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• Russia cracks down on international media with 'foreign agent’ law in retaliation at US

  26-11-2017 13:16
  Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law to allow his government to list any international media operating in the country as a 'foreign agent' in retaliation towards the US government's tirade against Russian broadcaster RT.
  The law will mean that international media companies which receive funding from outside Russia will be subjected to additional requirements, and failure to meet them could result in the suspension of their activities.
  If they are require
  
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• Black Friday online sales reach record high, pushing Jeff Bezos’ net worth to $100bn

  26-11-2017 13:00
  Online sales for Black Friday and Thanksgiving surged to record highs in the US this year, pushing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ net worth to $100.3bn, according to Bloomberg estimates.
  Retailers in the US brought in a record $7.9bn in online sales on Black Friday and Thanksgiving, up 17.9% from a year ago, according to Adobe Analytics, which measures transactions at the largest 100 US web retailers.
  Adobe said Cyber Monday is expected to drive $6.6bn in internet sales, which would make
  
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• Mars, Adidas and Lidl among brands that have pulled ads from YouTube in light of paedophilia fears

  26-11-2017 11:59
  Mars, Adidas and Lidl are among a number of top brands that have pulled spend on YouTube in light of a recent Times investigation which claimed ads were being served against  "inappropriate" and "exploitative" content featuring children.
  The content examined in the report was legal and had mostly been posted by children themselves in innocence. The footage includes young girls filming themselves in underwear, doing the splits, brushing their teeth or rolling around in bed.
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• UN Women UK turn words into actions with #drawaline campaign to end violence against women

  26-11-2017 00:59
  UN Women in the UK, represented through the National Committee (NC), has invited the public to #drawaline, marking the boundaries against violence that should not be crossed, as it looks to turn the power of the #metoo campaign into definitive action.
  The campaign forms part of UN Women’s annual global initiative to ‘Orange the World’ to symbolise a brighter future without violence. 
  In the UK, violence still affects one in four women, while two wo
  
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