AI content-deletion on social media platforms could stop journalists investigating war crimes, report
Social media companies are removing content that breaches their guidelines in ways that could hamper journalistic investigation, according to a…
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Facebook Australia’s news ban threat condemned as ‘ill-timed and misconceived’
Facebook Australia’s threat to block users from sharing news content on its platforms has been condemned as “ill-timed and misconceived”.…
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Facebook Australia threatens to block news sharing on its platforms if government forces it to pay publishers for content
Facebook Australia is threatening to block publishers and individuals from sharing news on its platforms if the country’s government pushes…
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Facebook and Google referrals boost contributed to jump in news traffic at start of Covid-19 crisis
A boost in referrals from Google and Facebook contributed significantly to the uplift in traffic to news websites seen at…
By Australia reveals plans to force Google and Facebook to pay publishers and correct ‘power imbalances’
Google and Facebook could be fined millions of dollars by the Australian Government if they do not comply with a…
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MPs say tech giants have ‘failed to tackle’ Covid-19 infodemic and Government must regulate them now
A group of MPs is calling on the UK Government to immediately launch a new body to regulate social media…
By Nearly one in five Britons likely to refuse Covid-19 vaccine as anti-vaxx conspiracy theories go viral on social media
Nearly a fifth of British adults are likely to refuse a Covid-19 vaccination in an apparent response to “anti-vaxx” conspiracy…
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Google insists news algorithm applied ‘universally’ after Mail Online complains visibility ‘consistently cut’
Google has insisted its algorithm is applied “universally” to all types of news organisations after Mail Online’s publisher complained its…
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