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Now playing Next Tech News Australia to force Big Tech companies to hand over disinformation data New planned laws will align with efforts in Europe to curb harmful online content, including COVID disinformation. 21/03/2022
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Now playing Next Money Glitch leaves €134 million in Comp crypto up for grabs An error in the Compound DeFi platform saw it distribute millions in the tokens by mistake. Then on Sunday, people started taking more. 04/10/2021
Now playing Next World News MEPs vote in favour of legal rights for digital platform workers Brussels will now draw up plans to protect app-based workers, after MEPs overwhelmingly backed giving them full employment rights under EU law. 16/09/2021
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