China is mulling a 'Data Tax' for tech giants. Policy Advisors are suggesting taxing Tech companies for data collection & trading. They say 20-30% of revenues made through data transactions must be returned to the 'society'. Palki Sharma explains.

Gravitas: Is China about to impose 'data tax' on Tech giants?

5 Big Tech companies have made billions from military contracts. Companies like Google & Amazon are now being seen as the new merchants of war. Employees of these companies are now rebelling. They want to stop the militarisation of their innovations. Palki Sharma has more.

Gravitas: Big Tech companies are making billions from war

EU is looking at regulating tech giants at home base. France and other countries are looking to broaden scope.

EU  looks at regulating tech giants at home base

The Taliban has understood the power of social media. But the question is - will tech giants like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter recognise the Taliban as the legitimate government and let them host content on their services? We explore that in this video.

How social media platforms are dealing with the Taliban

The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved five antitrust bills, three of them aimed at Big Tech, and will take up the last and most aggressive proposed legislation on Thursday, a bill that could require platforms to sell off lines of business.

'Break them up': US House panel approves five antitrust bills aimed at Big Tech

On Feb. 6, 2018, Apple received a grand jury subpoena for the names and phone records connected to 109 email addresses and phone numbers. It was one of the more than 250 data requests that the company received on average from US law enforcement each week at the time.

Tech giants are plunged into political firestorm

Group of Seven rich nations (G7) on Saturday agreed over a global minimum tax of at least 15 per cent on a country by country basis. This is a landmark move. It is understood to be aimed at getting multinationals, especially tech giants to put more money in government coffers in times when economies around the world have been hit because of coronavirus pandemic.

Eye on tech firms: G7 nations agree on minimum 15 per cent corporate tax rate

It’s hard to decide who is having a better troll moment on Twitter this week: Jeff Bezos or Lil Nas X. Both the internet zillionaire and the puckish rapper spent the last week trying to bend public sentiment to their will, using sharp digital techniques that left fans cheering, detractors screaming and the rest of us wondering what the heck just happened.

Jeff Bezos is taunting politicians. Will they take the bait?

China is planning to establish a joint venture with its tech giants. It is to oversee the data that is collected from hundreds of millions of consumers.

World Business Watch: China plans to control tech firms' data

The Chinese Communist Party is clamping down on the national tech giants and the tech giants are bracing for a regulatory lockdown in China.

Chinese govt clamps down on the national tech giants

Chinese regulators have fined 12 companies. A report claims Alibaba is being asked to sell its media assets. Brands like BMW and Kohler are being criticised for using facial recognition technology. WION's Palki Sharma tells you more about China's big business crackdown.

Gravitas: Big business faces a crackdown in China

China is extending its crackdown and tech giants worry about their growing influence. Now Tencent's holding shed about $60 Billion from its market value as its share price slid over concerns of greater regulator scrutiny. Alibaba is also being forced to sell its media assets.

China: Alibaba being forced to sell its media assets

Tencent holdings have shed around $60 billion on Monday from its market value due to concerns that the Chinese authorities will ramp up scrutiny of the tech giant.

Tencent shed $60 bn in share value as investors fear Chinese govt crackdown

Google has accused Microsoft of "distraction" for siding with governments seeking to force tech platforms to pay media organizations for news content. Google and Facebook have resisted mandatory payments, while Microsoft has taken a more collaborative stance.

Google slams Microsoft over stance in media payments

After Australia, New Zealand is now eyeing a similar deal with tech giants Facebook and Google. The new law will require Google, Facebook to pay for news publishers.

New Zealand mulls introducing media law similar to Australia

The dream run could soon be over for Tech Giants in India. New Delhi has unveiled a new set of guidelines to rein in online platforms. WION's Palki Sharma gets you the big takeaways.

Gravitas: India's new social Media guidelines

The dream run of tech giants in India could soon be over as the government has unveiled a new set of guidelines. Content will now be regulated. Dispute resolution will be swift and trouble-makers will not be protected.

India's new guidelines could become a global playbook 

The unchecked power of tech giants poses a threat not just to users and governments but also to small businesses. A statement by Apple CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that Apple buys a new company every month.

Break up mergers to check tech giants’ growing power  

Facebook has friended Australia again. But more publishers are now demanding payment from Tech Giants around the world. WION's Palki Sharma tells you how Europe could be the next battleground for big tech.

Gravitas | Tech Giants paying for news: An inevitable?

Canada and Australia have now teamed up to make tech giants pay media companies for their content. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison have agreed to co-ordinate their efforts against the Tech companies like Facebook, Google and others.

WION Fineprint: Canada-Australia team up to make tech giants pay

A report by Wall Street Journal based on US Campaign Finance Records has said that US President Joe Biden's campaign received at least USD 15.1 million from employees of big tech firms in donations. The report has said that the companies include Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Facebook. This made up biggest source of donations to Democrats among corporate employees.

Biden campaign received USD 15 million in donations from big tech employees: Report

China's market regulator Sunday released new anti-monopoly rules that stand to tighten existing restrictions faced by the country's tech giants. The new guidelines formalise an earlier anti-monopoly draft law released in November, and clarify a series of monopolistic practices that regulators plan to crack down on.

China tightens curbs faced by tech giants, issues new guidelines

An Australian regulator is mulling more protections for internet users. It is considering new rules that could give users the right to choose the data tech giants can share with advertisers.

Gravitas: Australia takes another aim at Tech Giants

China plans to push tech giants including Ant Group, Tencent and JD.com to share consumer loan data to prevent excess borrowing and fraud, two people with knowledge of the matter said, in Beijing`s latest tightening of scrutiny.

Chinese regulators to push tech giants to share consumer credit data

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