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The meeting of worlds – exploring the impacts of the metaverse Widely discussed and promoted, the promise of the metaverse as the next great technology leap presents many questions: what is it, what could it be, and what are the implications for policymakers. So it was that, as part of this year’s Asia TMF, the… [Read More]

The year 2022 marks 100 years of the BBC and therefore a century of public service broadcasting. Public service broadcasters (PSBs) from around the world were among the founding members of the IIC and, in this issue of Intermedia, Patrick Barwise examines the challenges they face in today’s highly competitive audiovisual landscape and their importance… [Read More]

Regulatory Watch Meta has suggested that Facebook and Instagram face being shut down in Europe if new models for transatlantic data transfer are not adopted. EU regulators are scrutinising the agreements, including the ‘Privacy Shield’, that enable Meta to store data from European users on US servers. Meanwhile, the company has promoted Sir Nick Clegg… [Read More]

Regulatory Watch The US launch of 5G services by AT&T and Verizon has been delayed again as a lobby group for America’s largest airlines urges the US government to act to avoid disruption from 5G signals close to airports. The C-band spectrum used by the 5G services is adjacent to those used by altimeters, and planned… [Read More]

Regulatory Watch Google has announced revised commitments to its privacy sandbox in the UK, including the appointment of an independent Monitoring Trustee, more extensive testing and further clarity on its commitment not to use first-party personal data for targeting and measurement on non-Google websites. The company says that, if accepted by the UK’s Competition and… [Read More]