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Our industry is in a state of flux. From regulatory oversight, to increased platform privacy functionality, to the proliferation of the walled garden, the entire ecosystem is still trying to get to grips with a rapidly changing media and marketing la

On April 26 2022, an Apple-sponsored Columbia Business School paper was published, arguing that Apple has not benefited from the implementation of their new App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature.

However, the paper misinterprets key points in the de

Tackling the question of how our online data is managed is complicated. That's why Movement for an Open Web has produced a paper examining solutions to the problem - and why data stewardships might be our best bet.

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The main purpose of the new regulatory regime is to protect consumers who engage with VSPs from the risk of viewing harmful content. Providers must have in place appropriate measures to protect under-18s from material which might impair their physica

The outcome of the U.S. presidential race is expected to have widespread impact on the country's media industry and the advertising that funds it — from near-term consumer sentiment to longer-term regulatory and trade policies. But, as with everythin

The European Union (EU) has embarked on the most extensive antitrust reform program in its history. The European Commission (Commission) is working on parallel initiatives to create a “new competition tool” giving the Commission unprecedented powers

"Social-media tycoon emphasized threat from Chinese internet companies as he worked to fend off U.S. regulation of Facebook
Downloading TikTok and WeChat from the Google or Apple app stores in the U.S. could be blocked by President Trump's executive o

The CMA is calling on the government to introduce a new pro-competition regulatory regime to tackle Google and Facebook’s market power.

The dynamic nature of digital advertising markets and the types of concerns identified by the Competition and Mark

BRUSSELS—Big tech companies including Google parent Alphabet Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook Inc. face a swath of proposed European regulations aimed at curbing their alleged anticompetitive behavior, making them pay more taxes and compelling th

The coronavirus pandemic has made the world more reliant on technology. The EU’s competition commissioner says that makes her fight more urgent.

Foreign policy’s Ravi Agrawal recently spoke with the Brussels-based Vestager about the future of regulat

"Ofcom will not hesitate to impose fines on social media firms who fail to deal with harmful content, its new boss has said.

The watchdog would also consider temporarily suspending platforms in extreme cases of harm.

Chief executive Dame Melanie Dawe

"A landmark regulatory intervention that seeks to apply structural antitrust remedies to cut big (ad)tech’s rights-hostile surveillance business models down to size has been revived after Germany’s federal court overturned an earlier ruling that had

'In the approach to the launch of Facebook’s Libra payments ecosystem, a key subsidiary has been given a new name and a new look.
According to an announcement on Tuesday, Libra’s wallet provider Calibra has now been rebranded to Novi – a portmanteau

'The lead data regulator for much of big tech in Europe is moving inexorably towards issuing its first major cross-border GDPR decision — saying today it’s submitted a draft decision related to Twitter’s business to its fellow EU watchdogs for review

'A former Apple contractor called on EU privacy watchdogs Wednesday to investigate the firm's "past and present" use of Siri recordings nine months after reports emerged of the firm listening in without users' knowledge.
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Regulation will be placed on how social media firms target users with posts, videos and ads as directed by the UK’s AI advisor. 

It also wants the government to force tech firms to hand data over to researchers on the impact of online content.

Britain

An unlikely regulatory body sits firmly on the front line of data protection and privacy, and it wields a very "big stick" over Silicon Valley and beyond.

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