Technology RegulationNSA forced to back down in fight over encryption algorithms
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Cryptography experts from a number of countries have forced the US National Security Agency to reverse its stance on two data encryption algorithms that it… Facebook still booking most Australian revenue in Ireland, US
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Facebook has told a standing committee of the Australian Senate that it booked a vast majority of its Australian income for 2016 outside the country. Google makes offer on shopping sites in bid to avoid EU fine
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Facing an EU deadline of 28 September to come up with a solution to the charge of using its search engine dominance to favour itself… EFF quits W3C over decision to accept EME as Web standard
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has resigned from the World Wide Web Consortium after the latter announced it was accepting the published Encrypted Media Extensions as… EU seeks 'permanent' solution to tech firms' tax avoidance
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Finance ministers from EU countries have offered cautious support for a plan to draft new tax rules for multinational technology companies like Google and Facebook. More EU states back big tech paying tax on revenue
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Nine European Union countries have supported a move to tax big multinational technology companies on their revenue, and not profits. Google bid to patent tech in public domain: claim
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Entropy coding technology known as ANS devised by a Polish academic is now sought to be patented by Google – even though he released it… Google launches appeal against US$2.7b EU fine
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Nearly three months after the EU hit it with a €2.42 billion (US$2.7 billion) fine, Google has launched an appeal against it in the General… Four EU states want big tech to pay tax on revenue
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Four EU members have proposed that big multinational technology companies like Apple and Google should pay taxes in Europe on their revenue, and not profits. Best Buy pulls Kaspersky products from shelves
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American multinational consumer electronics corporation Best Buy has pulled products made by Kaspersky Lab from its shelves and is offering customers assistance if they want… 
