E-commerce – After Google, Facebook is taking on Amazon with the launch of Shops , its free online sales platform for brands and retailers, in a period that has made the American tech giants more powerful than ever .
Tracing – The Council of State bans drones for health measure checks in Paris . Apple and Google launch their contact tracing tool in 22 countries , France remains isolated, awaiting the vote of the Assembly on the StopCovid contact tracing appHadopi law is deemed contrary to the Constitution : the French government has a few months to repair it.
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45% of Twitter accounts talking about Coronavirus are bots
– £125m – that’s the loss that coronavirus has inflicted on the BBC , despite record audiences
+30% for global Internet traffic during lockdown, mainly for streaming and video games
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