Publishers have long complained that search and social media companies share their content without paying for it. Google and Facebook have aggressively opposed such efforts in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. TikTok, on the other hand, just announced a program to let publishers share a reported 50% of revenue from ads near their content.
Elon Musk may have pretty much destroyed the value of blue checkmarks at Twitter, but others think they’re worth doing right. The latest convert is Google Gmail, which is offering a blue checkmark on emails from brands that use its BIMI authentication service. Other recent checkmarketeers include Google Ads, LinkedIn, and Meta.
With one eye on the CDP market, cloud database vendors keep extending their ability to meet the special needs of handling customer data. Cloud lakehouse vendor Databricks just took another step by acquiring Okera, which uses AI to identify sensitive data and apply rules that control how it’s used.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.