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Facebook reportedly has special rules for VIP users

A report by the Wall Street Journal claims social media giant Facebook has a special programme that shields millions of VIP users from the company’s normal enforcement process.

• 5 days ago

Apple wins a Pyrrhic victory over Epic

In the long-running case over Apple’s right to prevent iOS apps circumventing its payment system a judge has ruled the company is not a monopoly in this context, just.

• 6 days ago

ProtonMail and WhatsApp under pressure over user privacy failings

A couple of investigations have revealed that some services that pride themselves on user privacy might not be nearly as secure as they claim.

• 07 Sep 2021

Apple puts plans to scan its users’ photos on hold due to backlash

Last month Apple announced plans to introduce a number of measures to protect children from abuse, which included scanning images stored in iCloud Photos.

• 06 Sep 2021

AWS reportedly planning to increase platform censorship

Dominant public cloud platform AWS is reportedly forming a censorship team that will help it remove more content that violates its policies.

• 03 Sep 2021

EU court rules against Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone on net neutrality

Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone have found themselves on the wrong end of a European court decision in a years-long dispute over certain content offerings.

• 02 Sep 2021

Apple placates Japan Fair Trade Commission with token app store concession

A five-year Japanese investigation into Apple’s app store practices has been resolved with a superficial tweak.

• 02 Sep 2021

South Korea demands Apple and Google open app stores to 3rd-party payments

A bill voted through by Korea’s parliamentarians demands application store operators like Apple and Google to allow customers to choose alternative payment methods when buying apps and content.

• 31 Aug 2021

Apple opens its purse to settle developer class-action suit

Apple has agreed to loosen its grip on how mobile apps can be distributed and promised more transparency on app approval processes in a package to settle a class-action suit brought by app developers.

• 27 Aug 2021

These 3 kings will rule the future of streaming

The streaming ecosystem is in a high stakes transition. How it shakes out will impact media, entertainment, and technology industries across the world.

• 26 Aug 2021

SKT launches its own subscription platform

Korean telco SKT has decided the time is right to launch a suite of subscription services for its customers.

• 26 Aug 2021

OnlyFans blames banks for content policy change – UPDATED

The founder of Social subscriber platform OnlyFans has pinned the blame on banks refusing to process transactions connected to the company.

• 25 Aug 2021

Facebook keen to add calling functions following amended FTC complaint

Facebook has reportedly begun testing a version of Messenger that will add voice and video calling to the world’s largest social network.

• 24 Aug 2021

OnlyFans, Locals, Stripe, and the payment processor police

Social subscriber platform OnlyFans is reportedly banning sexually explicit content, undermining the businesses of many of its creators in the process.

• 20 Aug 2021

Comcast and ViacomCBS launch SkyShowtime streaming service in Europe but not UK

Much of Europe will have yet another US subscription video on demand service available after comms giants Comcast and ViacomCBS decided to pool their content.

• 18 Aug 2021

Afghan debacle once more exposes the incoherence of social media censorship

Social media companies have come under pressure to censor accounts linked to the Taliban, but there seem to be no clear guidelines or public policy.

• 18 Aug 2021

What telcos may learn from banks when migrating to cloud

Findings from a recent Google survey of the financial institutions’ cloudification experience may serve as a mirror held up to the telecoms industry.

• 13 Aug 2021

Eurobites: MegaFon extends VoLTE services across Russia

Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Inmarsat accelerates the L-band; Finnfund boosts connectivity in Africa; it’s time we took a ‘woliday’.

• 13 Aug 2021

US Senators out to tear down the app store walls

A bipartisan Senate bill is introduced to boost competition in the mobile apps market with rules to restrict what Apple and Google can impose on developers and users.

• 12 Aug 2021

Eurobites: Netmore plans LoRaWAN IoT network in UK

Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Nokia lands core gig at United Group; Arm sees sales soar; Community Fibre takes majority stake in Box Broadband.

• 11 Aug 2021