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The music, TV, movies, and gaming industries are at an all time high thanks to the internet
The only drop in consumer spending when it comes to entertainment industry had to do with the 2008 financial crisis.
PayPal now wants sellers to pay a fee, even if the transaction gets refunded
PayPal has said that anyone who disagrees with any of their new terms is free to close their account.
Facebook will be changing its terms of service following discussions with the European Commission
The changes will clarify how consumer data is used and remove confusing legalistic jargon.
China considers an end to Bitcoin mining
Apparently, they’re concerned of wasting too many natural resources (read: electricity), and thus polluting the environment.
PewDiePie signs exclusive deal with decentralized blockchain-based live streaming platform DLive
PewDiePie’s first stream will be on April 14 and he says that he’ll be streaming on DLive “very frequently.”
The activist group that campaigned for the banning of Faith Goldy from Facebook now want Yellow Vest group banned
The Yellow Vest group are a group that originated in France, motivated by rising fuel prices, the high cost of living, and claims that a disproportionate burden of the government’s tax reforms were falling on the working and middle classes.
Indie social platform Micro.blog now allows video uploads
You may upload video files smaller than 45Mb which is about 55-65 seconds of 720P video.
Most people underestimate how much Google actually tracks them, new survey shows
The privacy scandals of Silicon Valley tech companies over the last few years have managed to turn the attention of their consumers towards privacy and data management.
T-Mobile blocks 22 “piracy” related websites, worries it’s now violating net neutrality rules
The company does not want to go against a court decision, but blocking these websites may break net neutrality.
Google quietly removes “sort by date” feature from search results
Many people used this feature to override Google Searches’ algorithmic recommendations and get date based view of the search results.
Even the UK’s own data watchdog doesn’t abide by GDPR rules, new report says
ICO’s privacy notice remains “under construction.”
Singapore is the latest country to use the pretense of “fake news” to implement censorship
The new law looks to be designed to “shoot first and ask questions later.”