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NYC Summit To Tackle Lack Of Influencer Regulation

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University of Baltimore professor of economics and statistics Dr. Robert Cavazos researched the influencer fraud problem and said issues are anticipated with a model like influencer marketing. Regulation could be the answer, some companies have speculated, and Unilever said it is all for tackling the problem aggressively.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Tencent Says Big Tech Needs Greater Oversight; Group Seeks To Block Maryland Online Ad Tax

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Regulation. Tencent Holdings President Martin Lau said further regulations are needed in China to mirror a “new reality.”. As technology companies become bigger and more important to the economy, I would say more regulations to reflect the new reality are needed," Lau said, according to the report. Larry Hogan vetoed the levy.

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A Bundle Of Contradictions: The Online Privacy Landscape

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Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California’s similar law , Facebook’s ongoing costs and stock price plunge in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal — all point to a new, stricter attitude about keeping online data private. Overall, 69 percent of consumers favor GDPR-like regulations in the United States.

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