The founder and CEO of the US social media and social networking service Facebook Mark Zuckerberg reacts upon his arrival for a meeting with the European Commission Vice President in charge of Securities and Transparency, in Brussels, on February 17, 2020. (Photo from Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO …
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Facebook and Google logos Peter Foley / Bloomberg | fake pictures Google and Facebook may be forced to pay Australian news publishers to distribute their content, in a landmark regulatory move by the country’s competition regulator. Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission was tasked with the government earlier this year to …
Read More »Australia will make Facebook and Google pay for world news first
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will force American tech giants Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) Google will pay Australian media for news content in a landmark move to protect independent journalism that will be seen around the world. FILE PHOTO: The Facebook symbol is seen on a motherboard in …
Read More »Oprah Winfrey Honors Breonna Taylor with September Magazine Cover | United States News
A portrait of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old black emergency medical technician shot dead by police in her own home earlier this year, will appear on the cover of O’s latest issue, The Oprah Magazine. It is the first time in the magazine’s 20-year history that the cover will not feature …
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But the president’s tweet was another sign of democratic backsliding, a term used in political science to describe the erosion of institutions that support democracy. His unfounded tweets about mail ballots and other issues have cast doubt on the legitimacy of this fall’s election and have been widely criticized. Their …
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