In protecting Europe’s data, can EU regulation keep up with Chinese tech?

Europe’s strategic autonomy and its ability to protect its citizens’ data privacy could depend on whether the Digital Services Act can keep up with China’s influence over the technologies that shape our daily lives, writes Nicolas Tenzer.

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The European Union hopes Joseph Biden’s incoming administration will clarify the U.S. position on digital taxation within two months of taking office, a French Finance Ministry source said on Monday (30 November).

The EU is considering going ahead with a bloc-wide tax on digital services offered by companies such as Google and Amazon if a global deal to rewrite rules for cross-border taxation is not reached by mid 2021. [Shutterstock]

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Updated: 01-10-2024

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