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Indonesia revenue-sharing law and Big Tech: Meta refuses to pay for news content shared on its platforms

"Following multiple rounds of consultations with the government, we understand Meta will not be required to pay for news content that publishers voluntarily post to our platforms," said Rafael Frankel, Meta's director of public policy for Southeast Asia. (Image source: Unsplash)

President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo signed a decree requiring digital platforms to pay media outlets that provide them with content.

Google introduces new OpenAI model for individuals and businesses to build on

This is one of three significant fines levied on the company in the past decade. (Representative Image: via Unsplash)

This move is likely to attract software engineers to build on the tech company’s technology and encourage the usage of profitable cloud divisions, highlighted a report.

Instagram launches creator marketplace in eight markets including India

Known as the “adult classifier,” this AI system will analyze various elements within a user’s profile—including their follower list, interactions, and “happy birthday” posts from friends—to estimate the user’s real age.

Instagram’s creator marketplace can help brands easily find relevant creators for any kind of collaboration.

US Supreme Court declines VirnetX’s $502.8 million jury verdict against Apple

“Today Apple is reporting a new June quarter revenue record of $85.8 billion, up 5 percent from a year ago,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO.

There was a 14 year long court battle between Apple and VirnetX over the latter’s internet-security patents.

Indonesia govt issues regulations requiring Meta and Alphabet to pay news media for content

The judge also rejected motions by Meta, ByteDance's TikTok, Google parent Alphabet's YouTube and Snap's SnapChat to dismiss related personal injury lawsuits by individual plaintiffs.

The move is aimed at levelling the playing field between the media industry and big tech companies.

28 organisations write to the European Data Protection Board to oppose Meta’s subscription services

Meta’s subscription privacy model worries organizations as it sets a pay-to-protect precedent.

IPL 2024 ad rush: Lower barriers attract over 1000 brands to digital platforms

As per insiders close to developments, the number of small ticket size deals JioCinema signed last season was upwards of 600 with the smallest deal having a price tag as low as Rs 1 lakh. (Image source: twitter.com/IPL)

Furthermore, CTV (connected television) universe is on a growth trajectory in India, with advertising on CTV going from Rs 450 crores to Rs 1000 crore in 2023.

Will AI be the end of creativity?

Google's AI head Jeff Dean and former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki have also backed the company in a personal capacity. (Representative Image: Steve Johnson via Unsplash)

Biases inherent in AI training data pose a significant concern, writes Fractal’s Bhaskar Roy.

Fact or farce: Why are AdEx projections by Dentsu, GroupM and Madison thousands of crores apart?

New age brands or start-up brands are more driven by looking at the clutter breaking ideas that can help them get traction. But, they don’t really look at things from a long term perspective. (Representative image by Nick Fewings via Unsplash)

Top advertisers said that the divergence in projections is due to differences in digital Adex numbers and agencies’ own vantage and advantage.

Meta bans Facebook, Instagram accounts of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Khamenei's Persian-language account had more than 5.1 million followers, while his English-language account had more than 204,000. Khamenei, who has been in power since the death of his predecessor Ruhollah Khomenei in 1989, previously had accounts suspended on Instagram in 2019, but they were later restored. (Image source: News18)

Ayatollah Khamenei still maintains an account X, formerly Twitter.