In the contemporary world, the success of the products of the cultural industries, particularly the content industry, has been determined by the mass demand for the products. In other words, the greater the audience or consumption of a content, the greater its success is considered.While the mass consumption of a product or service continues to […]
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Although historically the development of the different standards has been marked by a fundamentally technological agenda, in the case of 5G, its implementation seems to be marked by commercial and geopolitical agendas, becoming the new battlefield of a kind of 21st century cold war. Why is 5G the new battleground of global geopolitics? 5G
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Although every day millions of people use it and benefit from its practicality, few know of the existence of this service and the controversy it generates. Zero Click represents an important time saving for users and Internet traffic, but it is also a parasitic model that ends up harming information and content providers. What is
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It is enough for an employee to download an infected email, or for a security patch not to be installed in time on a company’s servers, so that hackers, through sophisticated encryption software, can hijack sensitive company data, to then ask for millionaire ransoms.Ransomware, or digital hijacking, is currently one of the most profitable criminal
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A recent publication by Bloomberg showed that the Federal Trade Commission of the United States FTC is preparing a possible antitrust suit against Facebook [1], for possible market abuse. The lawsuit would be added to the investigation on the same subject carried out by Letitia James, general attorney of the state of New York [2]
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The creator of the controversial documentary The Social Dilemma, Jeff Orlowskien, recently assured that “Social media is ending democracy” [1]. This affirmation that coincides with what was stated by Facebook Co-founder Chris Hughes, who considers that this company has to be dissolved due to the “uncontrollable power it holds” [2], at the same time that
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Although the media with experience or of reference have more and more difficulties concentrating audiences, as the fake news has consolidated as a problematic phenomenon worldwide. These same media are recovering the field of credibility, receiving enough oxygen to glimpse again a promising future in this chaotic ecosystem of digital communication. What is the future
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As a result of the global scandal caused by the trade war between United States and China, in which Huawei and Google have been the main protagonists, circumstances indicate that the new battlefield will no longer be the trenches but Internet, which was predictable in the context of a globalized information society.Although for now the
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In America, the strong neoliberal regulatory tradition has promoted ex-post regulatory schemes, that is, we regulate long after changes occur, which allows the market to adjust itself during implementation periods. But although experience has shown that subsequent regulation allows for greater innovation, it is also true that it generates a notable absence of the State
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The CMA (UK Competition and Markets Authority) recently published a rigorous report about markets of digital platforms and online advertising [1], which, among other aspects, concludes that in this area of the economy “competition is not working well, causing substantial damage to consumers and society.” Although many studies around the world have evidenced this phenomenon,
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