U.S. concerned by Canada’s pursuit of digital services tax -USTR

[ad_1] WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – The office of the U.S. Trade Representative will consider “all options” if Canada imposes a digital services tax, a USTR spokesperson said in a…

Google, Meta executives push back against Canada online news bill

[ad_1] TORONTO, May 3 (Reuters) – Google and Meta would withdraw access to news articles in Canada if legislation compelling internet companies to pay news publishers is passed, company executives…

FTC proposes ban on Meta profiting from minors’ data

[ad_1] WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused Meta’s (META.O) Facebook of misleading parents about protections for children and proposed tightening an existing agreement…

China regulators held talks with Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance on ‘deepfake’ technologies

[ad_1] BEIJING, March 18 (Reuters) – China’s cyberspace regulator said on Thursday it and the public security ministry had held talks with Alibaba (9988.HK), Tencent (0700.HK), ByteDance and Kuaishou (1024.HK)…

Indian news outlets ANI, NDTV say their Twitter accounts were suspended

[ad_1] April 29 (Reuters) – Indian broadcaster NDTV and the country’s ANI news agency both said on Saturday their main Twitter accounts had been locked, without specifying a reason for…

News Corp inks Australia Facebook deal, signalling truce after blackout

[ad_1] March 15 (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (NWSA.O) reached a content-supply deal with Facebook Inc (FB.O) in Australia, the companies said on Tuesday, a step toward settling a…

South Korea set to curb Google, Apple commission dominance

[ad_1] SEOUL, Aug 24 (Reuters) – South Korea is likely to bar Google and Apple from requiring software developers to use their payment systems, effectively stopping them from charging commissions…

Meta merges ad and business messaging product groups – The Information

[ad_1] April 27 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms (META.O) has merged its advertising product, business messaging and commerce departments into one division, The Information reported on Thursday, citing an internal message…

Venture capital firm Greycroft raises nearly $1 bln across two funds

[ad_1] April 26 (Reuters) – Venture capital firm Greycroft has raised over $980 million across two funds to invest in early- and growth-stage companies, the venture capital firm said on…

Beefed up EU tech rules could be global standard, says Facebook whistleblower

[ad_1] BRUSSELS, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Europe’s draft rules requiring tech firms to do more to tackle illegal online content could become a global gold standard for a safer online…