Speaking at the FT's Digital Media Conference in London on Wednesday, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales said he won't install Facebook's Like button or add other ways to share the site socially out of concern for readers' privacy. Of greater concern to him are tech companies and app stores controlling the internet's creativity. Also, Reuters reports that Wikipedia will not get into politics despite playing a key role in stopping U.S. anti-piracy legislation in January. "We really don't want to become a political lobbying force of any kind and we are hopeful that we won't ever have to do this again," …

The British regulator is in talks with Commissariaat voor de Media, the Dutch media authority, about whether UK audiences can be protected from Babestation and Smile TV, licensed in the Netherlands and broadcast on digital terrestrial TV service Freeview, which can be "easily accessed by children in their bedrooms." The UK regulator has no power to block or ban them.

Hoping to double its 4.1m uniques over the next year, the Evening Standard has redesigned its website and launched a section dedicated to the Olympics as well as a 'Going Out' section for Londoners and tourists. New at Standard.co.uk are social media elements and full integration with social networks. Registered users will be able to comment on articles and rate users' comments via Gigya.

Media product specialist Lee Wilkinson will work with Hearst Magazines UK digital strategy director Rebecca Miskin and Digital Spy founder James Welsh to hone and produce Hearst's digital strategy. It recently relaunched portals for Elle, Netdoctor pureplays handbag, All About You, Sugarscape and Cosmopolitan.

This comprehensive package includes articles on how advertisers are mastering new skills to take advantage of new opportunities; everything you need to know about Pinterest; how to create a hit viral campaign; cautionary tales about jumping on the social bandwagon; and why the promised land of mobile is tantalisingly close.

The international Islamic start-up hopes to have 50 million users within five years of launching in July. Based in Istanbul, it will be available in eight different languages. One of Salamworld's owners told Hrriyet Daily News that current social networks offer ideas that young Muslims are unfamiliar with. "We're not constructing an Internet mosque, we are just creating a halal environment for Muslims," he said.

In the first such deal of its kind, the digital platform, with about 9 million viewers, has struck a deal with the commercial arm of the British public broadcaster for 200 hours of programming for Tvigle Media's transactional and subscription VOD services. Shows such as period drama "Upstairs Downstairs", comedy "Mongrels", crime drama "Luther", and season three of superhero comedy drama "Misfits" will be available to Russian viewers.

British Internet users who download music or movies illegally face having their connections slowed and/or suspended now that the Court of Appeal has ruled against ISPs BT and TalkTalk. ISPs will have to send escalating warning letters to suspected customers. France and New Zealand have similar laws but a massive online protest in January stopped a similar move in the U.S. It is now up to regulator Ofcom to explain how the process will work.

YouGov research finds that while 41% of the British online population says it's bored of social media and will use it less often, uptake and usage of such sites as Facebook and Twitter are growing. Just under 25% of regular Facebook users say they use it less than they did a year ago and 19% expect to use it less over the next year. The study also shows increasing numbers of people prefer to use social media for specific purposes rather than just browsing.

A Chartered Institute of Marketing study finds a marked difference between the approach taken to social network engagement by larger organisations and that taken by small to medium businesses. The survey of almost 1,000 marketers at larger organisations, located mainly in the UK and Western Europe, found that one-third do not believe social media is at all effective. Large businesses are not using social media on a daily basis, which suggests that many are unaware of how social media engagement really works, or how to leverage it to see positive return on time and investment.