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Now playing Next world news Euroviews. We need to stop pretending that we do enough to curtail terrorists’ online influence ǀ View We are living in times of global terrorism, unlike any we have known before. This is a terror that thrives through its enduring online presence. The time has come and gone for relying on the goodwill of the tech industry and their unfulfilled promises of self-regulation. 13/12/2019
Now playing Next The Cube Facebook takes down Conservative ad that featured BBC content The BBC had expressed their concern and published a statement on Twitter. The Press Team said that it was a "completely unacceptable use of BBC content which distorts our output and which could damage perceptions of our impartiality". 02/12/2019
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Now playing Next World What is Libra and could it rival the UAE remittance industry? Libra, the proposed global digital currency led by Facebook, has raised concerns amongst some governments and financial authorities around the world. 01/11/2019
Now playing Next USA Facebook removes Russian-linked accounts targeting African countries The company announced that they had removed three networks of accounts, pages, and groups linked to Russian businessman Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who was indicted in connection with US election meddling. 31/10/2019
Now playing Next world news Twitter set to ban political advertising from November "We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought," Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey wrote on the platform. 30/10/2019
Now playing Next USA Euroviews. Big tech achieving “quantum supremacy” for the first time is bad news for our privacy ǀ View Google announced it reached “quantum supremacy," a technological achievement that has huge repercussions, not only for the company and its role in the world but for all of us individuals who want to maintain a semblance of the right to privacy. 28/10/2019
Now playing Next USA Euroviews. This unusual idea could finally fix Facebook's political fake news problem ǀ View The government can step in and force social media companies to set up some basic protocols to guard against the posting of campaign lies. This would be a whole new frontier for the government, and regulation of online speech is tricky to say the least. 25/10/2019
Now playing Next USA Zuckerberg defends currency project, admits he's not 'ideal messenger' Mark Zuckerberg's statement provides the clearest indication yet that the Libra digital currency project announced earlier this year faces an uphill battle. 23/10/2019
Now playing Next USA Facebook chief Zuckerberg testifies before US Congress Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg testifies before US Congress 23/10/2019
Now playing Next The Cube Twitter wants your help to combat deepfakes | #TheCube Th social media giant is looking at what to do once deepfakes are detected, including whether to label the videos or take them down. 22/10/2019
Now playing Next United Kingdom Euroviews. The new UK-US treaty on e-evidence is a welcome step but is not without its challenges | View On 3 October 2019, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel and US Attorney General William Barr signed a bilateral agreement paving the way for UK and US law enforcement agencies to obtain data more quickly from electronic service providers operating in each jurisdiction. 08/10/2019
Now playing Next The Cube Facebook ruling that could affect feeds around the globe | #TheCube Facebook ruling that could affect feeds around the globe | #TheCube 04/10/2019
Now playing Next USA US Attorney General to Facebook: We need 'lawful access' to messages Facebook acknowledges the needs of law enforcement but wants to protect its users from unwanted snooping. 04/10/2019