Soaring Q1 revenues for Google and Facebook could spell good news for global news industry
Google owner Alphabet and Facebook both surpassed expectations with their revenues in the first three months of the year, despite…
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Ad market abuse concerns cited by shareholders launching bid to oust Mark Zuckerberg as Facebook chairman
A group of Facebook investors is seeking to remove Mark Zuckerberg as chairman, citing several controversies facing the tech giant,…
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Australia to force Google and Facebook to pay for news content
Global digital platforms Google and Facebook will be forced to pay for news content in Australia, the government has said,…
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Managers praise Facebook-funded community reporters’ contribution to newsrooms
Nine in ten community news reporters hired by local newspapers and funded by Facebook in the past year feel they…
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US publishers face collapse ‘within weeks’ as Covid-19 adds to ‘duopoly’ woes
US news publishers are demanding help from the president and tech companies as many fear being wiped out “within weeks”…
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Going viral: Twitter and Facebook failing to contain Covid-19 misinformation
Vladimir Putin has released hundreds of lions and tigers on to the streets of Russia to enforce self-isolation. Hollywood celebrities…
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NHS enlists help of social media platforms to tackle coronavirus ‘fake news’
Twitter is suspending accounts sharing false coronavirus news at the behest of the NHS, which has put the onus on…
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Ex-Culture Committee chairman slams Facebook regulation proposals as ‘too little too late’
Former Culture Committee chairman Damian Collins MP has slammed Facebook’s proposals for online content regulation as “too little, too late”.…
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