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The BBC spends big to win kids back from YouTube and Netflix

On the day the USA celebrates winning independence from British rule, the UK’s publicly funded broadcaster is fighting the influence of US online companies on British children. The BBC today announced in this year’s annual plan that it will plough £34 million (around $44m or AU$58m) into children’s services over the next three years, described as the biggest investment in …

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China’s cracking down on VPNs to make Great Firewall stronger

China’s clamping down on users who rely on virtual private networks (VPN) to break free of its notorious internet filter. Dubbed the Great Firewall, the filter blocks access to news sites deemed undesireable by the Chinese government as well as social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, platforms the Chinese government has no control over. To bypass the restrictions, …

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