Europe’s battle to rein in Big Tech
The European Union is on a mission to get US tech giants to stop avoiding tax, stifling competition, profiting from news content without paying and serving as platforms for disinformation and hate.
Tech vs telecoms: EU ignites debate on ‘net neutrality’
Tech and streaming giants suck up vast amounts of bandwidth, so the EU this week revived a long-standing idea to make them pay the telecom firms who maintain the infrastructure
Europe’s battle to curb Big Tech
US tech giants have been accused of not paying enough taxes, stifling competition, stealing media content and threatening democracy by spreading fake news. How has the EU tried to regulate Big Tech?
Europe’s battle to curb Big Tech
As an EU court upholds a 2.4-billion euro ($2.8-billion) anti-trust fine against Google for abusing its power over rivals in online shopping, we look at how the bloc has tried to regulate Big Tech
Amazon may prove exception to global tax rules
The G7 may have endorsed a plan to ensure the world's biggest companies pay a minimum global tax rate, but US tech behemoth Amazon may escape part of its provisions
Global minimum tax still far from becoming reality
After the accolades, an agreement among the world's wealthiest countries to set a global minimum tax on the biggest companies now faces a long, bumpy road to implementation
G7 strikes ‘historic’ agreement over global corporate tax
Finance ministers from wealthy G7 nations have endorsed a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15%, targeting tech giants and other multinationals accused of not paying enough tax
What you need to know about the global tax plan
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised countries are going over groundbreaking global tax proposals aimed at earning more revenue from multinational companies
Germany, France want to curb ‘killer’ Big Tech deals
The EU's biggest economies Germany and France as well as the Netherlands want the bloc to secure beefier powers to stop startups from being swallowed by big tech companies
‘Digital currency’: A central bank alternative to bitcoin?
Faced with increased popularity for online payments and cryptocurrencies, central banks are exploring new units of their own. How will these digital currencies differ from cryptocurrencies?