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Mobile short videos a new favorite for investors in China

China'smobileshortvideoindustryhaswitnessedexplosivedevelopmentwiththeincreasingnumberofsmartphoneusersinthecountry.Itisnowreplacingtraditionalonlinelivestreami

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Consumers are getting used to paying for online entertainment

Chineseonlinevideoconsumershavedeveloped“paymentawareness”andtheirgrowinginterestinonlinecontenthasatendencytosubdivide,saidZhouJie,deputysecretary-generalofthe

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Facebook's AI wipes terrorism-related posts

Facebookhassaidthateffortstouseartificialintelligenceandotherautomatedtechniquestodeleteterrorism-relatedpostsare"bearingfruit"butmoreworkisneeded.Thefirmsaidth

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Facebook opens 2nd office combating hate speech in Germany

Facebookisadding500morecontractorsinGermanytoreviewcontentpostedtothesocialmediasite,afteranewlawcameintoforcetargetingonlinehatespeech.Thecompanysaysthestaffwi

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US sues to block $85 bn AT&T-Time Warner merger

TheUSgovernmentfiledsuittoblockATT'smergerwithTimeWarner,settingupathebiggestantitrustcourtclashindecadesoverthe$85billiontieup.Thedealannouncedmorethanayearago

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Google cracks down on linkbaiting through AMP

GoogleofficiallylauncheditsAcceleratedMobilePages(AMP)inFebruary2016tobelightweightversionsofsourcewebsitesthatusedalotlessbandwidth.Butsomewebmastershavedelibe

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Extremist content online: What would you take down?

Governmentplanstoremoveonlineextremistcontentwill"backfire"andfailtopreventterroristattacks,SkyNewshasbeentold.JusthoursaftertheLondonBridgeattackinJune,Theresa

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World Economic Forum: Tech firms must do more on extremism

UStechfirmssuchasFacebookandTwittershouldbemoreaggressiveintacklingextremismandpoliticalmisinformationiftheywanttoavoidgovernmentaction,areportfromtheWorldEcono

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G7 backs Internet industry efforts to combat extremism

TheGroupofSevenindustrializednationsthrewtheirsupportbehindanewtechnologyindustryallianceaimedatdetectingandbluntingonlinepropaganda,sayingonFridayithada"majorr

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Snapchat signs Olympic deal with Eurosport

SocialmediaplatformSnapchatwillpresentWinterOlympicscontentatnextyear’seventinPyeongchangafterstrikingadealwithDiscoverycommunications’Eurosport,amovewhichcould

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US tech giants may find their future shaped by Europe

SiliconValleyisauniquelyAmericancreation,theproductofanentrepreneurialspiritandno-holds-barredcapitalismthatnowdrivesmanyaspectsofmodernlife.ButthelikesofFacebo

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Europe gives Facebook, Twitter final warning on hate speech

Facebook,TwitterandothersocialmediacompanieshavebeengivenanultimatumbytheEuropeanUnion:ridyourplatformsofhatespeechorfacelegalconsequences.Europeanregulatorshav

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Facebook admits industry could do more to combat online extremism

FacebookhasconcededthattechnologycompaniescoulddomoretocounteronlineextremismafterTheresaMayandtheFrenchpresident,EmmanuelMacron,proposedfiningfirmsthatmovetoos

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Apple defends the open internet in a letter to the FCC

OntheheelsofsettingthedateforitsbigfalliPhoneevent,Appleiscomingoutswingingfornetneutrality.InalettertotheFCC,Apple’sU.S.VicePresidentforPublicPolicyCynthiaHoga

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YouTube and Syria: Tech's role as archivist

NewsthatYouTuberemovedvideosfromwar-ravagedSyriatroubledadvocatesworkingtopreservedigitalrecordsofoneoftheworld'sworsthumanitariancrises.Italsoraisedfreshquesti

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Britain pupils set for first Grades 1-9 GCSE results

TeenagersacrossEnglandwillfindoutthismorninghowwelltheydidintheirGCSEexams.ThesewillbethefirstresultsusingasystemofnumbergradesinsteadofthefamiliarA*toGgrades,f

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Neo-Nazi website loses protection from key tech firm

Anotherimportanttechcompanyhascuttieswithneo-NaziwebsitetheDailyStormer.InternetfirmCloudflaresaidWednesdayithasterminatedtheDailyStormer'saccount,whichmeansitw