
Digital media reminds us you can’t get quality for free
The demise of Buzzfeed News is part of a larger trend debunking the old internet meme that you can have quality news media (and other digital content) for free. Read more…
The demise of Buzzfeed News is part of a larger trend debunking the old internet meme that you can have quality news media (and other digital content) for free. Read more…
The copyright, privacy and intellectual property landscape overall is becoming much more complicated amid the rise of digital content and personal data. Read more…
Distributors and platforms make more money from digital content than its creators. Here’s how we could change that so everyone wins (including consumers). Read more…
Twitter CEO Elon Musk says platform’s mission is now to become the most accurate source of information about the world. “Accurate to who?,” asks Jack Dorsey. Read more…
A regulatory body in Australia orders Meta, Apple and Microsoft to share strategies for stamping out child abuse material on their platforms or face fines. Read more…
Indonesia is readying tough new rules to fine and criminally charge internet and social media platforms for “unlawful” content. Read more…
Vodafone Idea launches Vi Games in partnership with Nazara Technologies as it looks to monetize its growing data subscriber base in India. Read more…
Jio Platforms said that it is investing $200 million to buy a 17% stake in Glance – an AI-driven lock-screen platform owned by InMobi Group. Read more…
Russia will continue slowing down the speed of Twitter on mobile devices until all content deemed illegal is deleted, says Roskomnadzor. Read more…
Google plans to pay $1 billion to publishers globally for their news over the next three years. And there was much rejoicing. Read more…
Eleven years after the first app stores launched, fraudulent apps are still a problem. The latest example – a weather app – is even a repeat offender. Read more…
Cambridge researchers aim to fight fake news with a game that shows players how to create it. But will people trust that the game itself isn’t fake news? Read more…
Telecom Asia magazine was shut down on Friday at the tender age of 29. John Tanner delivers the eulogy and ponders whether TA really had to die. Read more…
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – European Union lawmakers voted on Wednesday to force Google, Facebook and other technology firms to share more revenues with European media, publishers and other content creators in a shake-up of copyright rules. Read more…
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – The European Union’s chief executive on Wednesday proposed hefty fines on Google, Facebook, Twitter and other online platforms if they fail to remove extremist content within one hour. Brussels gave internet firms Read more…
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian ride-hailing and online payment company Go-Jek has invested in digital media startup Kumparan as part of its expansion into online content, it said. Go-Jek, whose backers include Google and Tencent, has Read more…
A recent RISE panel addressed smartphone addiction. There’s no easy solution, but some users are already voluntarily unplugging – and loving it. Earlier this month we published a column by Mr Tony Poulos about the Read more…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Heirs in Germany have the right to access the Facebook accounts of their deceased relatives, a court said in a landmark privacy ruling on Thursday, saying a social media account can be Read more…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU lawmakers have opted not to take a tough line on an EU copyright overhaul aimed at making Google, Facebook and other tech giants share revenues with publishers, broadcasters and artists after Read more…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe’s music, broadcasting and publishing industries have hit back at internet critics of an EU overhaul of copyright rules, saying claims the reforms might lead to the demise of the internet amount Read more…
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