Disinformation & Social Media

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Facebook, YouTube and Twitter removed from their platforms on Tuesday a Covid-19 disinformation video that was very popular in the United States . President Trump and his son shared it on their Twitter accounts . The platform responded by temporarily throttling Donald Trump Jr.'s account . How this Covid-19 disinformation video went viral . Following a decision by the Brazilian courts, Twitter and Facebook are blocking accounts of Bolsonaro supporters as part of an investigation into an alleged disinformation campaign .

Media Revenue, Google & Facebook – Australia to Force Facebook and Google to Pay for Media Content . The government has just unveiled the code of conduct that requires Google and Facebook to share advertising revenue from media content. If companies fail to comply with the rules of the code, they can face fines of up to €6 million per violation, 10% of turnover or three times the profits obtained .

This week in France

Neighboring rights of the press: a Franco-German alliance against Google
“Healthy public media are a strength for democracies”
Téléfoot and Netflix announce a bundle offer at 29.90 euros
French radio stations unite to launch an app to launch a “Netflix of audio”
Cafeyn integrates Blendle to impose its “press streaming” model
TF1: results weighed down by the crisis but less than expected
Fight against fake news: the CSA publishes its first report
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Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Facebook report $28 billion in Q2 profits
Tencent overtakes Facebook on the stock market, taking $200 billion in one year
Spotify nears 300 million active users
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