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Big Tech Faces Regulation Reckoning As 2021 Dawns

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If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms … it was also the year of Big Tech regulation, where 2020 set the stage for a 2021 that could be seismic in changing the way companies — from Facebook to Apple to debt collectors — interact with consumers.

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Tencent Vows To Comply With Chinese Regulators’ Increasing Oversight

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As government regulators in China increase tech industry oversight, Tencent said it will comply with new laws intended to curb antitrust activities and tighten FinTech acceleration, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday (Nov. The regulators are looking more closely at transaction-based platforms, Lau said, per Bloomberg.

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U.K. Treasury Increasing Cryptocurrency Ad Regulations

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18) that it plans to regulate cryptocurrency advertising like other financial products and ensure that promotions are “fair, clear and not misleading,” according to a Bloomberg report. 17), Spain’s market regulator enhanced controls on crypto-related ads, saying they must include a warning that investors risk losing all their money.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: EU Prepares To Propose New Big Tech Regulations; Turkey Fines Big Tech Platforms $1.18M

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Regulation. EU Gears Up To Propose New Big Tech Regulations. The European Commission has rolled out high-profile probes into firms such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon over worries that their market supremacy is negatively impacting competition. Australian Regulator Looks Into Merger Law Changes.

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India Mulls Requesting eCommerce, Social Media Players To Store Customer Data Locally

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India is mulling the idea of requesting eCommerce and social media companies to only store customer data locally, which could impact the likes of Amazon and Facebook and its WhatsApp messaging service in the country. According to a report in Reuters , the plan was laid out in an updated Draft National Policy.

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EU Looks For Feedback In Regulating Tech Giants

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European Union (EU) regulators want feedback from users and digital service providers before they craft new rules that could manage giant tech firms Google, Facebook, Amazon and Uber, Reuters reported. Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published “Charting the Way Forward: Online Content Regulation.”

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Deep Dive: Why The Pandemic Is Pushing MENA Regulators To Upgrade Open Banking, Privacy Laws

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Consumers and businesses have been moving online in recent years, and regulators from the European Union to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have worked to keep up with this migration. The pandemic is dramatically altering how merchants can transact, which data they can store and where they can store it, however.