The Indian government is preparing grounds to publish a national data governance policy to streamline data collection and its sharing, especially those related to individuals’ personal data even though a separate legislation is proposed through the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019.
The Indian government has ruled out any review of the country’s digital regulations through fresh consultations, dispelling rumours, as well as any changes in the rule that exempts social media intermediaries from liabilities for third-party content on their platforms.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) is all set to launch the online facilitation portal ‘Broadcast Seva Portal’ on April 4, 2022.
Indian streamer ALTBalaji is extending its subscription-video model with a new ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) component.
That Indian pubcaster Doordarshan’s FreeDish is a growing competition to pay TV platforms got reiterated when after some fierce bidding, 63 channels managed to find slots for a year on the free DTH platform.
Big Tech’s power remains a key concern for most Americans.
Variety Intelligence Platform partnered with GetWizer Consumer Insights to ask 1,700 Americans their attitudes around the influence Big Tech has as part of our ongoing “Demographic Divide” series.
As the Asian power's domestic film market mostly thrives, the disappointing box office for Warner Bros.' 'The Batman' and other recent releases suggests a continuing decline in audience enthusiasm for U.S. tentpoles: "China seems to have turned its back on Hollywood."
Dutch anti-piracy group BREIN has obtained a new blocking order in the Netherlands targeting 1337x, LimeTorrents, YTS, RARBG, Kickasstorrents and EZTV. The order was issued against the local ISP Delta but, as a result of a blocking agreement, other ISPs will follow suit. The same order will likely trigger Google to take action as well.
When U.S. actress Natalie Morales carried out a Google search for “Latina teen” in 2019, she described in a tweet that all she encountered was pornography.
Gillian Brockell, Video Editor with The Washington Post, wrote in a piece three years ago: “Dear tech companies, I don't want to see pregnancy ads after having a stillbirth”. The piece highlighted how algorithms drive “targeted advertising” on social media and other apps, thanks to third-party cookies.