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Britain to make social media platforms answerable for damaging content material

Britain stated on Wednesday it will impose a brand new accountability of care on big tech compani...
Britain said on Wednesday it would impose a new duty of care on big tech compani...

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  2. "Twenty advocacy groups from the United States, Europe, Latin America and elsewhere signed a statement Wednesday urging regulators to be wary of Google's $2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker company Fitbit Inc because of privacy and competition concerns". (July 2, 2020)
  3. "Facebook Inc has not done enough to fight discrimination on its platform and some of its decisions were setbacks for civil rights, according to an independent audit commissioned by the company, the New York Times reported". (July 8, 2020)
  4. "British finance minister Rishi Sunak plans to drop a tax on technology companies such as Facebook and Google because it does not raise much money and could hurt a push for a U.S. trade deal, the Mail on Sunday newspaper said". (August 23, 2020)
  5. "A Russian court on Monday fined Google 1.5 million roubles ($20,350) after finding it guilty of failing to block content banned in Russia, the Interfax news agency reported". (August 10, 2020)
  6. "German sportswear brand Puma said on Tuesday it will pause all paid advertising globally on Facebook and Instagram throughout July to persuade the social media company to remove hostile and harmful conversation on its sites". (June 30, 2020)
  7. "Some European Union regulators objected to Ireland's preliminary ruling in a landmark privacy investigation of Twitter, the lead regulator said on Thursday, triggering a process where a majority decision will be sought". (August 20, 2020)
  8. "PepsiCo Inc will stop advertising on Facebook Inc, Fox Business News reported https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/pepsi-facebook-ad-boycott on Sunday, citing sources". (June 28, 2020)
  9. "Facebook has secured a court order to temporarily stop EU antitrust regulators' information requests related to their investigations into the company's data and online marketplace, according to a General Court ruling". (July 28, 2020)
  10. "The British government will abandon the centralised model of its coronavirus test-and-trace app and switch to one based on technology provided by Apple and Google, the BBC reported on Thursday". (June 18, 2020)
  11. "HMD Global, the maker of Nokia-branded smartphones, has secured $230 million of investment from partners including Google , Qualcomm and Nokia Technologies , to help accelerate its development of 5G devices". (August 11, 2020)
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