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Chinese tech profitability to fall amid new status quo

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CHINA

Didi’s delisting has been one of the most important consequences of Beijing’s campaign of regulatory reforms that have hit the platform industry since late 2020. In recent weeks…

Facebook seeks new users and markets as troubles mount

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INTERNATIONAL

Facebook's troubles and business response.

EU's Digital Markets Act could transform tech industry

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EU

The DMA establishes a series of prohibitions and obligations for the largest technology companies and empowers the European Commission to investigate anticompetitive practices and…

New EU, Chinese rules to restructure digital economy

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EU/CHINA

A small number of giant companies dominate segments of their digital markets: in China Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu have become household names, and in the EU the same applies to…

Balkanisation of the internet will rise

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INTERNATIONAL

This intervention is an inevitable consequence of the maturing of the digital economy and the fact that countries have different regulatory preferences. China was the first to do…

UK plan to curb online harms may prove too broad

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UNITED KINGDOM

The OSB will impose a duty of care on internet companies, particularly social media firms and search engines, to protect their users from a range of online harms, both legal and…

EU’s leadership on AI governance faces tough tests

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EU

The proposal advances the Commission’s work over the last five years on developing the EU’s approach to AI. The EU seeks to become a global leader in responsibly developing and…

Payment tech faces regulatory reckoning

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INT

Apple Pay has over 500 million users, while Google Pay has in excess of 100 million. The switch to contactless and online payments during the pandemic greatly stimulated adoption…

Growing drone use will drive international regulation

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INTERNATIONAL

The EP's move gives parliamentary backing to the effort to develop common EU drone rules. The report advanced nothing novel, but will both encourage and put pressure on the…

Top digital development models show major divergence

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INT

The other top digital markets -- the United States and the EU -- lack a similar comprehensive approach, partly due to their different regulatory approaches and investment…