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Now playing Next Tech News France has passed a law that could earn influencers 2 years in prison The wording of the new law was approved by French lawmakers across the political spectrum and could mean jail time or stiff fines. 05/06/2023
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Now playing Next Culture news We tried the new Wes Anderson TikTok trend Everyone's favourite quirky director is the latest focus of TikTok's best videos. Euronews Culture thought we'd give it our own spin. 21/04/2023
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Now playing Next Tech News TikTok fined €14.5 million in the UK for ‘misusing children’s data’ The UK’s data watchdog found more than one million UK children under the age of 13 were estimated to be on TikTok in 2020. 04/04/2023
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