The disappearance of the swipe-up in stories on Instagram, a future headache for influencer marketing players

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Why use artificial intelligence to write advertisements?
The New York Times makes a third of its newsletters accessible only to subscribers.
Medium to Start Paying 50% of Subscription Revenue to Creators
IMMERSION, 360, VR, AR

Breonna's Garden: An AR experience dedicated to memory
Why is Twitter XR rebelling against the word “Metaverse”?
The stunning closing show of the Tokyo Olympics was in augmented reality


Ariana Grande's songs streamed massively after her Fortnite concert


VIDEO GAMES, eSPORT

Infographic: The best-selling home consoles in history
Blizzard made game developers rock stars. Their behavior naturally deteriorated.
How the American Far Right Made Itself a Place on Steam and Discord
On the streaming platform Twitch, the revision of subscription prices worries creators
5G, 8K

The race for 5G networks in Africa is part of US efforts to reduce Huawei's dominance.
Huawei drops 5G for its new P50 phones due to US sanctions
Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony tops 8K downloads on piracy sites.
TECH, STARTUPS, INNOVATION, DIGITAL TRANSFO

Racket joins trend of journalist-owned media startups
Digital media investment slows sharply in the United States
New Zealand, the refuge of Silicon Valley billionaires who fear the apocalypse
TOOLS

How Figma Became the World's Most Popular $10 Billion Design Startup
OpenAI launches Codex, a software that translates English into computer code, in private beta
How to add your health pass as a widget on iPhone, Android and Apple Watch
ES with Kati Bremme & Mathilde Caubel Vagabond Links: Twitch needs to step up its moderation game
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August 21, 2021
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#TwitchDoBetter – For the past week, thousands of angry streamers have been using the hashtag #Twitchdobetter on Twitter to call on the platform to give them more tools to fight against hateful comments and harassment . This hashtag, accompanied by several petitions and excerpts from streams where creators showed their live reactions to the “Hate Raids” they have been subjected to. These waves of hateful messages often target minority streamers, even if the channel is widely followed and has several moderators; which pushes creators to tinker with techniques to stop them . Twitch responded at the end of the week on Twitter (below) by promising to improve the platform to better filter chats and detect accounts that circumvent the “channel ban” to harass certain streamers .



Facebook/Afghanistan – In the midst of political upheaval, Afghans are clinging to social media as a lifeline . They represent a last means of bearing witness; particularly for Afghan journalists , who are particularly at risk . But social media also represents a major risk for the Afghan population, which is openly opposing the Taliban, who use it to monitor or threaten their opponents . Facebook has therefore decided to implement measures to help vulnerable Afghans protect their accounts , such as the ability to hide friends lists, for example. But Facebook must also deal with the Taliban’s use of its WhatsApp messaging app to communicate with Afghans . Even if Facebook takes measures to block Taliban accounts or close groups that they have created , this use remains difficult to quantify and the discussions are very difficult to access to have an effective impact . The Taliban are now accusing Facebook of infringing on their freedom of expression .



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This week in France

Netflix increases its prices in France
CSA contacted after broadcast of Unplanned on C8
Samuel Étienne will resume his morning Twitch show in September
3 FIGURES

Half a billion subscribers for the trio of streaming giants : Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+

One third of major international companies have been victims of at least one ransomware attack in the last 12 months

$10 Billion – Reddit’s Valuation Continues to Rise as Network Considers IPO

CHART OF THE WEEK

Infographic: The World's Top 10 Gaming Markets | StatistaYou will find more infographics at Statista

OUR BEST READS / WORTH YOUR TIME / LONG READ

Genesis of an information ecosystem where disinformation sells
GTP-3 AI Can Write Instead of Professional Authors…and It’s Very Realistic
"Europe is active in defending its industry and innovations, but this is not visible in the field of technology"
DISRUPTION, DISLOCATION, GLOBALIZATION

Regina Honu, the Ghanaian developer who is teaching thousands of young girls to code
International investors are turning away from Chinese tech giants one after another
Workers in developing countries are making a living playing the blockchain game Axie Infinity.
GAFA / BATX

UK may call on Facebook to split Giphy
Everything that will change on the Google Play Store
Epic Games accuses Google of paying companies to maintain its monopoly
Google's masquerade over paying its taxes in France
DATA, TRUST, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, DISINFORMATION

China to introduce its own data protection regulations
Massive T-Mobile data breach exposes 5.3 million additional customers' information
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS

"Nvidia's acquisition of Arm could create real problems," concludes the British regulator
Several groups are calling on Apple to abandon its plan to detect child abuse photos on its devices.
Facebook Sued Again by FTC for Anti-Competitive Practices
JOURNALISM

New Tool Lets NPR Track Source Diversity in Real Time
Snopes Co-Founder Published Dozens of Plagiarized Articles on His Fact-Checking Site
Twitter is testing a subscription button for “Revue” newsletters on profile pages

It's here

Today, we're starting to test a feature that allows people to subscribe to your Revue newsletter directly from your Twitter profile.

It's available to all Revue creators immediately. To start though, your newsletters will show only for a test group on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/YDa1aOGeLM

— Revue (@revue) August 19, 2021


STORYTELLING, NEW FORMATS

DC Comics Universe Comes Digital Thanks to New Deal with HYBE and Webtoon
Being transported by augmented reality…for the ears?
ENVIRONMENT

What is Amazon's carbon impact?
Tesla claims to recycle 100% of its batteries, but the reality is not so simple
Global warming is clouding future horizons


SOCIAL NETWORKS / MESSAGING

Fresh calls for TikTok ban in US following Beijing's stock purchase
Twitter announces features to help users better report misinformation
OnlyFans to Ban Sexually Explicit Content From Platform… But Not Nudity
#Bamarush: When Alabama Sorority Recruitment Week Invades TikTok Trends


STREAMING, OTT, SVOD

Comcast and Viacom join forces to better compete with Netflix in Europe
“Nestflix” is a Netflix for fake movies and shows derived from the originals.
Netflix Offers First Look at Series Following Inspiration4 Space Mission


AUDIO, PODCAST, TERMINALS

Facebook Messenger audio and video calls are now end-to-end encrypted
Android Auto: Google tests music and podcast suggestions
Twitter makes it easier for other apps to direct to its Spaces
Spotify Expands Its “DJ” Format That Combines Music and Talk to All Creator Accounts
DATA, AUTOMATION, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BLOCKCHAIN

Vine creator is now working on blockchain NFT video games
What is the “fan token” with which Messi will be partly remunerated by PSG?
OpenAI Codex Makes Coding As Easy As Talking to a Smart Speaker

MONETIZATION, BUSINESS MODEL, ADVERTISING

In New Ad Council Campaign, Pope Francis Implores Faithful to Get Vaccinated Against Covid-19
Advertising rebound, subscriber growth: the Anglo-Saxon press is holding out
In which countries are cryptocurrencies most used?
IMMERSION, 360, VR, AR

We tested… Horizon Workrooms, Facebook’s new virtual reality application
Roblox struggles to moderate recreations of shootings on its platform
When VR allows you to travel through time and space
VIDEO GAMES, eSPORT

“We want to become the TikTok of video games”: Playbyte is preparing an application to create and share your own games
China should tighten controls on video games that 'distort history': CNR
After Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft Singapore sued for discrimination and sexual harassment
Among Us developers lament Fortnite's massive copying of their game
5G, 8K

GM and AT&T partner to bring 5G to Chevy, Cadillac and GMC by 2024
Half a billion 5G users in China
6G is not a distant dream: it could arrive as early as 2030
TECH, STARTUPS, INNOVATION, DIGITAL TRANSFO

CES 2022 to Require Proof of Vaccination for Attendees and Exhibitors
Facebook's plea for authorization of its digital wallet Novi
Microsoft invests in Indian startup Oyo, valued at $9.6 billion
TOOLS

Google Calendar will allow you to save your work locations to make it easier to organize meetings in the office
Snapchat Trends: a tool to follow current trends
Adobe acquires collaborative video editing tool Frame.io


ES with Kati Bremme & Mathilde Caubel Stray links: App Store, a business model to be sold off?
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August 28, 2021
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TO REMEMBER THIS WEEK:

App Store Monopoly – South Korea, United States, Europe, United Kingdom: Legal and legislative initiatives are proliferating to force Apple – and to a lesser extent Google – to fundamentally change the rules for distributing mobile apps . Apple avoided a new legal battle with app developers this week by making a major concession on the rules for using its app store. The company announced a series of changes to its App Store policies . Apple will also create a $100 million fund to pay developers . A judge’s decision in a more high-profile dispute with Epic Games is still awaited. In Asia, South Korea ’s competition authority is also attacking the App Store “monopoly . ”

Apple and News – Apple also announced a new program for news publishers: the News Partner Program . For the vast majority of news organizations, Apple’s share of a subscription sold on an iPhone will now drop from 30% to 15% if they join Apple News. But is the presence of newsrooms compatible with the antitrust lawsuits that Apple is currently embroiled in in the United States and abroad? The all-seeing “i”: Apple has just declared war on your privacy . Tim Cook’s incredible decade at the helm of Apple .



Tesla Bot – Elon Musk has presented a humanoid robot with car AI . A publicity stunt in a few slides and a human disguised as a robot on the occasion of Tesla AI Day or a real project? We will probably have to wait a long time before receiving our bread and milk via the Tesla Bot, but, according to Musk, a prototype will probably be ready next year…

This week in France

France Télévisions announces Les Révélateurs: visual fact-checking and the fight against deepfakes

3 FIGURES

More than a billion dollars – that's the amount for which the Politico website was sold to Axel Springer – the reasons for this acquisition

Cryptocurrencies: a market worth more than 2,000 billion dollars, including 887 billion for Bitcoin

+31.9% in the UK for digital publishing revenues according to AOP and Deloitte (+49% for subscription revenues)

CHART OF THE WEEK

Infographic: Global App Spending Set For Another Record Year | StatistaMore charts on Statista

OUR BEST READS / WORTH YOUR TIME / LONG READ

Facebook and the Metaverse: What You Need to Know
The crisis in the film industry is existential
How video game technology transformed artificial intelligence
Politico, Vice, and the History of Digital News
Why Quartz is strengthening its presence in newsletters
Twitter's Long-Format Strategy
DISRUPTION, DISLOCATION, GLOBALIZATION

Snapchat turns its camera into a search engine

TikTok will allow you to sell products directly in the app
Semiconductors: World leader TSMC to sharply raise prices
Towards the 3-day work week

Elon Musk is right about the future of work, these 3 statistics prove it pic.twitter.com/5sKLZVh0eh

— Business Insider France (@bifrance) August 26, 2021


GAFA / BATX

Apple makes major concessions on the App Store
In India, Facebook launches microcredit for businesses
Didi slows down its development in Europe for at least a year
While waiting for cryptocurrency, Novi, Facebook's digital wallet ready to launch
DATA, TRUST, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, DISINFORMATION

Reddit Refuses to Better Moderate Covid-19 Misinformation
Microsoft fixes major security flaw in its cloud
Tech giants pledge to improve US cybersecurity
Disinformation: Facebook buried a report that risked tarnishing its image
Harvard Study: Even After Being Reported, Misinformation Continues to Spread, Especially on Facebook and Reddit
Facebook wants to form an elections committee
What Netflix Data Reveals About You
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS

Data protection: London wants its own legislation after Brexit
JOURNALISM

Kabul 2021 / Saigon 1975: the issue behind the images of child evacuations
What can journalists do about the “reality crisis”?
How the NYT Covered the Kabul Bombing
Why Publishers Should Focus on Qualitative Statistics Over Generic Analytics


STORYTELLING, NEW FORMATS

Radio Canada's coverage of an election campaign launched overnight
Focus on the best storytelling formats: On the Internets #20 — “We are not square, we are hexagonal”
ENVIRONMENT

These “greentrolls” are tackling climate misinformation on social media with memes
SOCIAL NETWORKS / MESSAGING

OnlyFans platform reverses decision to ban sexual content
News articles represent only a tiny fraction of the content that US Facebook users viewed in their feed, according to the Facebook Transparency Report Q2/21
Taliban's Well-Practiced Propaganda on Social Media
TikTok is testing longer videos, from 5 to 10 minutes
STREAMING, OTT, SVOD

Netflix has discovered clickbait
Nielsen Overtaken, NBCU Plans to Expand Audience Measurement System
Hollywood concerned about piracy surge
Digiday: This fall, TV networks, broadcasters and advertising will see the return of television
France Channel, the first SVOD service dedicated to France, launched in the United States
DATA, AUTOMATION, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BLOCKCHAIN

Too many AI researchers think real-world problems are irrelevant
Chinese chatbot against heartbreak
Facial recognition gains ground in the United States
DeviantArt Uses AI to Prevent NFT Thefts
Is AI regulation a brake on innovation?
Artificial intelligence competes with computer programmers


MONETIZATION, BUSINESS MODEL, ADVERTISING

Forbes Plans to Go Public Via SPAC
Publishers are leveraging blockchain technology for new revenue opportunities, such as sponsorship sales
Google clarifies its method for generating titles in SERPs
Publishers are increasingly limiting free access to gambling data europe their newsletters, to encourage conversion and subscriber retention
VIDEO GAMES, eSPORT

Microsoft to launch cloud gaming service on Xbox consoles
“Netflix Gaming” is not a streaming service
Google (Secretly) Considered Bringing Games to Mac
5G, 8K

Telecoms: the race for 6G has already begun
How 5G edge computing will transform the fan experience, at home and in stadiums
TECH, STARTUPS, INNOVATION, DIGITAL TRANSFO

What are the biggest acquisitions in the tech world?
TOOLS

19 Essential Newsletters Every Journalist Should Read
A list of tools for journalists
5 Steps to Improve Digital Privacy and Security
Directual: a “no code” platform for creating applications with a visual interface


ES with Kati Bremme & Mathilde Caubel .