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UK says Facebook and Giphy have 5 days to supply authorized answer amid regarding merger, warns of additional investigation

Britain’s competition watchdog has said Giphy and Facebook have 5 days to supply legally binding proposals to care for problems over their merger deal, which may see the social media huge additional monopolize virtual ads.
Britain’s competition watchdog has said Giphy and Facebook have five days to offer legally binding proposals to address concerns over their merger deal, which could see the social media giant further monopolize digital adverts.

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  2. "Social media giant Facebook said Wednesday it inadvertently blocked some content including a large swathe of charity and state health pages when it imposed a week-long ban on news in a standoff over Australias new media code". (February 24, 2021)
  3. "Iranian media outlet Press TV has condemned Facebook for censorship after its main page was banned on the site yet again, with the platform citing violations of its community standards and stating the move cant be undone". (March 27, 2021)
  4. "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was reportedly among those affected in a mass data leak that revealed users phone numbers". (April 4, 2021)
  5. "A German court has effectively sided with Facebook, overruling a decision by the countrys antitrust watchdog that claimed the social media giant had abused its position to illegally gather user data". (March 24, 2021)
  6. "Facebook may have breached data protection regulations after the personal information of 533 million of its users was leaked online, Irelands data authority has said, as it announced an investigation into the social media giant". (April 14, 2021)
  7. "Apple has announced that it will soon roll out a feature allowing users to block tech companies from tracking activity online and on other apps in a move thats angered Facebook over its impact on data collection". (April 8, 2021)
  8. "Papua New Guineas health minister, Jelta Wong, criticized Facebook on Thursday, claiming the spread of disinformation on the site poses the biggest challenge to tackling rising cases of Covid-19 in the country". (April 1, 2021)
  9. "Facebook has deleted the official account of actor Kevin Sorbo, marking the latest Big Tech takedown of a conservative. Sorbo, an avowed Donald Trump supporter, has been openly critical of Covid-19 restrictions". (February 13, 2021)
  10. "Moscow may be on a collision course with US-based networking conglomerates over perceived restrictions on Russian content, but its officials arent about to pull the plug on platforms in return, the countrys top senator has said". (March 2, 2021)
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