The Supreme Court sent a set of free speech cases back to the lower courts without resolving the question of whether social media giants have the right to block users and certain content.
Shares of Meta (META) are dipping after European Union regulators issued a preliminary finding accusing the company of violating the Digital Markets Act. The antitrust issue in question is the company's recently introduced ad-supported social networking service. Yahoo Finance Reporter Dan Howley joins Catalysts to analyze the European regulatory agency's preliminary finding and what it means for Meta moving forward. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Catalysts. This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino
New Zealand's conservative coalition government will proceed with a bill that would make it compulsory for digital technology platforms to pay media companies for news, it said on Tuesday. The bill is being introduced as New Zealand media companies struggle against technology firms for advertising dollars, leading them to find new ways to provide news programming. The Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill, introduced last year by the previous Labour government, will be presented in Parliament with amendments to support "our local media companies to earn revenue for the news they produce", Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith said.