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Titus urges committee to advance FAIR BET Act restoring gambling deductions

Titus urges committee to advance FAIR BET Act restoring gambling deductions Suswati Basu     Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nevada) has urged the House Ways and Means Committee to advance the Fair Accounting for Income Realized from Betting Earnings Taxation (FAIR BET) Act, legislation that would restore the 100% federal tax deduction for gambling losses. Titus … Continue reading Titus urges committee to advance FAIR BET Act restoring gambling deductions

SGLA testifies before Massachusetts committee about ‘Social Plus’ gaming

SGLA testifies before Massachusetts committee about ‘Social Plus’ gaming Sophie Atkinson   Suswati Basu     The Social Gaming Leadership Alliance (SGLA) has this week (November 13) testified before a Massachusetts committee on a bill that contains provisions that could see Social Plus games banned in the Commonwealth. Just the day before, the alliance announced … Continue reading SGLA testifies before Massachusetts committee about ‘Social Plus’ gaming

Confidential Brazilian court orders against ‘digital militias’ on X released by U.S. congressional committee

April 19, 2024 Confidential Brazilian court orders against ‘digital militias’ on X released by U.S. congressional committee The court orders have called for a suspension of approximately 150 X accounts. BY Associated Press A U.S. congressional committee released confidential Brazilian court orders to suspend accounts on the social media platform X, offering a glimpse into decisions … Continue reading Confidential Brazilian court orders against ‘digital militias’ on X released by U.S. congressional committee

Google Joins C2PA Steering Committee, Adobe General Counsel Calls It ‘Major Milestone’

Google Joins C2PA Steering Committee, Adobe General Counsel Calls It ‘Major Milestone’ by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, February 8, 2024 Google will join Adobe, Meta, Microsoft and others as a steering committee member to support a standard aimed at labeling content and media. Technology from an organization co-founded by executives at Adobe, Arm, BBC, Intel, Microsoft, and … Continue reading Google Joins C2PA Steering Committee, Adobe General Counsel Calls It ‘Major Milestone’

What The Joint Industry Committee Means For Ad Measurement

What The Joint Industry Committee Means For Ad Measurement by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, January 9, 2023 OpenAP, an advanced advertising company, worked with national programmers such as Fox, NBCUniversal, Paramount, TelevisaUnivision, and Warner Bros. Discovery and the VAB to create a committee that will certify multiple cross-platform currencies. The deal, announced Monday, aims to create … Continue reading What The Joint Industry Committee Means For Ad Measurement

Activision Blizzard employees form a committee to fight workplace discrimination

Activision Blizzard recruits a new chief diversity officer amid harassment scandal Kristen Hines will be tasked with helping to increase the number of women and non-binary workers at the company. K. Holt @krisholt April 11th, 2022 Activision Blizzard Activision Blizzard has recruited a new chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer. Kristen Hines will join … Continue reading Activision Blizzard employees form a committee to fight workplace discrimination