Regulation and Compliance
From subscription offers, free trials, special promotions, marketing copy, auto-renewal notification, consumer privacy, financial reporting, payment processes, and more – there are a lot of laws that subscription, membership, and recurring-revenue companies need to understand and comply with.
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Reuters to create 100 jobs and reboot paywall; Twitter to launch ad-free subscription tier; Vice Media looks for a buyer.
Five on Friday: Hinge to launch $60 tier, Amazon shutters AmazonSmile program, YouTube tests Listening Room.
Google has agree to settle a 12-year-old data privacy case for $23M for sharing personal info with 3rd parties.
Can Mastadon replace Twitter? Meta fined $411M in EU. Three Alabama papers cease print publication in Feb.
Top 5 subscription stories of the year: Twitter, Netflix, tech layoffs, and Epic Games’ record penalty and fine.
Congress and 16 states have banned the use of TikTok on government devices as a matter of national security.
Amazon settles antitrust allegations with the European Commission to avoid a multibillion-dollar penalty.
Epic Games, creator of Fortnite, will pay $520 million in penalties and refunds for violating privacy laws and using dark patterns.
Congress drops language for journalism legislation from its annual defense spending bill after strong opposition.