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

Last updated 29 Nov 2023

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...

Data localisation requirements in the digital economy

Last updated 04 Jan 2024

In addition to restrictions on cross-border data transfers, several governments impose data localisation requirements. In the digital economy, the obligation for companies to store the personal data they collect within a territory represents a market access barrier hindering international expansion. This thread lists the countries that introduced data localisation obligations.

Regulating Artificial Intelligence

Last updated 18 Mar 2024

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

Last updated 29 Nov 2023

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 comp...

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Data localisation requirements in the digital economy

Last updated 04 Jan 2024

In addition to restrictions on cross-border data transfers, several governments impose data localisation requirements. In the digital economy, the obligation for companies to store the personal data they collect within a territory represents a market access barrier hindering international expansion....

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Regulating Artificial Intelligence

Last updated 18 Mar 2024

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...

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Online content moderation requirements

Last updated 18 Mar 2024

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 mode...

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The Digital Markets Act legal framework

Last updated 18 Mar 2024

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulates core digital platform services such as online search engines, web browsers, advertising services, social network services, and video-sharing platforms that meet the gatekeeper thresholds. The DMA aims to ensure and maintain contestability in core digital platf...

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Enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (DMA)

Last updated 13 Feb 2024

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) entered into force with a grace period on 1 November 2022. The majority of its measures became effective in May 2023, while the gatekeepers were officially appointed on 6 September 2023. The gatekeepers are required to comply with the DMA 6 months following their design...

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The Digital Services Act legal framework

Last updated 27 Feb 2024

The Digital Services Act (DSA) regulates online intermediary services, including marketplaces, social networks, content-sharing platforms, app stores, and online travel and accommodation platforms. It aims to combat illegal and harmful online activities, including the dissemination of disinformation...

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Privacy and Artificial Intelligence

Last updated 14 Mar 2024

The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has raised data protection concerns around the globe. Governments are addressing a range of privacy issues that stretch from the use of personal data in training datasets, to the storage of personal data to run models, to the inference of personal data when u...

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Governing cross-border data transfers

Last updated 18 Mar 2024

Cross-border data transfers is one of the most salient topics in digital policy. Data flows lie at the heart of the global digital economy, but rules differ across jurisdictions. This thread collects all recent policy changes concerning cross-border data transfers.

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Governing cookies

Last updated 14 Mar 2024

"Cookies" have become part of consumers' everyday internet experience. Cookies were originally introduced as a response to data protection policy by businesses to gather users' consent to data collection. Recently, governments have turned their attention to businesses' specific cookie practices, inc...

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