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Brazil is using the law to push innovation, but here’s how it can do more

The Next Web

operations for Brazil-based Movile , a mobile platform for content and commerce. This is a step forward for the Good Law—which has already helped Brazil a lot—but private business and government need to start doing more to truly help launch Brazil’s mobile potential. What’s good about the “Good Law”.

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Google threatens to remove its search engine from Australia if new law goes into effect

The Verge

Google is threatening to pull its search engine from an entire country — Australia — if a proposed law goes into effect that would force Google to pay news publishers for their content. “If The ACCC believes the proposed law addresses “a significant bargaining power imbalance between Australian news media businesses and Google and Facebook.”

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Brazil regulator fines Apple $2 million for not including chargers with iPhone 12

The Verge

A spokesman for the agency said Apple “needs to respect these laws and these institutions.”. The agency also accused the company of failing to help customers who had “problems with some functions” on their iPhones following updates. The fine does not seem like it would be particularly troubling for Apple, which had $111.4

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Brazil court orders Apple to sell iPhones with chargers for the third time

TechSpot

It ruled, for the third time in Brazil, that Apple had violated consumer law by selling iPhones without chargers and ordered the Cupertino company to reverse its unpopular policy. The Sao Paulo state court handed down a R$100 million ($19 million) decision against Apple on Thursday. Apple said that it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). The concept of TIs uses U.S.

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Google lobbies Australian users against plans to make it pay for news

The Verge

Australia’s proposed News Media Bargaining Code law, which is currently in draft and targets Facebook alongside Google, follows a 2019 inquiry in Australia that found the tech giant to be taking a disproportionately large share of online advertising revenue, even though much of their content came from media organizations.

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Short video platform Kuaishou to bet on the Middle East, North Africa, and Brazil markets: report

TechNode

In addition to the Middle East, the TikTok rival is also eyeing expansion in North Africa and Brazil, where Jin said the company has a great opportunity, with people there sharing similarities with Kuaishous users at home: people love to watch good quality content, engage with each other, and purchase products or services online.