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China's Weibo reverses ban on gay content after online backlash

China’sTwitter-likeWeibo,oneofthecountry’smostpopularsocialmediaplatforms,hastakenamajorU-turnpolicychangeonanearlierbanonallgay-relatedcontent.Thecompanyhadear

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China’s Weibo reverses ban on gay content after online backlash

China’sTwitter-likeWeibo,oneofthecountry’smostpopularsocialmediaplatforms,hastakenamajorU-turnpolicychangeonanearlierbanonallgay-relatedcontent.Thecompanyhadear

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Sina Weibo's crackdown on homosexual content draws users uproar

ByManyaKoetseOnApril13,Weibo’sCommunityManagerissuedanoticewithnewguidelinesforthesocialmediaplatformto“createabrightandharmoniouscommunityenvironment.”Inthenot

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China launches campaigns to clean up cultural environment

Chinahaslaunchedthreecampaignsagainstillicitculturalcontenttofostera"positive"and"healthy"culturalenvironment.Thecampaigns,spearheadedbytheNationalOfficeAgainst

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Video apps retreat from Android store as illegal content disturbs public

ChinesevideoapplicationsKuaishouandHuoshanquietlyretreatedfromAndroidappstoreonThursdayforincreasingpubliccriticismontheirfailuretocensorillegalcontent,includin

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Facebook hires former BuzzFeed, Pinterest executives for video content

FacebookInchiredtheformerheadofBuzzFeedStudiostoleaditsglobalvideocontentandaformerPinterestexecutiveasinchargeofitsvideocontentplatformFacebookWatch,theysaidin

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EU gives Facebook and Google three months to tackle extremist content

TheEuropeanUnionhasgivenGoogle,YouTube,Facebook,Twitterandotherinternetcompaniesthreemonthstoshowthattheyareremovingextremistcontentmorerapidlyorfacelegislation

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Television titans bulk up to battle internet rivals

TraditionaltelevisiontitansarebulkingupinabattlewithonlinestreaminggiantsNetflixandAmazonasviewerstaketobingingonshowswhenandwheretheywant.Thelatestevidencewast

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Google not obligated to vet websites, German court rules

Googleisnotobligatedtoensurewebsitesarefreefromdefamatorycontentbeforedisplayinglinkstotheminsearchresults,Germany’shighestcourtruledonTuesday.Thecase,whichcome

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UK government has its own AI for detecting extremist videos

Stemmingthetideofextremistonlinecontenthasbeenamajorfocusfortechgiantsinrecenttimes,butdespitetheirefforts,theUKparliamenthascondemnedcompaniessuchasFacebook,Yo

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Alibaba signs deal to offer Disney shows on video platforms

AlibabaGroupHoldingLtd’sentertainmentarmhassignedalicensingagreementwithWaltDisneyCoinadealthatwillprovidetheChinesegroup’sYoukuvideostreamingplatformwiththelar

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Top Brazilian paper to stop publishing on Facebook

OneofBrazil'stopnewspapers,theFolhadeS.Paulo,announcedThursdayitwouldstoppublishingonitsFacebookpageafterthesocialnetworkannounceditwouldgivepersonalcontentmore

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China tightens scrutiny of inappropriate content for clean cyberspace

Chinahasstrengtheneditsregulationoncontentpublishedonsocialmediaplatforms,aimingtobuildupacleancyberspacesincesomeoftheChinesevideostreamingwebsiteswerefoundcon

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Call for tech giants to face taxes over extremist content

InternetcompaniesshouldfaceataxpunishmentforfailingtodealwiththethreatofterrorismintheUK,securityministerBenWallacehassaid.MrWallacesaidfirmssuchasFacebook,Goog

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Disney deal to buy Fox entertainment assets could reshape media industry

TheWaltDisneyCo.acquisitionofalargechunkof21stCenturyFoxisexpectedtoreshapethefilm-makinglandscape,unitingtwoofthe"bigsix"Hollywoodstudiosunderoneumbrellaforthe

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EU urges internet companies to do more to remove extremist content

TheEuropeanCommissionsaidafterameetingonWednesdaythatinternetcompaniessuchasFacebook,Google’sYouTubeandTwitterneedtodomoretostemtheproliferationofextremistconte

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10,000 Google staff set to police YouTube content: chief

Googleistodeployastaffof10,000tohuntdownextremistcontentonitsYouTubeplatformfollowingrecentcriticism,thevideo-sharingsite'schiefexecutivetoldBritain'sDailyTeleg