Exclusive: Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki on Threats Posed by Russia, China and Big Tech
By Josh Hammer and Matthew Tyrmand
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Under the leadership of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland has taken a decidedly nationalist turn, winning high praise among many Western conservatives but scorn among some progressives. Like many of its peer countries in the Visegrad Group and the Three Seas Initiative, Poland sits at the crossroads of the Western Europe/German-centric hub of pro-European Union sentiment to the west, and the broader umbrella of Vladimir Putin-led Russian influence to the east. Poland under Morawiecki is uniquely positioned as both strongly pro-EU and strongly pro-America.
The Power Politics Behind Twitter versus Government of India
The new IT Rules hand the Indian state a vital legal weapon in the gradually escalating battle with Big Tech companies.
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Hours before May 26, 2021, the day on which the new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 came into force, there was a slew of media reports and posts on social networking sites and messaging services that platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook would be banned the next day.
Aside from some Indian platforms like Koo, most large social networking sites had not yet complied with the requirements under the IT Rules, 2021. Days after May 26, some platforms have publicly announced that they are taking steps to comply with the new rules, while at least one platform has challenged the constitutional validity of some provisions of the IT Rules, 2021.
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Australia s Seven West Media signs Google, Facebook deals after media law feud
Australia passed legislation requiring Big Tech to pay for news generated by local media companies. (Photo: AFP/Denis Charlet)
03 May 2021 12:08PM (Updated:
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SYDNEY: Australian television and newspaper firm Seven West Media signed multi-year content deals with Facebook and Google as tough new media laws enabled the industry to secure new revenue sources and adapt to the Internet age.
The top-rating free-to-air broadcaster and publisher of Perth city s main metro daily said on Monday (May 3) that it would supply content for the Alphabet unit s News Showcase platform for five years and to a similar Facebook product for three. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.