The U.S. government has issued a warning to international allies, including Australia, against implementing digital services taxes, penalties, and other measures targeting American tech companies. Australia is advancing legislation that would require online platforms to remove harmful content and allow users to disable personalized recommendation feeds, with proposed fines exceeding $100 million for violations. The move has drawn criticism from the Trump administration, which frames such policies as a form of economic pressure on the tech sector. The Australian government is also facing calls to increase the financial penalties further, intensifying the diplomatic and regulatory debate.
White House warns trading partners against ‘imposing digital services taxes, fines, and other forms of extortion’ on US tech sectorFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastThe Trump administration will confront Australia over its plan to force digital platforms to take down harmful content and let users opt out of algorithm-generated “for you” feeds.Big tech companies would be fined more than $100m for breaching the proposed laws and the Australian government is under pressure to raise those fines even further. Continue reading...
