The Week That Was: the 7 things you need to know
Negotiations about the proposed European Markets and Services Acts will start first half of next year with governments in the
Polish Parliament in sudden move approves controversial media law
The Polish Parliament approved the government’s proposed controversial new media law in an unexpected move shortly before Christmas. The government
Meta discovers cyber mercenaries targeting 50 000 persons worldwide
Meta says it has disabled seven cyber mercenaries who targeted people across the internet in more than 100 countries. Information
French authority makes Google promise to “negotiate in good faith”
Google has promised to “negotiate in good faith” with press publishers and news agencies on how to compensate them for
Danish intelligence service intimidating top media executives
WAN-IFRA and the World Editors Forum have condemned moves by Danish intelligence services to warn the country’s top media against
Big tech dressing lobbying in scientific-like cover
YouTube has published a report on European YouTubers together with Oxford Economics but at the end of introducing the report
To extradite Assange harmful legal precedent-CPJ
“On the same day the Nobel Peace Prize honours journalists, a UK court ruled that the United States can extradite
New global record of reporters in jail
The number of reporters jailed for their work hit a new global record of 293 in 2021, up from a
Three giants taking up to 90% of digital advertising market
Three giants will account for up to 90% of the digital advertising market in 2021. Google owner Alphabet, Meta, earlier
Spotify says “Nostalgia” is the 2021 trend
Nostalgia played a role in people’s listening in 2021 as fans rediscovered old favourites—and new generations adopted them as well,