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The OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting

Last updated 22 Jan 2025

The digital economy challenges international taxation rules as businesses provide services to consumers around the globe while residing in only one state. The OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting aims to create a harmonised framework for the taxation of international companies, including digital firms. The framework was agreed upon in October 2021 and currently counts 139 member jurisdictions, but it is yet to be implemented by governments across the globe. This threa...

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Regulating Artificial Intelligence

Last updated 12 Mar 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a popular regulatory object. Governments issue laws, orders, standards and guidelines regulating the development and use of AI systems. Regulators prohibit certain AI, require transparency reports and risk assessments from developers and enhance the rights of affected employees, data subjects and users, be it in the context of hiring, targeted advertising or content recommendation. This thread illustrates the ever-growing variety of policy approaches to regulate A...

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Investigations and restrictions against DeepSeek

Last updated 27 Feb 2025

The rapid emergence of Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek has drawn scrutiny from governments worldwide. Its cost-effective chatbot spread rapidly, causing a dip in global stock markets and prompting government action across continents. Concerns range from data protection to national security, mainly due to the storage of user data in China. To address these concerns, governments have launched investigations and restricted the use of DeepSeek’s services on official government ...

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Online content moderation requirements

Last updated 11 Mar 2025

Digital platforms are crucial to the functioning of the digital economy. Platforms enable the dissemination of user-generated content, which may be deemed harmful or even illegal. Governments have introduced rules to hold platforms accountable for the content they display, obliging companies to moderate content including terrorism, hate speech, child pornography and misinformation. This thread tracks all policies imposing content moderation obligations on online platforms.

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