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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) wants the Competition Commission to impose an unassailable obligation on Google, Meta and X to give more prominence to trustworthy news content on their platforms.
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Reporters Without Borders wants big techs to give more prominence to trustworthy news content on platforms

The media freedom group said a provisional report by the Competition Commission in February ‘clearly recognises journalism’s value in the content circulating on online platforms’

There is nothing inherently magical about a newspaper. Socially, sure, the beautiful thing about a physical copy is that it can be shared, passed around and collectively leafed through. But that’s not what makes it great.
South Africa’s youngest news consumers are disengaging from traditional journalism.

Editorial: Support uncaptured journalism

The Competition Commission’s findings regarding search engines and social media platforms is positive, but the media’s salvation lies with its readers

Microsoft says search is sick, Bing is the cure

Microsoft is inventing a malady for which its web search site, Bing, is the only cure. That’s the premise of the -million, four-month ad campaign.

Listing scandal hits Chinese internet giant

Internet giant Baidu has promised to overhaul its operations after accusations it allowed unlicensed medical services to buy high search rankings.

What do you search for on the internet?

Google provides insight into the web-search habits of South Africans and users around the world, writes Craig Rodney.

Googling is good for geriatrics

A team of United States researchers has found that searching the internet stimulates brain activity in the elderly and middle-aged.

Teaching words to computers

The internet got smarter this week with the release of a semantic map that teaches computers the meanings behind words.

Ex-Google brainiacs launch rival search engine

A group of former Google engineers on Monday launched a rival internet search engine, Cuil.

Yahoo! reaches deal with Icahn to end proxy battle

Yahoo! announced on Monday it has reached an agreement with corporate raider Carl Icahn, ending his effort to oust the internet giant’s board.