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Facebook brings back news after Australian government amends upcoming law

The Verge

Facebook will restore news content to its platform in Australia after the government agreed to amend its proposed News Media Bargaining Code. Facebook and Google have been at loggerheads with the Australian government about an upcoming law that will require them to pay publishers for content shared on their platforms.

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Apple forced to add iPhone and MacBook repairability scores to comply with French law

The Verge

Apple has added iPhone and MacBook repairability scores to its online store in France to comply with a new French law that came into effect this year. The repairability scores are required by a new French law which came into effect on January 1st with new anti-waste legislation. Screenshot: Apple.com.

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Switzerland is forcing government bodies to use open-source software

TechSpot

The new measure, known as EMBAG or the Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Means for the Performance of Government Tasks, was approved in 2023 after years of debate. Switzerland has started requiring all its public organizations to use open-source software. As highlighted by ZDNet, EMBAG is now forcing. Read Entire Article

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New ‘felony streaming’ measure is aimed at piracy services, not Twitch streamers

The Verge

Monday night, Congress approved an over $2 trillion government spending and coronavirus relief package that included a handful of controversial copyright and trademark measures. On its fourth page, the bill outlines what would qualify as felony behavior under the law. A felony streaming bill, authored by Sen.

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Spain moves closer to passing a startup law

TechCrunch

Spain’s government has agreed on the details of a draft startup law — passing the baton to the parliament to debate and potentially amend the plan ahead of a vote to turn it into actual law. Although it remains to be seen how the parliament may amend specific details.

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TikTok says it will stop accessing clipboard content on iOS devices

The Verge

A TikTok spokesperson said in a statement emailed to The Verge on Friday that it had submitted an update to the App Store to remove the feature, which it described as an “anti-spam” measure. million to the Federal Trade Commission over alleged violations of COPPA, a children’s privacy law.

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What is in the Treaty of Marrakesh?

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It’s a nonprofit or government agency that makes accessible copies of Works, and limits distribution of those copies to people with bona fide disabilities, the “Beneficiary Persons,” defined in the next article. This is satisfied by having a law like the Chafee Amendment in the U.S., Technological Protection Measures.

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