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Instagram assists with weeding out fake influencers

Some unscrupulous influencers have faked their social media followings to give the appearance of being a legitimate marketing platform for third party brands, yet it’s all smoke and mirrors, warns Ashlee Froese of Froese Law.

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Swiss Parliament approves anti-piracy legislation

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Switzerland’s Parliament amended its copyright law earlier this week, in a bid to modernise the law for the digital age and crack down on piracy.

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Nintendo sues pirate website for “mass scale” infringement

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English High Court orders ISPs to block pirate sites selling Nintendo games

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Social media

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