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Ivorian startup Afrikrea partners with DHL and Visa to launch SaaS e-commerce platform ANKA – TechCrunch

In 2016, Ivorian e-commerce startup Afrikrea started as a marketplace for African-based and inspired clothing, accessories, arts, and crafts. Over…

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UK’s Digital Markets Unit starts work on pro-competition reforms

A new UK public body that will be tasked with helping regulate the most powerful companies in the digital sector…

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Watch Sacha Baron Cohen skewer Zuckerberg’s “twisted logic” on hate speech and fakes – TechCrunch

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has waded into the debate about social media regulation. In an award-acceptance speech to the Anti…

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Disinformation ‘works better than censorship,’ warns internet freedom report – TechCrunch

A rise in social media surveillance, warrantless searches of travelers’ devices at the border, and the continued spread of disinformation…

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UK quietly ditches porn age checks in favor of wider online harms rules – TechCrunch

A controversial UK government scheme to introduce mandatary age checks for accessing online pornography has been dropped — for now….

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The portrait of an avatar as a young artist – TechCrunch

LaTurbo was early to exploring these questions of identity and experimenting with telepresence. She has shape-shifted across media types, spending time…

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Reps from DHS, the FBI and the ODNI met with tech companies at Facebook to talk election security – TechCrunch

Representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland…

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Reports say White House has drafted an order putting the FCC in charge of monitoring social media – TechCrunch

In the executive order, the White House says it received more than 15,000 complaints about censorship by the technology platforms….

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Facebook can be told to cast a wider net to find illegal content, says EU court advisor – TechCrunch

How much of an obligation should social media platforms be under to hunt down illegal content? An influential advisor to…

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UK Internet attitudes study finds public support for social media regulation – TechCrunch

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has published a new joint report and stat-fest on Internet attitudes and usage with the national…