President Trump resorts to nuclear option over Section 230
As social media platforms exercise increasing editorial control over their users, the protections granted to them in US become increasingly obsolete.
As social media platforms exercise increasing editorial control over their users, the protections granted to them in US become increasingly obsolete.
Analyst firm Analysys Mason reckons the telecoms industry will return to modest growth from 2021, but it will take three years for the industry revenue to come back to the pre-COVID-19 level.
Vows to avoid going off on too many tangents are soon broken when Ian and Scott discuss the digital economy and attempted state interventions in it. The move on to private networks and specifically whether that’s where the 5G ROI is to be found, before reflecting on China’s deteriorating relationship with the rest of the world.
As day follows night, what happens in the US usually happens a little bit later here in the UK. The latest example: increased regulatory scrutiny of Internet giants.
The largely superfluous second house of UK Parliament reckons journalists need more help than ever and has some bright ideas on what to do about it.
The European Commission seems to think that if it improves data sharing within the bloc, that might give it a better shot at taking on US big tech.
Departing US President Trump attempted to push back against selective censorship by social media platforms. They’re less likely to face such resistance from Biden.
Meandering US telco group Verizon has finally got rid of a media property it was always ill-suited to own.
After a decade of false starts Rich Communications Service has hit the mainstream with Google making it available to all Android users.
Gadget giant Apple takes 30% of everything spent on its app store, but it’s halving that rate for anyone who earns let than $1 million per year.
As the EU faces fresh calls to investigate Google for abusing its market dominance, the internet giant flexes its muscles once more by starting to charge for Google Photos.
While California may be resolutely Democrat when it comes to politics, its electorate has voted to keep the state out of the lives of rideshare drivers.
In what could be the last studio pod for a few weeks, Scott brings in a couple of bottles of wine to ensure the conversation with Iain flows nicely. They start with a review of Nokia’s quarterly earnings, which laid bare the challenge faced by its new CEO. They move on to a piece of US law called Section 230 that means internet platforms aren’t liable for the content they publish and conclude with a look at Ericsson’s first, tentative, foray into OpenRAN.
The European Digital Media Association wants its members to be given better legal protection when they act against illegal content in Europe.
Scott and Iain show their selfless devotion to podcasting by donning their face masks and trekking into the studio once more. They start by looking at a couple of stories illustrating the increasing conflict between giant US tech companies and the state. Sticking with big tech, they move on to compare notes on the latest Apple iPhone launch and conclude by discussing Nokia’s decision to move its tech infrastructure into the Google public cloud.
The launch of AT&T’s in-car streaming service was so quiet it’s almost as if it happened by mistake.
Security services in seven allied countries want to be able to hack into digital products that protect their user’s privacy through end-to-end encryption.
The supposed scandal around the data analytics supplied by Cambridge Analytics was manufactured by people with a political agenda.
The European Court of Justice has ruled that it’s illegal for countries indiscriminately collect electronic communications data, unless they have a really good reason.
Barons, monopolies, tycoons. These are some of the adjectives describing Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google in a damning US government antitrust report on big tech.
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