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    Zuckerberg Testifies in US District Court in FTC Antitrust Lawsuit

    • 15.04.2025
    • Medianama

    Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), was the first to testify at the hearing of the US Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) lawsuit against the tech giant, according to a Politico report.

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    Meta to begin using EU users’ data to train AI models

    • 15.04.2025
    • Medianama

    Social media technology giant Meta announced on April 14 that it is starting the use of publicly available data belonging to users in the European Union (EU) to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models, as per an Associated Press report.

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    Meta hopes India’s DPDP Act and copyright provisions can attract AI data centres

    • 15.04.2025
    • Medianama

    Meta is hoping that the exemption for scraping of publicly available personal data under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act), and provisions under India’s Copyright Act would make the country a friendly jurisdiction to train AI models, the company’s Public Policy Director for Data Governance and Emerging Technologies, Sunil Abraham said at the Global Technology Summit on April 12.

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    OTT or not OTT: Streaming takes a starry U-turn in India

    • 15.04.2025
    • IndianTelevison

    Shutapa Paul and Sidharth Jain weigh in on what’s next for Indian OTT platforms

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    Upgrad teams up with Seed Group to power AI-led workforce revamp across the MENA region

    • 15.04.2025
    • IndianTelevison

    The Indian edtech giant and Dubai’s Seed Group join hands to boost digital skills and AI adoption

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    Producers partner big studios to revive popular franchises amid box office slump

    • 15.04.2025
    • Mint

    Cash strapped film producers battling uncertainty at the box office are now turning to big studios to partner on their old popular IPs and take these franchises forward

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    AI, Entertainment Jobs, Tariffs Fueled Discussion at National Association of Broadcasters Show

    • 14.04.2025
    • Variety

    The 2025 National Association of Broadcasters Show wrapped last week in Las Vegas, following a busy convention that attracted an estimated 55,000 delegates from the media and entertainment industries.

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    India to release global standards for Digital IDs: MeitY Joint Secy

    • 14.04.2025
    • Medianama

    India will soon release a set of global technology standards for digital IDs, the Joint Secretary for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Sanket Bhondve mentioned during the Global Technology Summit on April 12.

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    Meta AI ‘Piracy’ Lawsuit: Publishers and Professors Challenge Fair Use Defense

    • 14.04.2025
    • Torrent Freak

    As Meta defends its AI training practices in court, major publishers and copyright law experts are weighing in against the company.

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    Social Media Shorts Are the New TV Guide

    • 14.04.2025
    • The Hollywood Reporter

    As legacy media competes with large-scale social platforms, executives must learn how to participate in the creator economy or risk extinction: TikTok-style shorts as a discovery tool can help.

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