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TikTok pulls out of Hong Kong due to new security law

The Verge

TikTok says it will stop offering its social video app in Hong Kong after the region adopted a new national security law granting expanded powers to the mainland Chinese government. “In TikTok was also banned in India last week alongside dozens of other Chinese apps amid increased tensions between the countries.

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The Road to Accessibility without Borders: Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As a long-time advocate for a global copyright exception and the founder of Benetech—which I started twenty-five years ago in order to make technology tools to address the needs of people with print disabilities—I was thrilled to become an active player in global diplomacy and witness the adoption and signing of this landmark Treaty.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The treaty does a lot of things, but let me highlight a few: • A global norm that there be copyright exceptions that allow for the making of accessible versions of copyrighted works for free on a nonprofit basis by a broad range of people or organizations, without having to get permission from the rightsholders.

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Daily Crunch: Citing ‘global market uncertainties,’ Sea flatlines Shopee India

TechCrunch

Sea’s Shopee closes India operations : Singapore’s Sea is closing down its Shopee e-commerce business in India, but not for the reason you may think.

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My remarks just made at WIPO today

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We now have global permissions for around 8,000 copyrighted books out of our 70,000. •

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Twitter unblocks Indian politicians’ accounts after suspending them for violating disclosure law

The Verge

Twitter has reinstated the accounts of several politicians in India’s opposition party, which were suspended after party leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted a photo of himself with the parents of a girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in New Delhi, Reuters reported.

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Ask Sophie: What’s the fastest green card if we are from India or China?

TechCrunch

Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on X Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives.

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