Online Desk : Australia on Friday moved a step closer to introducing pioneering legislation that would force tech giants to pay for sharing news content, a move that could change how people…
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Facebook disrupted in Myanmar
Online Desk : Facebook services in Myanmar were disrupted on Thursday, days after the army seized power, as UN chief Antonio Guterres warned the world must rally to ensure the military putsch…
Google seals content payment deal with French news publishers
Online desk ; Google and a French publishers’ lobby have said they had agreed to a copyright framework for the US tech giant to pay news publishers for content online, in a…
Google threatens to withdraw search engine from Australia
Online desk ; Google has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia over the nation’s attempt to make the tech giant share royalties with news publishers. Australia is introducing a world-first…
Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants
Online desk : US President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11…
US asks Australia to scrap proposed laws to make Facebook, Google pay for news
Online desk ; The U.S. government has asked Australia to repeal a proposed law that would make it the first country in the world to force Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc Google…
US wants Australia to drop news payment plan for tech giants
Online Desk ; The United States wants Australia to abandon its plan to force Google and Facebook to pay media outlets for their news content, saying there could be “long-lasting negative consequences”…
Samsung chief jailed for 2.5yrs over graft scandal
Online desk ; The de facto chief of South Korea’s Samsung business empire was convicted Monday over a huge corruption scandal and jailed for two and a half years, in a ruling…
Twitter says White House accounts will be transferred to Biden admin
Online desk ; Twitter Inc on Thursday said it will transfer institutional White House Twitter accounts to Biden administration when the U.S. President-elect swears in on January 20, reports Reuters. Twitter said…
Freedom ends when someone spreads falsehoods, hurt others: Joy
online desk : Prime Minister’s ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said everyone has the right to freedom of speech, but that freedom ends when someone spreads falsehoods that end up hurting…
Facebook has to comply with Bangladesh’s law: Jabbar
Online Desk : Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Monday asked social networking giant Facebook to comply with the law of Bangladesh by abstaining from publishing any rumor, propaganda or false…
ICT project works have to be done on time: Palak
Online desk : State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak MP said on Thursday that all project works have to be completed on time maintaining quality. The implementation review meeting of…