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Apple Loses Top Court Fight Against German Antitrust Crackdown
Apple's footprint across markets meets the threshold for more oversight, judges at Germany’s top civil court have said. The setback for Apple comes amid a clamor by Big Tech against European efforts to rein in their market dominance.
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Meta Prepares for Layoffs on Monday, Circulates Internal Memo
Meta Platforms plans to carry out its expected company-wide layoffs next week. Employees in Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands will be exempt from the cuts "due to local regulations," while those in more than a dozen other countries across Europe, Asia and Africa will receive their notifications between February 11 and February 18.
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Meta Offers to Publish EBay Ads on Facebook Marketplace to Comply With EU Antitrust Order
Meta said on Wednesday it will launch a test in Germany, France and the US that will enable “buyers to browse listings from eBay directly on Facebook Marketplace while completing their transaction on eBay.”
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Meta to Discontinue "Facebook News" Feature in UK, France, Germany: Here's Why
Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it will discontinue the "Facebook News" feature on its social media app in the UK, France and Germany, later this year. Users will still be able to view links to news articles and European news publishers will continue to have access to their Facebook accounts and pages after the change is implemented in December, Met...
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Google to Spread Misinformation Prebunking in Europe; Initiative in the Works in India
Google, after seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, will initiate a new campaign in Germany to make people more resilient to the corrosive effects of online misinformation. The tech giant plans to release a series of short videos highlighting the techniques common to many misleading claims.
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Mastodon Hailed as Open Alternative to Twitter After Elon Musk Takeover: All You Need to Know
Mastodon is a decentralised, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany that has seen a flood of new users, as Twitter is in disarray following Elon Musk's takeover last week. While Twitter and Facebook are controlled by one authority, a company, Mastodon is installed on thousands of computer servers, largely run by volunteer administrators who...
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Amazon Sues Administrators of More Than 10,000 Facebook Groups Over Fake Reviews
Amazon announced on Monday that it has sued over 10,000 Facebook group administrators for attempting to orchestrate fake reviews on the e-commerce platform. The groups were incentivising the creation of fake and misleading reviews on the company’s website, in the US, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan. In a press release the company...
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YouTube Blocks Russian Channels RT, Sputnik in Europe Amid Ukraine Crisis
YouTube has blocked Russia's RT and Sputnik in Europe over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the video-sharing platform said, as the European Union prepares to ban the state-backed broadcasters.
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Twitter Files Lawsuit Against German Online Reporting Rule
Twitter has taken legal action against a rule, coming into force in Germany, that obliges social media firms to block or delete criminal content quickly and report particularly serious criminal offences to the police, a German court confirmed.
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Facebook Removes German Anti-COVID Restrictions Group Over 'Social Harm'
Facebook has removed a network of accounts linked to an anti-COVID restrictions movement in Germany as it announced a new crackdown on coordinated campaigns of real users that cause harm on and off its platforms.
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Apple Loses Top Court Fight Against German Antitrust Crackdown
Apple's footprint across markets meets the threshold for more oversight, judges at Germany’s top civil court have said. The setback for Apple comes amid a clamor by Big Tech against European efforts to rein in their market dominance.
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Meta Prepares for Layoffs on Monday, Circulates Internal Memo
Meta Platforms plans to carry out its expected company-wide layoffs next week. Employees in Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands will be exempt from the cuts "due to local regulations," while those in more than a dozen other countries across Europe, Asia and Africa will receive their notifications between February 11 and February 18.
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Meta Offers to Publish EBay Ads on Facebook Marketplace to Comply With EU Antitrust Order
Meta said on Wednesday it will launch a test in Germany, France and the US that will enable “buyers to browse listings from eBay directly on Facebook Marketplace while completing their transaction on eBay.”
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Meta to Discontinue "Facebook News" Feature in UK, France, Germany: Here's Why
Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it will discontinue the "Facebook News" feature on its social media app in the UK, France and Germany, later this year. Users will still be able to view links to news articles and European news publishers will continue to have access to their Facebook accounts and pages after the change is implemented in December, Met...
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Google to Spread Misinformation Prebunking in Europe; Initiative in the Works in India
Google, after seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, will initiate a new campaign in Germany to make people more resilient to the corrosive effects of online misinformation. The tech giant plans to release a series of short videos highlighting the techniques common to many misleading claims.
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Mastodon Hailed as Open Alternative to Twitter After Elon Musk Takeover: All You Need to Know
Mastodon is a decentralised, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany that has seen a flood of new users, as Twitter is in disarray following Elon Musk's takeover last week. While Twitter and Facebook are controlled by one authority, a company, Mastodon is installed on thousands of computer servers, largely run by volunteer administrators who...
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Amazon Sues Administrators of More Than 10,000 Facebook Groups Over Fake Reviews
Amazon announced on Monday that it has sued over 10,000 Facebook group administrators for attempting to orchestrate fake reviews on the e-commerce platform. The groups were incentivising the creation of fake and misleading reviews on the company’s website, in the US, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan. In a press release the company...
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YouTube Blocks Russian Channels RT, Sputnik in Europe Amid Ukraine Crisis
YouTube has blocked Russia's RT and Sputnik in Europe over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the video-sharing platform said, as the European Union prepares to ban the state-backed broadcasters.
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Twitter Files Lawsuit Against German Online Reporting Rule
Twitter has taken legal action against a rule, coming into force in Germany, that obliges social media firms to block or delete criminal content quickly and report particularly serious criminal offences to the police, a German court confirmed.
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Facebook Removes German Anti-COVID Restrictions Group Over 'Social Harm'
Facebook has removed a network of accounts linked to an anti-COVID restrictions movement in Germany as it announced a new crackdown on coordinated campaigns of real users that cause harm on and off its platforms.
