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Indonesia is preparing harsh new content rules for internet companies
Indonesia is readying tough new rules to fine and criminally charge internet and social media platforms for “unlawful” content. Read more…
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Vodafone Idea adds Vi Games to its digital content arsenal to boost ARPUs
Vodafone Idea launches Vi Games in partnership with Nazara Technologies as it looks to monetize its growing data subscriber base in India. Read more…
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Lock-screen platform Glance gets $200m from Jio Platforms
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…
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Russia to keep throttling mobile Twitter until it deletes banned content
Russia will continue slowing down the speed of Twitter on mobile devices until all content deemed illegal is deleted, says Roskomnadzor. Read more…
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Google to pay publishers $1b for news over next three years
Google plans to pay $1 billion to publishers globally for their news over the next three years. And there was much rejoicing. Read more…
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It’s 2019 and fraudulent mobile apps are still ripping us off
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…
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Game fights fake news by letting players create their own
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…
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Telecom Asia magazine dead at 29: a eulogy
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…
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New EU copyright rules shake up content sharing norms
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…
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EU wants extremist content deleted in one hour
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…
