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"The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) in April published the first pan-European Code of Conduct on responsible advertising for online gambling. The Code is broad in scope and introduces essential standards for advertising content, acros

"SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Enforcing a fake news law in the run up to a national election, authorities in Singapore have ordered that online references to some comments made by opposition figures on key issues must carry a warning that the content contai

"French MPs have voted to grant a tax credit to anyone taking out a new subscription to a current affairs newspaper or magazine after the government argued that the sector was “suffering enormously” from the coronavirus crisis.

Deputies voted to allo

"The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Ofcom have set up a new forum to help ensure online services work well for consumers and businesses in the UK.

The Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum strength

"When we ask people what kind of news they want to see on Facebook, they continually tell us they want news stories that are credible and informative. Today, we’re updating the way news stories are ranked in News Feed to prioritize original reporting

"NEW YORK and LONDON, June 29, 2020 – HearstLab, an investor in women-led startups, today announced its investment in London-based financial technology (fintech) company Akoni. This is the first investment for HearstLab’s U.K. location, which aims to

"Two years ago, we launched News Consumer Insights (NCI) to try to solve a common industry challenge: News organizations were swamped with data. Our news partners big and small, national and local, shared a need to identify the metrics that actually

"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