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IT’S THE LAW (02/01/2022)

The EU Parliament voted to strengthen the Digital Services Act (DSA) which bans online ads that contain sensitive political, sexual, illegal or misleading content. This along with their Digital Marketing Act (DMA), which sets criteria for identifying and regulating Big Tech “gatekeepers,” is part of an overall effort to reign in abuse.  The law must still be approved by the Council of the EU, which may be more business-friendly.

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Not having a national US privacy law projected to cost business $1T over 10 years

February 1, 2022

A sobering new report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) projects long-term cost to businesses upwards of $1 trillion, if the US doesn’t pass a national privacy law. This would, in large part, be due to the need to manage a host of duplicative and nuanced state laws. The ITIF also estimated cost to small business would be tens of billions.

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YouTube Home to Hundreds of Election Misinformation Videos

November 5, 2024

Misleading election-related ads are “running rampant” on Meta-owned Facebook, but Google-owned YouTube is also making money from misinformation. Research by Media Matters, independently confirmed by the New York Times, found 30 YouTube channels that between them had posted almost 300 videos containing misinformation which had earned some 47 million views. YouTube is monetizing them with ads and sharing revenue with the creators.  YouTube says election-denial falsehoods don’t violate its guidelines.

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