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A white supremacist who killed a woman when he rammed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville has been fined for allegedly threatening a correctional officer and brandishing what an…
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Turkiye’s Radio and Television Supreme Council, the government telecommunications regulator known as RTUK, fined three TV channels on Wednesday over critical coverage of the response to earthquakes that hit the country. Halk TV, Tele 1…
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British police said on Tuesday they would be recommending an initial 20 fixed penalty notices are issued over breaches of coronavirus lockdown rules at gatherings in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s offices and residence. Police are…
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Russia will continue slowing down the speed of Twitter on mobile devices until all content deemed illegal is deleted, state communications regulator Roskomnadzor told Reuters, as Moscow continues to make demands of Big Tech. Russian…
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Russia fined Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday for not deleting banned content, adding to a slew of penalties the government has already imposed on foreign tech giants. Russia has been tightening controls over US-based tech companies and…
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South Korea’s antitrust watchdog fined Google nearly $180 million on Tuesday for abusing its dominance in the mobile operating systems and app markets, it said, the latest in a series of regulatory moves against tech giants around the…
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A Moscow court on Tuesday fined Alphabet Inc’s Google a total of 10.5 million roubles ($142,877) for violating Russian rules on banned content. The penalty comes amid a wider stand-off between Russia and Big Tech companies. Russia has…
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The Italian Competition Supervisory Authority stated that it fined Facebook 7 million euros for failing to comply with a request to correct improper business practices in its handling of user data. "The current investigation proved that…
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