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China Ramps Up Coal Power Despite Carbon Neutral Pledges
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Deployteq Ramps Up UK Operation With ‘No-Code’ Marketing Automation Platform
The leading self-service marketing automation provider Deployteq, is targeting growth in the UK market with its user-friendly ‘no code’ platform, putting…
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The US government ramps up its pressure campaign against TikTok
The Biden administration is escalating its pressure campaign against TikTok, threatening a U.S. ban against the world’s most popular app if the company doesn’t split with its Chinese ownership. The current administration’s public concerns around the hit app have ratcheted up considerably in recent days. The Wall Street Journal reported this week that the U.S. […]
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U.S. Justice Department Ramps Up Apple Investigation Amid Antitrust Concerns
As part of the probe, the report claims the Justice Department is looking into Apple’s App Store business practices and whether iOS favors Apple’s own apps and services over those provided by third-party developers and other companies.
Apple declined to comment on the report, but the company has previously denied that it operates anticompetitively and said it welcomes competition on the App Store.
The investigation began in 2019, when the Justice Department inquired about Apple’s policies surrounding the App Store and met with developers to learn more about the App Store’s review process. If the Justice Department chooses to move forward with a complaint, then Apple would face an antitrust lawsuit by the U.S. government.
Apple has been accused of or investigated for anticompetitive practices in several other countries over the past few years, including the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, South Korea, Japan, and more, with many of the complaints related to the App Store. As a result, Apple has been forced to make changes to the App Store in some countries, such as allowing developers to offer alternative payment systems in South Korea.
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As misinformation grows, TikTok ramps up removal of fake accounts
TikTok continues to combat growing concerns around the prevalence of misinformation on the platform by assuring us that it’s fighting the good fight.
According to a new report, TikTok is the fastest growing news source in the UK, with seven percent of people over the age of 18 getting their news from the platform. Additionally, young people are increasingly using the app as a search engine instead of traditional sites like Google. But the latest research report from Newsguard has revealed that 20 percent of search results on TikTok for timely news topics make false and misleading claims.
However, data released by the platform today (Sept. 28) shows that TikTok’s biggest improvement in enforcing community guidelines, which includes the spread of “harmful misinformation,” has been in removing fake accounts. In the past quarter, from April 1 to June 30 of this year, TikTok has removed over 33 million accounts, an increase from the previous quarter of 13 million. TikTok aims to remove accounts that “that seek to mislead people or use TikTok to deceptively sway public opinion.”
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Today’s data also indicated that only .7 percent of the videos removed this quarter were removed because of “integrity and authenticity” — the category that includes harmful misinformation — and “spam and fake account engagement.”
Even though TikTok claims to be stepping up to fight misinformation, they said that last year, too. So what is actually being done to help its users distinguish credible information from disinformation?
The Division Heartland ramps up in 2022 with closed alpha tests
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