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    Community Standards Need To Have Consistency, Tech Platforms Have Too Much Power: Jay Panda

    • 18.04.2021
    • Medianama

    Baijayant Jay Panda, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s spokesperson and National Vice-President, on Wednesday said that large internet platforms have the power to make users, including heads of state, irrelevant because of their dominance.

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    Why are Indian consumers drifting towards audio streaming

    • 18.04.2021
    • Financial Express

    A RedSeer report from September last year stated that more than 340 million songs were streamed daily, and podcasts have witnessed a similar trajectory.

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    Data transfers – will Asia lead the way?

    • 17.04.2021
    • Lexology

    Across Asia and indeed APAC more generally, there is a growing body of law and regulation in the area of cross-border personal data transfers.

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    Telecom department gets Rs 2,307 crore from Jio, Airtel via immediate spectrum allocation

    • 17.04.2021
    • The New Indian Express

    DoT explained that the harmonisation exercise facilitates more efficient utilisation of spectrum held by operators, leading to improved quality of service for consumers.

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    To Binge or Not to Binge: Inside Streamers’ Scheduling Decisions

    • 17.04.2021
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    With content proliferating, streaming platforms — even Netflix — are experimenting with different release models for their programming.

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    Tech Companies Need To Be Made More Accountable By External Environment: Nandan Nilekani

    • 16.04.2021
    • Medianama

    Nandan Nilekani wants technology companies to be more accountable. In the absence of altruism or benevolence on their part, they have to be made more accountable by the external environment, he said during panel discussion held as part of the Raisina Dialogue 2021, organised by the Observer Research Foundation.

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    Jourová on the future for European media: Big Tech, Democracy, and Independence

    • 16.04.2021
    • Euractiv

    On the occasion of EURACTIV’s launch of its new ‘Digital & Media’ hub, Editor Samuel Stolton caught up with the Commission’s Vice President for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová, to discuss the wide range of issues currently impacting the European media landscape.

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    Pandemic year was a catalyst for growing importance of online communities in India: Study

    • 16.04.2021
    • Exchange4media.com

    The Facebook & NYU's GovLab report brings insights about the power of online communities in creating meaningful connections, especially role they played during the pandemic.

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    M&E body writes to Uddhav Thackrey for financial package, vaccination centres for workers

    • 15.04.2021
    • Exchange4media.com

    The letter also mentions allowing post-production work and the ongoing construction work of certain sets.

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    EU plans ban on AI for mass surveillance, social credit scores

    • 15.04.2021
    • ETTelecom

    As artificial intelligence (AI) technology gets all-pervasive, the European Union is considering a ban on the use of AI for mass surveillance and social credit scores, among other applications.

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