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"In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: the US Department of Justice is reportedly making the final preparations to bring a lawsuit against Google; Facebook sees several big name brands depart for July as the argument over the site’s stance towards inf

"In a closely watched case, Facebook lost an appeal related to charges that it has violated competition laws by abusing its dominance in social media.

In a decision that could further embolden European governments to take on large tech platforms, Ger

The Australian government has asked digital platforms to develop voluntary codes of practice to counter misinformation and help users to better identify the quality of online news and information.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (AC

"TikTok is announcing to advertisers that it’s open for business. The company is today officially introducing a new brand and platform called “TikTok For Business” that will serve as the home for all its current and future marketing solutions for bra

"In a major departure from its long-standing practice of not paying publishers directly to distribute their work, Google executives tell Axios that the search giant is creating a licensing program to pay publishers "for high-quality content" as a par

"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

"The North Face has become the first major brand to boycott Facebook on the heels of mounting pressure from civil-rights organizations over content moderation and hate speech.
The company said Friday it would stop buying Facebook ads in the US, in so

"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

"The Justice Department plans to announce a proposed rollback of Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act as early as today, according to The Wall Street Journal. If adopted by Congress, the legislation would reportedly push internet compan

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"TikTok is the latest platform to sign up the European Union’s Code of Practice on disinformation, agreeing to a set of voluntary steps aimed at combating the spread of damaging fakes and falsehoods online.

The short video sharing platform, which is

"YouTube today announced a new direct response ad format that will make YouTube video ads more “shoppable” by adding browsable product images underneath the ad to drive traffic directly to brands’ product pages. The introduction of the format comes a

"Facebook has rejected a proposal to share advertising revenue with news organisations, saying there would “not be significant” impacts on its business if it stopped sharing news altogether.

On Monday, the social media giant issued its response to th

"Brandon (his name has been changed for this story to protect his anonymity), has had enough. A Black strategist at a holding company agency, he is contemplating leaving the business altogether.

While he says he loves being a strategist, the “monolit

"Following the death of George Floyd in police custody in the US, the United Nations (UN) has joined forces with global advertising trade body the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) to issue a statement imploring global brands not to waste their “

IAB Europe in partnership with IAB France are pleased to announce the launch of a new joint initiative ‘The Post Third-Party Cookie Taskforce’. This follows on from IAB Europe’s recent release of ‘The Post Third-Party Cookie Era Guide, to prepare bra

"As Facebook continues to shrink from responsibilities that would see the company moderating political speech, Joe Biden has apparently had enough.

The presumptive Democratic nominee launched a campaign of sorts against Facebook leadership Thursday,

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