Quick hits: June 2023

The New York Times has closed a deal with Google that will allow the newspaper to receive one hundred million dollars from the company over three years. The Wall Street Journal reports it. The negotiation provides for the possibility for the company of the parent company Alphabet to insert contents of the newspaper on some of its platforms. But also the Times’ participation in the Google News Showcase, a product that pays publishers to place The British National Cyber Force (NCF) has published a document entitled ‘Responsible Cyber ​ Power in Practice’, which clarifies the purposes of this security agency both in the British fabric and above all towards the Five Eyes allies and other foreign partners. The agency is large and diverse, as it encompasses GCHQ, MI6 and the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL). Founded in 2020, its main task is to prevent cyber attacks against Great Britain by rival powers.

In addition, given the growing importance that NFC will have for Great Britain, it will be given a new Over one billion euros. The fine imposed by the Irish Data Protection Commission has gone beyond expectations.

The saltiest ever in the European Union. The advances certainly gave a higher figure of 746 million euros, but the 1.2 billion that Marc Zuckerberg’s giant will have to pay for violating EU rules on data protection almost double it. Menlo Park still has the possibility to appeal but in the meantime it has received the order to sus-

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their content on Google News. Further implications of the agreement concern the more targeted sale of subscriptions, also thanks to the Play Store, the use of Google tools for marketing and the joint experimentation of new advertising products.