The Week That Was: IT and Media news week 3
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The law banning the TikTok app in the US came into force on January 19 after an expected ruling by the supreme court. Next step in the TikTok story was
The Week That Was: IT and Media news week 2
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Disinformation is again a global media focus after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that his social media like Facebook, Instagram and Threads will start replacing its third-party fact checking in
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Online threats of death, rape, and physical violence against women in politics and public life have become alarmingly common, and AI may further intensify the scale and reach of such
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Did Chinese-owned TikTok manipulate the Romanian presidential election that led to a surprising victory for a right wing candidate that earlier had shown modest support in opinion polls? The EU
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It doesn’t matter so much how long the kids are on social media. It’s how they use social media that’s important. Passive use of social media can lead to greater
The Week That Was: IT and Media news week 49
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Big techs spend huge amounts on developing AI. A new survey shows that over 60% of investors expect that companies now will deliver productivity, revenue and profitability gains from generative
The Week That Was: IT and Media news week 48
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Most people share stories on social media without reading them first, a new study shows. Around 75% of forwarded links on Facebook were made by people who had not read
The Week That Was: IT and Media news week 47
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Media inflation for advertisers is predicted to rise over the next couple of years. If we assume that an advertiser reached 100 people in 2023, the latest numbers mean
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Political online advertising is often controversial. Google has now announced that it will stop serving political advertising in the EU before EU’s new rules on political ads enter into force
Fewer job posts for gig workers with GenAI
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The introduction of GenAI tools ChatGPT and image-generating led to nearly immediate decreases in jobs for online gig workers across job types, but particularly for automation-prone jobs. After the introduction