The British government has decriminalized online video game, music and movie piracy, scrapping fuller punishment plans after branding them unworkable. Starting in 2015, persistent file-sharers will be sent four warning letters explaining their actions are illegal, but if the notes are ignored no further action will be taken.

Leading UK-based Shia and Sunni imams and clerics have filmed a video message urging young British Muslims against fighting in Iraq and Syria. They say their film is designed to be distributed online and via social media to counter "digital propaganda" put out by Isis and other extremist groups.Choose

It's interesting that the most talked about brands at the World Cup 2014 are not necessarily those that shelled out for a vast sponsorship package. Non-sponsors generated nearly three-quarters of all World Cup online ad share.

A new study conducted by Ipsos Reid and marketing agency TrojanOne ranked the value of Canada's sponsorship properties - in other words, the organizations, events and causes that companies pay to be associated with.

Aldi is to invest $600 million (pounds) in a major expansion drive in the UK, heaping further pressure on Tesco and the other Big Four grocers. The German-owned discount retailer says its biggest ever investment in Britain will see 60 stores open next year, along with 'major refurbishment' of existing shops and a regional distribution centre in Barnsley.

Intent Media, the leader in intelligent advertising solutions for travel companies, today announced that it has closed a $22.7 million Series C financing round to fuel its continued growth. Intent Media launched its first products in 2010 and has seen tremendous growth in North America and Europe.

If European nations move forward with additional sanctions on Russia, it could stall the Eurozone’s recovery. A report attributes the lack of growth to geopolitical tensions amongst other factors and according to the German industry’s Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations, the crisis could endanger 25k jobs.

New research shows the risks children face are increasingly related to user generated content including what children themselves are sharing. There has been a notable broadening of online risks encountered by children in the UK, and these all concern user-generated content. Specifically, the UK’s 11-16 year olds report more race hate (23%), self-harm (17%) and pro-anorexia (14%) content.

British broadcaster Sky News has apologized after one of its presenters searched through luggage at the crash site of downed flight MH17 live on air. In a news broadcast on Sunday, presenter Colin Brazier was shown rooting through personal belongings in an opened suitcase at the site, picking up a set of keys before saying: “We shouldn’t really be doing this.”

At the end of last year the European Commission, along with European national authorities, told Google and Apple that they needed to sort out issues around in-app purchases - particularly as they relate to children who may unwittingly rack up huge bills for their parents to pay. On Friday the Commission reported back on the progress that's been made so far. And while it's happy overall, it's a lot more so with Google's response than it is with Apple's.