14 countries participating.
Coordinated strategy needed to increase cyber defense
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The world needs a coordinated and comprehensive strategy to strengthen defenses against the full range of cyber destructive, espionage, and influence operations. As the war in Ukraine illustrates, the Russian
Meta’s Oversight Board overturned management decision 14 times
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Many have been frustrated by Meta’s -earlier Facebook- management’s power to decide what can be said and what can’t. Meta’s Oversight Board has published its first annual report showing that
Slowing growth of fact-checking to fight disinformation
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Disinformation and other forms of misleading statements are global online problems. Fighting this, the number of fact-checkers around the world doubled over the past six years, with nearly 400 teams