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Google to separate its shopping service to comply with the EU ruling

Google Shopping will operate as a standalone unit, and will have to bid against other rivals for ads shown on top of the Google search page. 

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-09-27 11:37

Russian bots attempted to interfere in German elections

A campaign with links to Russia tried to give a boost to Germany’s far-right party 48 hours before the elections.

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2017-09-25 12:00

Twitter removed 300K accounts in first half of this year for promotion of terrorism

Twitter’s new transparency report seems to show that the company's internal controls are helping combat terrorist content on the platform.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-09-20 12:57

Ad industry up in arms over Apple’s new anti-tracking feature

Advertising groups worry that the latest version of Safari, Apple’s internet browser, will “sabotage the economic model for the internet”.

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2017-09-19 12:53

Privacy Shield expected to pass its first review

One year after its adoption, the data sharing agreement is widely presumed to continue, although the EU is likely to identify gaps and propose improvements.

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2017-09-18 12:15

EU finance ministers target tech giants' revenues

This weekend the finance minister of France, Bruno Le Maire, will present at a meeting of his peers in Tallinn Estonia a proposal to increase corporate taxes on tech giants.

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Elena Perotti

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2017-09-15 16:38

New WAN-IFRA report: 'Reality check – making money with Facebook'

This new report published by WAN-IFRA today, challenges news publishers to not only rethink their revenue and relationship strategies with Facebook but also that of all platforms. Nick Tjaardstra, WAN-IFRA Global Advisory Director, is part of a working group focused on platform strategies, and contributed this for the report.

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2017-09-14 13:01

Upcoming EU guidelines put new pressure on Internet companies to remove illegal content

The European Commission is preparing new guidelines that urge tech firms to act faster in removing illegal content, or face further legislation at a later date.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-09-14 12:38

Google to end its “first click free” policy, providing a boost to subscription-focused publishers

The company’s policy has allowed users to get around paywalls, but in the future news publishers will have more control over what search users have access to. 

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-09-13 12:34

New study suggests that fact-checking on Facebook has limited effect, and could even backfire

Flagging fake news stories as “disputed” on Facebook has only a small impact on how readers perceive their headlines, and in some cases could even increase users’ likelihood to believe fake news, a recent study finds.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-09-12 17:08

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