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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Hints At EU Pullout Over Data Transfers Laws; Appeal Filed Over Apple’s $15B Tax Bill On Ireland Operations; In-App Billing Battle Rages On

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Facebook Threatens EU Withdrawal Over Data Sovereignty. SocialMediaToday reported that in early September, an EU “privacy regulator … sent Facebook a preliminary order to suspend data transfers to the U.S. Canadian Lawmakers Want Big Tech to Pay for Content, Taxes . EU Renews Demand for Back Taxes on Apple’s Ireland Ops.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Backs Data Portability Law, Amazon Considers Registering Services As Separate Entities In India

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Facebook Supports Data-Portability Law. The social media company has indicated that the Access Act, a proposed data portability law, is a first move in the right direction. The social media company has indicated that the Access Act, a proposed data portability law, is a first move in the right direction.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Tencent Says Big Tech Needs Greater Oversight; Group Seeks To Block Maryland Online Ad Tax

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Group Seeks to Block Maryland Online Advertising Tax. Marylanders for Tax Fairness is preparing for a battle in January over the state’s attempt to make a digital advertising tax, the Baltimore Sun reported. Maryland legislators ratified the tax earlier in 2020, but Gov. Amazon Encounters EU Charges Over Seller Data.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Faces $6.06 Million Fine From South Korea; Big Tech Tax Becomes Due In France

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million) financial penalty to Facebook and has pursued a criminal probe for allegedly sharing the personal data of users with other operators in the absence of permission, Reuters reported. “We The agency penalized the firm after an investigation determined that the personal data of a minimum of 3.3 billion won ($6.06

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 Do New Taxes Loom For Big Tech?

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Will Big Tech face bigger tax bills on an international stage? Beyond the debates on data privacy and compliance, marquee names in technology face greater scrutiny from various governments, and perhaps bigger tax bills, too. As reported, the tax imposed could be as much as 20 percent on social media and search ads.

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Facebook, Google Pressured In India Over Privacy, Taxes

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Govindacharya have asked lawmakers in India to call leaders of Google and Facebook to the country to ask them about data privacy and their compliance on tax laws, according to a report from Reuters. The group is asking a parliamentary panel on information technology to investigate the tech giants.

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Facebook Invests $130M In Content Oversight Board

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The social media company is now reportedly investing $130 million to the effort, Engadget reported. It will have the role of handling such tasks as ensuring tax compliance, administering payroll and reviewing the annual budget of the board. Facebook has been at work creating a content oversight board over the past year.