Latest News in Public Policy Impacting Digital Platforms and AI
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EU Commission Has Plan to Tax Tech Giants by Taxing Giant Companies
Report from the Financial Times In Brief – The European Commission is examining a plan to impose a big annual lump-sum levy on the largest, most profitable companies operating in Europe as a way to tax the US-based tech giants without imposing a direct tax on just tech companies. The maneuver would change the Commission’s current “Corporate Resource for Europe” (CORE) proposal, which would imposes a lump sum annual tax of €100,000 to €750,000 on companies with annual revenue above €100 million, meaning mid-size and large companies, and make it apply only to the largest companies and impose a...
Clearview AI’s Privacy Law Battle with the UK ICO Continues
Report from PPC Land In Brief – Clearview AI, the small US company that built a facial recognition...
Retailers Try to Revive Challenge to NY Algorithmic Pricing Labeling Mandate
Report from Courthouse News In Brief – The National Retail Federation is urging the Federal Second...
Norway’s 16-Year-Old Digital Age Limit Will Extend Beyond Social Media
Report from The Local Norway In Brief – Norway’s Minister of Children and Families says that the...
Australian Government Introduces Its Digital Duty of Care Legislation
Report from the Digital Watch In Brief – Australia’s Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of...
UK to Designate Microsoft Business Software with Strategic Market Status
Report from Reuters In Brief – Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed...
Georgia Can Begin Enforcing Law Limiting Social Media for Teens
Report from Courthouse News In Brief – A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals is...
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