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Google disables offensive ad keywords found by BuzzFeed

Google disabled the keyword searches used in the campaign after BuzzFeed's inquiry, except an exact match for blacks...

16 Sept 2017 9:23 AM IST

Mark Zuckerberg is happy to let Facebook be a tool to spread misinformation and fake news, but is apparently fine with Facebook dropping real news altogether, John Stanton, co-founder of the Save Journalism Project, said in a statement. Regulators need to reign in the tech giants total domination of the online marketplace before its too late. (Photo | Pixabay - PhotoMIX-Company)

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Facebook threatens to throw out news from platform after Australia...

The move came after the deadline for negotiations with publishers ended on August 31.

1 Sept 2020 1:23 PM IST

A man uses a smartphone in Tokyo. Visitors to New Zealand can be fined 5,000 New Zealand dollars ($3,243) for refusing to provide passwords to unlock electronic devices and allow customs officials to examine them under a new law that a civil liberties group condemned as a grave invasion of privacy. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

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FCC affirms that wireless carriers can block unwanted text messages

The FCC voted 3-to-1 to classify text messages as an information service rather than a telecommunications service.

13 Dec 2018 9:42 AM IST

$Leonid Levin, the head of Dumas information policy committee, has said the law is not intended to impose restrictions on law-abiding citizens but is meant only to block access to \unlawful content,\ RIA news agency said.$ Technology

VPN baned in Russia; are we next?

The law is already approved by the Duma, the lower house of parliament.

31 July 2017 9:48 AM IST