Don’t Hack the Messenger »

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8 March 2019 | Jane Whyatt, Journalist, Future Intelligence

Across the world people gathered last month to remember murdered journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée. They gathered in Silicon Valley’s Palo Alto, in Europe’s capital cities and the length and bre... »

Bland Cricket: UK and EU Initiatives on Fake News Fall Short »

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11 December 2018 | Jane Whyatt, Journalist

Clear evidence has been presented to the UK government that Facebook and Twitter have been used to spread fake news created by fake users. The effects are toxic—sometimes deadly. Meanwhile, MEPs ha... »

It’s Time for YouTube to Take its Share of Responsibility Towards Filmmakers »

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8 December 2018 | Op-Ed by Philippe Carcassonne and Ruth Vitale

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is the protagonist in a propaganda war about the new EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. One of the directive’s stated aims was to ensure that hosting si... »

Time to Close Safe Harbor »

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23 November 2018 | Guest Post by Jonathan Taplin, Author

Last month marked 20 years since President Bill Clinton signed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) into law which introduced “Safe Harbor” for Internet Service Providers. In combination with t... »

No Such Thing as a Digital Consumer – Netopia Report in Blogactiv »

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21 June 2018 | netopia

The Digital Single Market is one of the central planks of EU policy but according to a new report it is fatally flawed because the EU is out of step with technology due to its insistence on the concep... »

Zuckerberg Bingo – Print out and Play! »

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10 April 2018 | Netopia.eu

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg's first of two appearances this week, to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is on Wednesday April 10 and is sure to contain a few of the following plati... »

Newsocracy III – The Perils of Concentration »

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9 February 2018 | netopia

In the shadow of the headlines around fake news online, is a much older debate about media pluralism. Netopia went to a conference about just this and discovered the two are connected. Perils of conce... »

Taking on Silicon Valley Monoliths in the Old Town Bookstore »

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17 January 2018 | Per Strömbäck

What a story Jonathan Taplin can tell. He used to be Martin Scorsese’s producer (Mean Streets) and tour manager for Bob Dylan and The Band. Icons of 20th century popular culture. He is also an interne... »