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Facebook owner Meta closes content moderation centre in Barcelona

News Desk4th April 20258th April 2025

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Telus Digital, the company responsible for content moderation for Facebook owner, Meta, informed its nearly 2,000 employees on Thursday that it is closing its centre

AI and trade tensions take centre stage at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

News Desk3rd March 202510th March 2025

3rd March 202510th March 2025934

The world’s largest wireless technology event began on Monday in Barcelona, with the enthusiasm surrounding AI’s potential to revolutionise devices colliding with concerns over escalating

Undersea cable linking USA & Spain from FB’s Meta ‘part of plan linking 5 continents’

News Desk19th February 202525th February 2025

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Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has said it will lay an undersea cable stretching across five continents to carry data, including for developing Artificial

Microsoft to invest €2.2 billion in huge data centre project in Aragón

News Desk4th July 202415th July 2024

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Tech giant Microsoft is to invest 2.2 billion euros in a huge data centre project in northeastern Spain, regional authorities said on Wednesday as the

Sale of Vodafone’s Spanish division for up to €5 billion receives green light

News Desk16th May 202422nd May 2024

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The Spanish government has approved the sale of British mobile phone giant Vodafone’s Spanish division to investment fund Zegona for up to €5 billion. Digital

Spanish government takes 3% stake in Telefónica after Saudi deal concerns

News Desk26th March 20242nd April 2024

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The Spanish government has acquired a 3% stake in telecoms giant Telefónica following concerns over a Saudi firm taking a piece of a company that

Spain’s High Court halts temporary suspension order of Telegram’s services

News Desk25th March 202429th March 2024

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#UPDATED on Monday 15 March at 20h. A Spanish judge on Monday halted his controversial order to temporarily suspend messaging app Telegram in the country

Spain puts temporary ban on Worldcoin eyeball scans, over privacy concerns

News Desk7th March 202412th March 2024

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Spain’s privacy regulator has ordered for Worldcoin, the company that scans eyeballs to make digital IDs in exchange for crypto, to cease its operations in the

Spanish state to acquire 10% of Telefónica following Saudi stake

News Desk20th December 20232nd January 2024

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The Spanish government said on Tuesday that it will acquire 10% of the country’s telecoms giant Telefónica, just months after Saudi Telecom (STC) took a significant

Spanish media association files €550m lawsuit against Meta over data protection

News Desk4th December 202311th December 2023

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A Spanish association representing 83 media outlets has filed a lawsuit against Facebook parent Meta accusing it of unfair competition in online advertising by allegedly

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