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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">This week, digital economy, geopolitics, net neutrality, freedom of expression in the cyberspace make the most of Internet Governance Headlines.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">DIGITAL ECONOMY</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">“The European Union’s Economic Affairs commissioner said on Monday that it will be “difficult” for the bloc to agree unanimously on an EU-wide tax on high-tech giants by a self-imposed March deadline.”<a style="border-bottom-color:rgb(21,182,184); border-left-color:rgb(21,182,184); border-right-color:rgb(21,182,184); border-top-color:rgb(21,182,184); box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(21,182,184); margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px; outline-color:invert; text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://gulfnews.com/technology/eu-economy-chief-says-difficult-to-get-digital-tax-deal-1.61426165&sa=D&ust=1547807129719000&usg=AFQjCNHntTjTBGkNwD-rO4qFW16eo2DNOg">https://gulfnews.com/technology/eu-economy-chief-says-difficult-to-get-digital-tax-deal-1.61426165</a></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">“China’s internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China(CAC) in a detailed document outlined a final draft of regulations concerning cryptocurrency and blockchain companies. The rules will come into
 effect starting February 19, and provide a set of guidelines that blockchain companies are required to follow.”<a style="border-bottom-color:rgb(21,182,184); border-left-color:rgb(21,182,184); border-right-color:rgb(21,182,184); border-top-color:rgb(21,182,184); box-sizing:border-box; color:rgb(21,182,184); margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px; outline-color:invert; text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ccn.com/china-to-implement-regulation-for-blockchain-companies-in-february/&sa=D&ust=1547807129776000&usg=AFQjCNGP3Xt2PnzZEBM1Kr4gIE4foBUGCg">https://www.ccn.com/china-to-implement-regulation-for-blockchain-companies-in-february/</a></p>
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See review in full here : <a id="LPlnk630199" href="https://gouvernanceinternet.wordpress.com/2019/01/18/internet-gov-weekly-brief-eu-wide-tax-on-high-tech-giants-project-internet-shutdown-in-zimbabwe-china-push-for-ai-and-5g-us-net-neutrality-lawsuit-go-ahead-despite-shutdown-us-senator-rubio-on-d/">
https://gouvernanceinternet.wordpress.com/2019/01/18/internet-gov-weekly-brief-eu-wide-tax-on-high-tech-giants-project-internet-shutdown-in-zimbabwe-china-push-for-ai-and-5g-us-net-neutrality-lawsuit-go-ahead-despite-shutdown-us-senator-rubio-on-d/</a><br>
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