Facebook commits to creating trustworthy platform with ads policy enforcement
May 19, 2021 | 08:00
Supriya Singh, Product Marketing manager, Business Integrity, Asia-Pacific at Facebook shared about the enforcement of Facebook’s ad policies in Vietnam.
Facebook says hackers 'scraped' data of 533 mn users in 2019 leak
April 07, 2021 | 14:00
Facebook said Tuesday that hackers "scraped" personal data of some half-billion users back in 2019 by taking advantage of a feature designed to help people easily find friends using contact lists.
Facebook fails in bid to derail $15 bn privacy suit
March 23, 2021 | 15:46
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider an appeal by Facebook that would have derailed a $15 billion lawsuit over whether it illegally tracked users about a decade ago.
Media enhancement fit for a digital future
March 16, 2021 | 11:36
Along with the ongoing discussion about the role and responsibilities of social media and local news outlets that also entail debates about intellectual ownership of news snippets and headlines, the need for general reforms of local newspapers has emerged.
Content debate piques local interest
March 10, 2021 | 14:31
Following the ongoing showdown between Australian lawmakers and Google and Facebook, Vietnam aims to devise similar plans and force global tech titans to share some of the profits they make for using and sharing local press articles.
Australia and Facebook in talks over sweeping news ban
February 19, 2021 | 16:02
Australia and Facebook held high-stakes talks Friday after the social media giant sparked global outrage by blacking out news for its Australian users, as Canberra insisted it wouldn't back down on a new law that would force the tech firm to pay for journalistic content.
End of the game nigh for online tax dodgers
January 14, 2021 | 10:00
The age of unfettered freedom for online business and vendors is coming to a close as Vietnamese authorities are building policies to better trace these activities and collect the state’s due.
Cross-border taxation to bolster national budget
January 04, 2021 | 14:47
Collecting tax from cross-border platforms as well as people profiting from them is the government’s leading mission in 2021.
Malaysia collects over 100 million USD of digital service tax 1
December 30, 2020 | 15:41
The Malaysian government has so far collected 428.07 million RM (105 million USD) from digital service providers since the start of the enforcement of the Digital Services Tax early this year, said Deputy Finance Minister Abd Rahim Bakri.
Google, Facebook, coordinated antitrust response: report
December 23, 2020 | 10:41
Google and Facebook worked together to help fend off an antitrust investigation into the two tech giants which dominate digital advertising, according to a media report citing a draft of a state lawsuit.
Law on Cybersecurity finds little purchase on overseas tech titans
December 05, 2020 | 11:50
Despite urging by the Law on Cybersecurity, few international companies handling the data of local customers have set up data centres in Vietnam.
Vietnam stands to benefit from new OECD tax rules
December 05, 2020 | 11:48
The OECD and the G20 released a new blueprint for taxing the digital economy, which would allow countries like Vietnam to tax elusive multinational enterprises.
Tax from e-commerce activities increases
November 19, 2020 | 17:31
Tax declared from e-commerce activities had been increasing, reported the General Department of Taxation.
Facebook, Google extend political ad ban amid misinformation rise
November 13, 2020 | 13:00
Facebook and Google have extended their bans on political ads in the United States amid misinformation circulated aimed at bolstering claims by President Donald Trump of fraud in his loss to Joe Biden.
Facebook unveils machine learning translator for 100 languages
October 20, 2020 | 08:00
Facebook on Monday unveiled software based on machine learning which the company said was the first to be able to translate from any of 100 languages without relying on English.
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