Channel 4 News editor calls on industry to build own news platform as he says Facebook now pays nothing to broadcaster
Channel 4 News editor Ben de Pear has called on the news industry to create an alternative to Facebook that…
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Facebook takes out full-page ads in six UK Sunday newspapers to say ‘sorry’ over data harvesting scandal
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg took out full page adverts in six British Sunday newspapers to apologise for the “breach of…
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UK political parties spent 17 times more on advertising with US tech giants during 2017 election campaign than with traditional media
The UK’s seven major political parties spent £4m on advertising with US tech giants during last year’s snap general election…
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Matt Hancock jabs at ‘conspiracy theorist’ Tom Watson as he warns Labour ‘threaten the free press’ with their ‘misguided goals’
Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has taken aim at his Labour counterpart Tom Watson, calling the Labour Shadow Culture Secretary “one…
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Observer’s Carole Cadwalladr: I became a ‘news slave’ in pursuing Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scoop
Journalist Carole Cadwalladr has said she became a “news slave” for Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie after tracking him down…
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Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has said he would consider increasing legislation or adding warning labels to social media platforms to…
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MPs’ US trip to meet Google, Facebook and Twitter as part of fake news inquiry cost taxpayer £84,000
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Select Committee’s visit to the US last month as part of its inquiry…
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Information Commissioner says social media companies can no longer be considered ‘benign platforms’ in political ads probe
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has said that social media companies, including Facebook, can no longer be considered “benign platforms” for…
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