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This Week in Payments: Amazon’s Growth Slows, Competing Platforms Give Sellers More Options and the Metaverse Continues to Seek Applications
This Week in Payments: Amazon’s Growth Slows, Competing Platforms Give Sellers More Options and the...
February 04, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

With Amazon reporting its earnings this week, there was much news about eCommerce, competing platforms and the challenges around supply chain, inventory and fulfillment. The...

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EMEA Daily: Social Media Giants Join Forces to Fight Germany’s Tough Online Hate Speech Rule; Regulators Find Europe’s AdTech Sector Broke Privacy Rules
EMEA Daily: Social Media Giants Join Forces to Fight Germany’s Tough Online Hate Speech Rule;...
February 03, 2022  |  International

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, four social media giants are suing the German government over its online hate speech law,...

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Facebook Loses Ground to TikTok, YouTube as Use of Video Apps Surges
Facebook Loses Ground to TikTok, YouTube as Use of Video Apps Surges
February 03, 2022  |  Facebook

News from Meta that daily active users (DAUs) on its flagship Facebook platform fell by 1 million through the fourth quarter of 2021 begs the...

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Social Media Mega Firms Join Forces to Fight Germany’s Tough Online Hate Speech Rule
Social Media Mega Firms Join Forces to Fight Germany’s Tough Online Hate Speech Rule
February 03, 2022  |  Legal

Rival social media giants Facebook (Meta), TikTok, Twitter and YouTube have united to sue the German government over its strengthened online hate speech law, Politico...

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ByteDance Launches Non-Metaverse Virtual World
ByteDance Launches Non-Metaverse Virtual World
January 28, 2022  |  Metaverse

TikTok owner ByteDance has launched an app in China that lets users explore and interact in a virtual community. Just don’t call it a metaverse....

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Creator Economy Appears More Kinetic Than World Economy as Monetization Roars
Creator Economy Appears More Kinetic Than World Economy as Monetization Roars
January 26, 2022  |  Connected Economy

As would-be moguls of 21st century entertainment, content creators are tapping into new ways of monetizing their work — once a nearly impossible task that’s...

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EU Parliament Approves Digital Service Act Targeting Big Tech
EU Parliament Approves Digital Service Act Targeting Big Tech
January 20, 2022  |  Big Tech

The European Parliament approved on Thursday (Jan. 20), with 530 votes in favor, 78 against and 80 abstentions, the Digital Service Act (DSA). This bill...

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TikTok Sets 2022 Target of $12B in Sales
TikTok Sets 2022 Target of $12B in Sales
January 13, 2022  |  Social Commerce

After taking in close to $4 billion in advertising revenue in 2021, TikTok is planning to reach triple that number in 2022. As the Chinese...

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Beyond Likes, Social Commerce Potential and Pitfalls Reach New Heights
Beyond Likes, Social Commerce Potential and Pitfalls Reach New Heights
December 28, 2021  |  Retail

Liking a post on social media. That’s so last year, or so people will perhaps be saying, once 2022 is officially underway. This as 2021...

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