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A new regulator, the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) has just launched in the UK and will oversee tech giants such as Facebook and Google to ensure they do not exploit their market dominance to push out new competition. The regulator is a unit within the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and …
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Ministers in the UK government are facing a legal challenge from campaigners over their use of self-destructing WhatsApp messages who say that it is undemocratic, prevents transparency and that it may block ministers being held to account. Ministers have been sending such messages on both …
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Reddit has created an online storm after being accused of censorship of their users. A number of the website's most popular Subreddits including r/Music, r/iphone and r/pokemongo have set their status to private due to a concern that Reddit is censoring users from posting about a former minor …
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NFTs or non-fungible tokens to give them their full name have hit the headlines recently and they have been touted to be the saviour of the art and music industries. Could they really be the revolution that makes creativity more profitable and how does it impact IP law? What are NFTs? A …
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Following a lengthy court battle, Uber has now conceded defeat in their battle to classify drivers as self-employed. The UK supreme court had rejected their appeal which meant that drivers would be classified as workers entitling them to minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions which Uber has said it …
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