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We keep an eye out for the most interesting stories about Labby subjects: digital media, startups, the web, journalism, strategy, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately.
The New York Times / Katrin Bennhold / May 21, 2018
“Germany, home to a tough new online hate speech law, has become a laboratory for one of the most pressing issues for governments today: how and whether to regulate the world’s biggest social network. Banned posts, pictures and videos have routinely lingered on Facebook and other social media platforms. Now companies that systematically fail to remove ‘obviously illegal’ content within 24 hours face fines of up to 50 million euros.”
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