Irish media facing two-pronged attack from web giants and defamation laws, says press council chief
The Irish press faces a two-pronged attack from the likes of Facebook and Google and the country’s own defamation laws,…
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Russia Today and Sputnik banned from advertising on Twitter over US election ‘interference’ claims
Twitter has today announced that it will stop accepting advertising from all accounts owned by Kremlin-backed Russian news outlets Russia…
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Channel 4 boss: Bake Off helps pay for our news output, but we don’t compete with BBC to break stories
Channel 4’s chief executive David Abraham has said “hit” shows such as Bake Off effectively help to pay for the…
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Culture Committee chairman asks Facebook for detail on Russian-linked ‘fake news’ around Brexit and election votes
The Culture Committee chairman has written to Facebook asking for information on advertising and pages paid for by “Russian-linked” accounts…
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Digital Summit: News industry has been ‘too slow to move from burning platforms’, claims agency boss
The news industry has been “too slow to move away from the burning platforms on which they were sitting” as…
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Culture Secretary Karen Bradley: Defining Google and Facebook as publishers could impact civil liberties
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has hailed the internet a “force for good” as she warned against using heavy legislation against…
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