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Could Google successfully challenge the EU Commission’s antitrust fine?

While the odds are against Google, the search giant could still manage to win its antitrust case against Brussels, Politico reports.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-07-13 13:46

Tech giants unite to campaign for net neutrality today

Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter and many others participate in a “day of action” today, protesting the planned rollback of net neutrality rules in the US.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-07-12 13:02

Facebook preparing a paid subscriptions feature for publishers

The social media giant’s plan to let users subscribe through Instant Articles are becoming more concrete, with a test launch expected at the end of the year. But many details still remain unclear.

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2017-07-11 11:48

US newspapers seek antitrust exemptions from Congress to negotiate collectively with Google and Facebook

The US newspaper industry argues that existing competition laws prevents it from collective bargaining with the major internet platforms.

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2017-07-10 11:39

Le Monde and Le Figaro announce a joint online ad-sales initiative

The news about the collaboration by the two national French newspapers follows closely the announcement of Gravity, a shared ad-sales platform by other French publishers.

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2017-07-07 12:19

EU preparing to fine Google in the Android antitrust case

EU antitrust regulators are expected to issue another record fine against Google by the end of the year.

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2017-07-06 12:17

French publishers create a shared ad-sales platform, take on the Google–Facebook advertising duopoly

Group of French news publishers and digital companies announce Gravity, an alliance for joint programmatic ad sales, through which they will share with each other their audiences' data.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-07-05 11:20

Facebook launches Safety for Journalists project, partners with a number of journalism organisations

The Safety for Journalists initiative provides resources that help journalists protect themselves on Facebook

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-07-04 11:55

Freedom of expression restrictions on social media become law in Germany

“Freedom of speech ends where the criminal law begins”: this chilling phrase uttered by Germany justice minister Heiko Maas summarises all that is scary in a bill passed last Friday and aimed at punishing social media that do not delete content in violation of German law in under 24 hours.  

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Elena Perotti

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2017-07-03 12:30

Google must make “right to be forgotten” worldwide, Canada’s supreme court rules

Agreeing with earlier court rulings, the decision by the country’s top court will force Google to de-index websites from its search results globally based on Canadian laws.

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Teemu Henriksson

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2017-06-29 11:33

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