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SOCIAL MEDIA AND INTERNET SEARCH GIANTS FACE NEW ANTI-FRAUD LIABILITIES UNDER ONLINE SAFETY ACT
A UK Online Safety Act received Royal Assent October 26, in what consumer association Which? described (1) as “a major step forward in the fight back against fraud”. The new law (2) will authorise penalties for social media companies and search engines who fail to prevent their platforms being used for fraud – from false claims, profiles and promotions to misleading statements and counterfeiting, whether through user generated content or paid for advertising. …
ANTI-FRAUD RECRUITMENT UP DURING ECONOMIC GLOOM, WITH WORK CHALLENGES DIVERSIFYING AND BECOMING MORE TECHNICAL
While the global economy has not performed as badly in 2023, as inflation-focused doomsayers predicted (the International Monetary Fund has projected 3% growth for 2023 and 2024, down from 3.5% in 2022), companies are still struggling, especially with interest rate rises.…
EUROPEAN AND NEW ZEALAND DAIRY MAJORS BOTH DISAPPOINTED WTH EU/NZ TRADE DEAL
Usually, free trade agreements are good news for dairy industries, or, at worst, one sector feels it has lost out compared to its competitors affected by a deal. But after the European Union (EU) and New Zealand signed a free trade agreement (FTA) this July (2023), after four years of negotiation, both the European and NZ dairy sectors – important global players – were underwhelmed by its terms.…
AL AIN UNIVERSITY PAVES THE WAY FOR MORE QUALITY EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABILITY IN UAE
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) private Al Ain University (AAU), located in the oasis city with the same name, is leading the way on sustainable development among local universities, through initiatives to boost quality education and global and national partnerships.
AAU, in Abu Dhabi emirate, on the Oman border, of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was considered the best UAE university in the 2023 Times Higher Education Impact Ranking (https://www.timeshighereducation.com/impactrankings#!/length/25/locations/ARE/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc…
NEW EU IP RULES WILL BOOST RESEARCH, BUT CONCERNS OVER COMPULSORY LICENSING REMAIN, SAY EXPERTS
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU)’s proposed new intellectual property (IP) rules to safeguard inventions (https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/09/25/intellectual-property-council-adopts-two-positions-on-designs-protection-legislation/) will cut red tape and boost technology transfer, university research experts have told University World News (UWN). They praise the increased opportunity to protect new products.…
CIRCULAR ECONOMY INCREASINGLY DRIVES PACKAGING CHOICES, BUT BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED, SAY EXPERTS,
PACKAGING companies worldwide are increasingly choosing more environmentally friendly packaging, driven by tough laws, such as the European Union’s (EU) proposed packaging and packaging waste regulation (PPWR) (1). This is moving through the EU’s legislative decision-making system, ready for approval in 2024, with the European Parliament adopted its first reading report on November 22 – coordinated by French liberal MEP Frédérique Ries (2).…
CHALLENGES MOUNT FOR BANGLADESHI FACTORIES AMIDST WORKER UNREST AND CASUALTIES, STRAINING AN ALREADY FRAGILE MARKET
Garment manufacturers in Bangladesh have offered to increase minimum wages for their employees above an earlier offer of Bangladesh taka BDT10,400 (USD94) per month (up from today’s BDT8,000), but worker unrest this morning (Thursday) continued while negotiators debated the new rate.…
EMERGING BRAZIL IS BEATING RICHER NATIONS IN RENEWABLES SHARE
Brazil generated 92.8% of its electricity from low or zero carbon sources during the first nine months of 2023, producing more clean power by proportion of overall output among all G20 countries in 2022, with a share of 89.1%, according to data released by London, UK-based global energy thinktank Ember (1).…
US DIGITAL TEXTILE SECTOR EXPANDS AS FABRIC SIGNAGE SEGMENT GROWS
As US brands look for new ways to communicate quality and integrate sustainability into their business, their attention is increasingly shifting to digitally printed fabric signage. Part of this growth is fuelled by iconic global brands such as Apple (1) and Nike (2) opting for digitally printed backlit soft signage.…
MARKET INTERVENTION IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SEGMENT MAY IMPEDE TAKE UP BY CONSUMERS – SMMT CONFERENCE WARNED
Policy initiatives aimed at reshoring large sections of the US automotive supply chain could seriously restrict the growth of the country’s electric vehicle (EV) market, a key UK motor industry conference was told on Wednesday (Oct 18). Speaking at the UK Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders’ (SMMT) Global Trade Conference, in London, David Schwietert, chief policy officer at the Washington DC-headquartered Alliance for Automotive Innovation, aired concerns about the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) manufacturing incentives.…