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AI will alter US digital ad industry

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UNITED STATES

This segment of the advertising industry faces formidable challenges, from growing privacy-related impediments to targeted advertising to the emergence of ad networks run by…

AI 'companions' will become common

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INT

They are represented by realistic-looking human avatars, with whom people can form one-to-one social relationships. Today, the number of people with such AI companions likely…

Social media fragmentation raises disinformation risks

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INT

One driving factor of this risk is that in 2024 over 4 billion people -- around half the world's population -- will be able to vote in elections. These polls will take place at a…

Valuing online choices can aid policymakers’ decisions

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INTERNATIONAL

Quantifying digital consumption.

Big tech's anti-Trump activism to have limited impact

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INT

Facebook has indefinitely suspended Trump from its main platform and Instagram, while Twitter has done so permanently for his role in instigating violence at US Capitol Hill on…

Philippines anti-crime push will expand

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PHILIPPINES

The president focused on his administration's anti-illegal narcotics purge, a campaign that is raising human rights concerns domestically and globally.

Balkanisation of the internet will rise

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INTERNATIONAL

This intervention is an inevitable consequence of the maturing of the digital economy and the fact that countries have different regulatory preferences. China was the first to do…

US s-commerce will grow fast, following Asia’s lead

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INTERNATIONAL

Both -- especially s-commerce -- look poised for significant growth as consumers turn to social media for product discovery and purchase, and businesses adapt to a retail channel…

Fact-checking on social media will not curb falsehoods

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INTERNATIONAL

Falsehoods on social media

Indonesia tightens rules as digital economy booms

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INDONESIA

The value is expected to increase to USD146bn by 2025, growing at an average of 20% per year. Such projections cast a sharp spotlight on Indonesia’s regulatory framework for the…