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    Modi top influencer; cricket team leads brands’ rankings: Comscore

    • 03.07.2026
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi emerged as the top-performing influencer across social media platforms in India during June 15-21, while the Indian Cricket Team retained the top spot among brands with more than 43.7 million total actions, according to Comscore’s weekly social media rankings. The rankings also showed Modi leading content engagement across Instagram, Facebook and X, highlighting his dominance across major social platforms.

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    European ISPs Want Rightsholders Held Accountable for Overblocking Damage

    • 01.07.2026
    • Torrent Freak

    For years, rightsholders have pushed for broader site blocking orders, with no direct liability if these result in overblocking. EuroISPA, which represents over 3,300 European internet service providers, is now asking the EU Commission to change that. The association points to a series of overblocking incidents in Italy, Spain, and elsewhere, where rightsholders were not held accountable.

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    Japan plans $6.1 billion sovereign AI model, 10 million robots by 2040

    • 01.07.2026
    • Storyboard18

    Japan plans to back a domestic AI model with up to $6.1 billion and expand AI-powered robots to 18 sectors by 2040 as part of efforts to strengthen physical AI and tackle workforce shortages.

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    Samay Raina’s India’s Got Latent returns with an 11-lawyer team. But can comedy be regulated in India?

    • 01.07.2026
    • Storyboard18

    As comedy reaches millions through OTT platforms and social media instead of small club audiences, legal review has become a commercial necessity.

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    Lowdown: New US bill packs child safety, messaging, AI chatbots & gaming into one act

    • 01.07.2026
    • Medianama

    Websites where more than one-third of the content is harmful sexual material for minors would have to introduce age verification measures to block underage users, while social media platforms, AI chatbot providers, and online gaming services would face a separate set of child safety obligations under the broader Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act, which the US House of Representatives passed on Monday.

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    Disney’s India streaming losses narrow, but investment keeps flowing

    • 01.07.2026
    • Indian Television

    JioStar parent adds Rs 123 crore, taking FY25 outlay past Rs 3,800 crore

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    UK intervention in WBD-Paramount merger may hold up deal

    • 01.07.2026
    • Indian Broadcasting World

    Britain said yesterday it could intervene in Paramount Skydance Corp’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), potentially holding up the $110 billion deal ‌after the US and China gave it the green light.

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    Tourism Ministry and Google India collaborate on digital tools, travel insights and skills training

    • 01.07.2026
    • BestMediaInfo

    The partnership will focus on travel trend insights, Google Maps integration, digital content creation and capacity building to support the Ministry's tourism initiatives

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    Reliance’s secret ‘Project Jupiter’ leads to $4 bn Jio IPO filing

    • 01.07.2026
    • MSN

    Reliance ran ‘Project Jupiter’ for nearly a year, limiting knowledge to top executives and bankers, and avoiding digital records to keep the IPO plan secret.

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    EU AI Act Reset: More Time, Same Compliance Reality

    • 01.07.2026
    • Baker Botts

    The Council of the European Union has now given its final green light to a targeted package of amendments to the EU AI Act, marking a decisive shift from framework-setting to implementation. The changes—part of the “Omnibus VII” simplification agenda—aim to reduce regulatory friction while preserving the Act’s risk-based architecture.

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