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Meta begins blocking information in Canada in response to new legislation

“For a lot of months, we now have been clear about our issues,” stated Rachel Curran, Meta Canada’s head of public coverage, in a press release Tuesday. “It’s based mostly on the inaccurate premise that Meta advantages unfairly from information content material shared on our platforms, when the reverse is definitely true.” The rollout of…

1 August 2023
Google, Meta battle with Canada over legislation forcing them to pay for information

Toronto: When Google opened a brand new workplace in Kitchener, Ontario, in 2016, it welcomed a particular visitor. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who months earlier swept to energy in a marketing campaign that leveraged digital instruments, praised the tech big for “at all times” working “very, very exhausting not simply to be a superb company…

22 July 2023
Be part of Gulf Information WhatsApp information service

GulfNews.com is launching a WhatsApp service for its readers – preserve tabs in your favorite matters. Keep knowledgeable and by no means miss out on any growth, with our devoted service. You will obtain the most recent and curated information updates on to your WhatsApp inbox. From breaking headlines to high tales throughout numerous classes,…

18 July 2023
Google to dam information in Canada over regulation on paying publishers

Canada’s media business has referred to as for tighter regulation of web giants to permit information companies to recoup monetary losses suffered within the years that Fb and Google gained a better share of the internet advertising market. The unbiased budgetary watchdog in Canada estimated final 12 months that information companies may obtain about C$330…

30 June 2023
Meta to finish information content material on Fb, Instagram for customers in Canada

“We now have repeatedly shared that so as to adjust to Invoice C-18, handed immediately in Parliament, content material from information retailers, together with information publishers and broadcasters, will not be out there to folks accessing our platforms in Canada,” it added. The handed invoice would require tech firms corresponding to Meta and Google to…

24 June 2023
Thought-provoking discussions mark the primary Gulf Information Cybersecurity Discussion board

Dr Mohammed Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cybersecurity, UAE Authorities, delivers the primary keynote handle on the occasion Picture Credit score: Clint Egbert/Gulf Information Topical points equivalent to the importance of a robust CIO-CFO relationship for companies; the way forward for cybersecurity; cloud safety for the digital age; cybersecurity structure; the necessity for safety assessments; end-to-end…

15 June 2023
Google’s ‘Information Showcase’ – will it give international information portals an honest share?

Dubai: Can Google do the suitable factor for the world’s information portals and publishers? The US tech big is rolling out the ‘Information Showcase’ within the US and about 20 international locations, to offer curated content material from main information suppliers. Within the US, those that have signed up embody ‘The Wall Road Journal’ and…

13 June 2023
Google launches Information Showcase in US this summer time

Google touts the Information Showcase as a strategy to assist a information trade that has seen its most important income dwindle since advertisers left print media for search advertisements. The search engine doesn’t reveal how a lot it pays the information firms for his or her content material. The platform will embody native shops such…

10 June 2023
Prime cybersecurity specialists to attend inaugural Gulf Information Cybersecurity Discussion board

Meet the Audio system ● Dr Mohammed Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cybersecurity, UAE Authorities ● Dr Bushra Al Blooshi, Head of Analysis & Innovation, Dubai Digital Safety Middle, Digital Dubai Authority● Ahmad Al Mulla, Former chairman & board member, CIO Majlis● Ameena Raheem, Head of Data Know-how, Engineering Workplace● Richard Jackson, COO, TASC Outsourcing● Ramesh…

9 June 2023