India has become the new China for Silicon Valley
It wasn’t long ago that pretty much every US firm was attempting to crack the lucrative Chinese market, but now India is drawing the attention.
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Facebook refuses to negotiate with blackmailers
A bunch of Facebook execs met with representatives of a group that is attempting to impose its will on the company by pressuring its commercial partners.
Twitch vs. Facebook Gaming is a streaming battle worth paying attention to
Netflix and chill might have defined streaming trends for years, but it is video voyeurism which is capturing the attention of the youth nowadays.
UK moves to fight Google and Facebook advertising monopolies
Between them, Google and Facebook control 80% of the UK digital advertising market and that’s not healthy for competition or the consumer.
Facebook shrugs off advertiser panic attack
Social media giant Facebook is refusing to be blackmailed into having its censorship policies dictated to it, for now.
Internet platforms try to pre-empt the adpocalypse through mass suspensions
The decision by major brands to boycott Facebook and Twitter has caused other internet platforms to panic into removing and accounts they fear may upset advertisers.
Major advertisers flee from social media as Parler use goes exponential
The campaign against Facebook has metastasised, as big brands increasingly decide all social media is too toxic for them.
Verizon’s Facebook boycott is not what it seems
Censorship advocates are celebrating the addition of US telco Verizon to their campaign against Facebook, but they’re mistaken.
Corporate virtue-signalling starts to hit Facebook’s revenues
A coalition of political pressure groups has called for a companies to suspend advertising on all Facebook platforms, in protest over it hosting political messages they don’t like.
Facebook enters the mapping game with Mapillary acquisition
Facebook has been confirmed as the new owner of Swedish crowd-sourcing mapping company Mapillary.
WhatsApp launches digital payments platform in Brazil
Social media giant Facebook has made the first tentative steps towards the digital payment environment with its WhatsApp messaging platform in Brazil.
Facebook tries to call Australia’s bluff on paying for news
In response to the threat of being forced to pay for news posted on its platform in Australia, Facebook has indicated it would rather just block it.
Twitter bans thousands of accounts linked to the Chinese state
Microblogging platform Twitter has returned to more conventional forms of censorship by removing accounts found to be part of state-linked information operations.
Facebook flags posts from ‘state-controlled media’
Social media giant Facebook continues to walk the tightrope on censorship, this time adding warning labels to posts that originate from media outlets it considers to be under state control.
Australian court rules media are liable for comments made on their Facebook pages
In a timely ruling, an Australian court of appeal has upheld a judgment that media are legally liable for defamatory comments made on their public Facebook pages.
Facebook attempts to walk the tightrope on censorship
Having criticized Twitter for poking the bear, Facebook seems to be adopting a more nuanced approach to policing its platform.
Facebook edges towards digital currency with rebranded wallet
Facebook has renamed its digital wallet Novi as it takes another incremental step forward with its Libra digital currency.
Privacy champion Schrems blasts Irish authorities over secret Facebook deal
Max Schrems, one of the central figures in bringing down the EU-US Privacy Shield, has penned an open-letter slams the Irish Data Protection Commission for not dealing with Facebook appropriately.
A look back at the biggest stories this week
Whether it’s important, depressing or just entertaining, the telecoms industry is always one which attracts attention.
Facebook reignites the fires of its Workplace unit
Facebook has announced its challenge to the video-conferencing segment and a reignition of its venture into the world of collaboration and productivity.
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