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Spain’s Cellnex to buy Arqiva’s telecoms unit for £2bn (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/08/2019 - 08:50US pushes for western rival to Huawei (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/08/2019 - 08:49Europe gets tougher on tech (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/08/2019 - 08:49Washington warns India over using Huawei for 5G (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 10/06/2019 - 15:46
European Court of Justice backs global takedown of Facebook content
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that European Union courts can demand Facebook actively monitor and delete illegal material such as hate speech. The court said there is nothing in EU current law stopping Facebook from searching and deleting duplicate posts of content that has been declared illegal. The court said the searches and deletion can be done in the EU but also worldwide should national courts demand it.
European rival says Google is secretly using hidden web pages that feed the personal data of its users to advertisers (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/04/2019 - 10:03Opinion: Use the market to clean up the web. Advertisers must take far more responsibility for whom they reward online (Financial Times)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 09/02/2019 - 14:41
FTC Chairman Simons says breaking up Facebook would be hard to do. Intends to complete investigation before 2020 election.
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons said that Facebook’s effort to integrate Instagram and WhatsApp more closely could stymie any attempt to break up the social media giant. Chairman Simons said all options were on the table as the FTC investigates Facebook for potential antitrust violations, including major divestitures, but added that the plan by Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive, to knit together Facebook’s three major brands could complicate any case.
Cloudflare’s termination of contract with 8chan drew attention to building blocks of the web
California-based company Cloudfare, which is a market leader in web infrastructure, was thrust into the spotlight of international debate after abruptly terminating its contract with 8chan, the far-right internet forum known for perpetuating conspiracy theories and hate speech, in the wake of the El Paso shooting.