German competition authority investigating Google News Showcase
Germany’s competition authority Bundeskartellamt has launched an investigation of Google news showcase, a platform with news from publishers. The authority
OTT video service subscriptions skyrocketed
When the COVID-19 pandemic spread, video streaming skyrocketed as people around the world sheltered at home. The mass consumption of
US government recommendation against cyber attacks
The recent cyber attacks against Colonial Pipeline in the US and international meat supplier JBS has led the US government
Post-pandemic employment growth not enough to cover the losses, especially for women
The labour market crisis created by the pandemic is far from over. Employment growth will be insufficient to make up
Twitter testing Fleet ads to offer more options to advertisers
Twitter has announced a new test of ads within Fleets – its competitor to the “stories” features on platforms like
Pinterest improves diversity rates but reality is gloomy
Pinterest has spent much of the last year on the defensive in light of a number of racial and gender
European fact checkers mapping covid vaccine misinformation
To fight disinformation about covid vaccine we need more information about actors, vectors and patterns of dissemination for the campaigns.
Microsoft down-playing last week’s phishing attacks
Last week’s phishing attacks were important to disclose because they were evidence of a new campaign by a sophisticated adversary.
Diversifying news media business models
B2B subscriptions represent the latest foray by news media companies as they diversify their reader revenue business models. “B2B has
Instagram: how automatic moderation at scale blocked pro-Palestinian content
Facebook-owned Instagram has tweaked its algorithm after being accused that pro-Palestinian content was not viewable for users during the conflict