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Tech companies facing the prospect of further regulation on many fronts

Once the poster children for the “move fast and break things” attitude, tech giants are increasingly faced with the possibility of new legal regulation as a reaction to hate speech, illegal content and political advertising on the platforms.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-10-18 09:52

Facebook says it will cooperate fully with the Russia investigation, but cuts access to relevant data

While COO Sheryl Sandberg says the company wants to make Russia-linked political ads public, Facebook seems to have also taken down data that speaks of a stronger interference than the company has so far reported.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-10-13 11:18

Facebook: labelling of false stories reduces the spread of fake news by 80%

According to the company, stories marked as disputed by fact-checking partners have seen a significant reduction in impressions.

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2017-10-12 15:41

Döpfner at peace with platforms? Not just yet, but there's optimism in the air

Mathias Döpfner, Chairman and CEO of Axel Springer in Germany, has been an outspoken critic of the likes of Google, but he struck an optimistic note about recent developments and other topics raised during a wide-ranging Q&A with Jeff Jarvis at the opening session of WAN-IFRA’s revamped Expo today.

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Dean Roper

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2017-10-10 21:44

Google finds evidence of Russia-linked ads on YouTube, search and Gmail

The company has found that tens of thousands of dollars were spent on ads on its various platforms in an attempt to influence the 2016 US presidential elections.

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2017-10-10 12:11

Facebook tightens advertising rules on the platform

The company will manually review advertising targeted to users based on “politics, religion, ethnicity or social issues”.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-10-09 12:11

Google paying publishers to work on its new mobile-firendly format

The company is trying to encourage publishers to produce content for “Stamp”, its upcoming multimedia format similar to Snapchat’s Discover and Instagram’s Stories.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-10-06 11:44

The news diet should be nutritious, balanced and real

Is your news diet making you unhealthy? David Chavern, President & CEO of the US-based News Media Alliance, asked readers this question as his organisation launched a new phase of its #SupportRealNews campaign.

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2017-10-05 12:57

Russia-linked Facebook ads targeted specific states in US

Russian ads focused specifically on Michigan and Wisconsin, two states that were key to Donald Trump winning the US presidential elections.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-10-05 12:50

Brussels readying a crackdown on tech company taxation

The European Commission is expected to go after the “sweetheart tax deal” between Amazon and Luxembourg, and is considering going to court over Ireland’s failure to follow its order to collect over €13bn in back taxes from Apple.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-10-04 11:56

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