| NOTAS: | "Around the world, lawmakers and regulators from many disciplines are responding to digital business models. Antitrust agencies have their eyes set on the tech sector and we expect a continued focus on platforms, the data advantage and attempts of making antitrust rules and procedures fit for the digital age. As the modern workforce and the gig economy continue their exponential growth, across jurisdictions pressure is building on governments to reform employment laws to provide adequate protection and rights for both workers and employers. In the world of tax, 2018 has been dominated by discussions and proposals aimed at making tax rules fit for the digital economy. This has brought significant uncertainty and tech firms must brace themselves for major change in the form of new tax rules being crafted and implemented in 2019 and beyond. Rapid advances in powerful tools promise a world more intertwined with technology than ever. This raises issues of ethics, human rights and accountability, and responsibility for preserving values is increasingly shifted onto tech companies. Finally, the fight against illegal online content goes on and while the EU will continue to drive its controversial copyright reform, other countries are also looking to revise the content governance obligations for online intermediary platforms." |
