The week that was: 5 IT and Media news to remember (plus an opportunity)
The French competition authority has accepted Google’s commitments to pay for using the publishers’ content online. Google announced it has signed agreements with more than 150 French publishers based on the EU’s new copyright directive. The company says it is negotiating with publishers in other EU countries as they implement the directive in their national legislation.
Preparing for an advertising business without third-party cookies, non-profit Mozilla’s Firefox has rolled out its Total Cookie Protection by default to its users worldwide saying it is making Firefox the most private and secure major browser across Windows, Mac and Linux. Google has announced that it will stop the third-party cookies referring that this will improve online privacy and less intrusive advertising.
Meta’s Oversight Board overturned management decisions 14 times: 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 the board issued decisions on 20 significant cases last year and that the board overturned Meta’s decisions 14 times. The board has an independent position and comprises, academics, politicians and journalists etc.
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 Government does not pursue them as separate efforts and we should not put them in separate analytical silos. In addition, defensive strategies must consider the coordination of these cyber operations with kinetic military operations, as witnessed in Ukraine.
Nobel peace prize winner Dmitry Muratov has sold his Nobel medal in an auction for USD 103 million announcing that the money will go to UNICEF helping children in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. The buyer’s name has not been announced.
And an opportunity: The EU Commission has launched the second Women TechEU call. Up to 130 deep-tech start-ups led by women will qualify for funding and business acceleration services to grow into tomorrow’s female tech leaders. After the first pilot in 2021, the Commission is more than doubling the budget to EUR 10 million this year, which is expected to fund up to 130 companies. Applications are open until 4 October 2022, 17:00 (CET), the Commission announced.
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