Adding to the problem of its biggest outage to date, it was revealed on March 13th that Facebook is under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors. They will be examining its data-sharing deals with other major technology companies, according to the New York Times. Facebook has given no explanation for the outages so far, though has […]
A study by GlobalWebIndex has revealed that nearly half of UK consumers (48 per cent) intend to watch the final season of Game of Thrones, which begins next month. The majority of fans plan to watch at home (88 per cent), with just over a tenth of the show’s fans (12 per cent) prepared to […]
WWE has surpassed 1 billion followers across its global social media platforms, further cementing its position as one of the most-followed brands in the world. WWE’s Social Media Snapshot: Facebook: 501 million total likes. WWE’s flagship Facebook page has more fans than the NFL, NBA, Marvel, Nike and UFC, and WWE Superstar John Cena is the […]
Jeremy Darroch, Group Chief Executive, Sky, has suggested that just a few months after Comcast’s September 2018 takeover of the pay-TV operator, “clear benefits” of the tie-up were “flowing both ways”, and also added his weight to the debate regarding regulation of global tech giants. Speaking at the Deloitte Enders Media and Telecoms Conference 2019 […]
French Minister for the Economy and Finances, Bruno Le Maire, has presented his proposal to tax tech giants in the Council of Ministers. It would introduce a 3 per cent tax on digital services and will be retroactive to January 2019. The French tax will be applied to all tech companies whose worldwide revenues exceed […]
YouTube has confirmed it will switch off comments on almost all videos featuring under-18s, in an attempt to “better protect children and families”. A number of brands stopped advertising on YouTube after discovering that paedophiles and groomers were leaving predatory comments on videos featuring children. The Google-owned platform had originally disabled comments on videos that […]
Children’s video sharing app TikTok has been handed a record fine in the US for a case involving children’s data privacy. The company has been ordered to pay $5.7 million and implement new measures to handle users who say they are under 13. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said the Musical.ly app, which acquired and […]
MainOne has announced a metro fibre infrastructure project in two states of Nigeria, with support from Facebook. The infrastructure collaboration is part of Facebook’s efforts to connect more people to broadband Internet. As part of this project, MainOne is building and operating approximately 750 km terrestrial fibre infrastructure in Edo and Ogun States, two of […]
Whilst almost 53 million French users went online each month in 2018, 43.3 million did so daily. Social networks, instant messaging, media, entertainment and responsible consumption are the major trends observed last year. Legal services, especially for films/series and music have also significantly progressed. “Once again this year, the internet’s momentum has continued, as evidenced […]
UK MPs have declared Facebook needs stricter regulation, with “tough and urgent action” necessary to end the spread of disinformation on its platform. The Commons media select committee has concluded that Mark Zuckerberg failed to show “leadership or personal responsibility” over fake news. Facebook welcomed the committee’s report and said it would be open to […]