Aggression against Australia unites much of the world against social media giant
Regulators and legislators will now fashion axes, knives, stilettos and cleavers
It ll take time but Facebook will be filleted
So, the ageing and overweening wunderkind Mark Zuckerberg has made his bed and now he ll have to lie in it. Facebook s (for which read Zuckerberg s) bullying decision to prevent the posting and sharing of news in Australia and the accompanying unfortunately inadvertent blocking of Australian government and other websites relating to emergency services such as health, police and fire webpages showed that Facebook is a global monopoly power quite willing to use its vast resources to subvert and nullify laws enacted by a freely elected democratic government.
Britain will bring in legislation this year to empower its broadcast regulator to oversee new rules imposing a legal duty of care on online platforms, with a focus on protecting children
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ROME, ITALY - DECEMBER 02: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Chair, Gavi, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, speaks at the Fortune + Time Global Forum 2016 on December 2, 2016 in Rome, Italy. History in Motion as First African Woman Set to Head the WTO
Nigeria s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is set to become the first African woman ever to be at the helm of the World Trade Organisation in it s entire 25-year history.
Nigeria s Dr
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is reportedly set to become the head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This comes after South Korea s Trade Minister
Yoo Myung-hee, who was also a finalist for the top WTO position, announced that she planned to withdraw from the race this past Friday. Hence, as the only remaining finalist, and with the recently-elected Biden-Harris administration having endorsed her candidacy, Okonjo-Iweala, will become both the first African and first woman to ever helm