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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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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.
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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...
Last updated 18 Oct 2024
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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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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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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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 (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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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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Governments worldwide have introduced a range of policies to regulate different aspects of the digital economy. These policies address areas such as data privacy, competition, and online safety. This thread tracks and highlights the most important policies across these diverse areas, providing a com...
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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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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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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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"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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Online advertisement is a key component of the digital economy but brings along specific downsides. Consumers can be exposed to hidden and false advertisements and may be targeted beyond their will. To tackle the risks of digital advertisements, governments across the globe have imposed rules on pla...
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