{"id":83163,"date":"2018-06-18T21:26:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T21:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/forget-techlash-the-biggest-problem-for-tech-is-a-widening-transatlantic-rift\/"},"modified":"2018-06-18T21:26:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T21:26:54","slug":"forget-techlash-the-biggest-problem-for-tech-is-a-widening-transatlantic-rift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/forget-techlash-the-biggest-problem-for-tech-is-a-widening-transatlantic-rift\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget techlash  \u2014 The biggest problem for tech is a widening transatlantic rift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2014 Like a geeky alternative to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ice_Bucket_Challenge\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ice bucket challenge<\/a>, the latest global trend to go viral is railing on Big Tech.<\/p>\n<p>Its easy to see why.<\/p>\n<p>Facebooks perceived role in the 2016 U.S. election and other political campaigns worldwide \u2014 and its subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/facebook-cambridge-analytica-mark-zuckerberg-data-protection-privacy-instagram-whatsapp-deletefacebook\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">potential misuse of user data<\/a> \u2014 has won it few friends. Amazons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-07-14\/u-s-congressman-calls-for-hearings-on-amazon-s-whole-foods-bid\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">expanding digital footprint<\/a> worries many about the future for Main Street stores and their legions of at-risk workers. And Google, already no stranger to its own run-ins with global regulators, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/google-android-antitrust-competition-fine-margrethe-vestager\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">will likely soon face<\/a> a hefty antitrust penalty linked to Android, its popular mobile software.<\/p>\n<p>But below the surface of this so-called techlash by policymakers from Brussels to Washington, the same divisions quickly reappear over how Europe and the United States want to regulate Silicon Valleys biggest names.<\/p>\n<p>For every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/google-rivals-vestagers-solution-worse-than-almunias\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">antitrust charge<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/commission-publishes-apple-tax-decision\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tax clawback<\/a> that policymakers in Brussels or other EU capitals demand from an Apple, Uber or Twitter, theres a stony silence \u2014 or outright derision \u2014 from many of their counterparts in Washington, a lot of whom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/e9c37b1e-2932-11e8-b27e-cc62a39d57a0\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">remain openly skeptical<\/a> that Europes heavy-handed tactics are either merited or can address the increasing concentration of digital power in the hands of a few (mostly West Coast) tech moguls.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Regional differences over policing the internet are on the rise.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This transatlantic digital rift is, if anything, widening. The inability for European and U.S. officials to find common ground does not bode well for the future of the internet.<\/p>\n<p>Regional differences over policing the internet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/internet-governance-facebook-google-splinternet-europe-net-neutrality-data-protection-privacy-united-states-u-s\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">are on the rise<\/a>. If two of the Western worlds largest digital markets cant agree on the norms underpinning the tech world, it will likely prove difficult to convince others \u2014 notably fast-growing developing countries where people are just now coming online \u2014 to follow the lead of either Brussels or Washington, and not that of Beijing or Moscow and their more authoritarian approaches to the world wide web.<\/p>\n<p>It also will weaken the legitimate \u2014 and ever-expanding \u2014 efforts to rein in the excesses of the digital world if Facebook, Google and others continue to get mixed messages from EU and U.S. officials about what is now expected of them.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Competition and data<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The friction between Europe and the U.S. boils down to different takes on the central issues at the heart of global digital regulation.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On competition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/person\/margrethe-vestager\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Margrethe Vestager<\/a>, Europes antitrust chief, and her national counterparts have been very clear.<\/p>\n<p>From the European Commissions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/pro\/margrethe-vestager-google-fine-sundar-pichai-phonecall\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u20ac2.4 billion antitrust fine<\/a> against Google (the company is appealing) to Germanys charges that Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/facebook-data-collection-could-be-an-antitrust-abuse-in-germany\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">abused its social networking might<\/a> (it denies any wrongdoing), the regions policymakers have made a direct link from these companies digital dominance to significant harm to EU consumers, corporate rivals or even our politics.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials are unconvinced. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/speech\/assistant-attorney-general-makan-delrahim-delivers-remarks-open-markets-institute-event\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Speaking in Washington last week<\/a>, Makan Delrahim, who heads the Justice Departments antitrust division, questioned the broad brush use of competition rules to rejigger entire industries \u2014 let alone relying on antitrust law to police digital giants whose actions may (or may not) harm Western democracies.<\/p>\n<p>The same goes for how tech companies use reams of personal data generated each day.<\/p>\n<p>With Europes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/gdpr-survival-guide-europe-privacy-data-protection-general-data-protection-regulation-may-25-facebook\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">new privacy standards<\/a> roughly a month old, many of the Continents policymakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/martin-selmayr-powerful-tech-regulator-data-flows-gdpr\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">are crowing<\/a> about how these rules have been adopted well beyond the EUs borders, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/europe-data-protection-privacy-standards-gdpr-general-protection-data-regulation\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">helping to reshape global data protection practices<\/a> from Argentina to South Korea.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/GettyImages-936490864-714x476.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wilbur Ross, the U.S. commerce secretary, has criticized Europes revamped rules | Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Thats not how many in Washington see it. Wilbur Ross, the U.S. commerce secretary, has criticized Europes revamped rules, known collectively as GDPR, claiming they would harm transatlantic cooperation on everything from counterterrorism to global trade. American officials similarly balked at the extra protections the EU demanded under the so-called Privacy Shield agreement, which allowed companies to freely move information from Europe to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComplying with GDPR will exact a significant cost,\u201d Ross <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9d261f44-6255-11e8-bdd1-cc0534df682c\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wrote in an opinion piece<\/a> in the Financial Times. \u201cGDPR creates serious, unclear legal obligations for both private and public sector entities, including the U.S. government.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>And dont forget tax<\/h3>\n<p>Not to be outdone, tax \u2014 specifically Europes plan to create new levies for digital companies that generate billions from the region while employing few in the 28-member bloc \u2014 is another bone of contention between two regions that are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/us-president-donald-trump-dismisses-europes-trade-pitch\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">bracing for a potential trade war<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with pressure from France, the Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/commission-eyes-e5-billion-annual-windfall-with-new-digital-tax\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">recently proposed<\/a> collecting up to \u20ac5 billion in extra taxes from Apple and Google, among others, through a controversial plan targeting revenues that online firms generate within the EU but which currently escape the regions tax net.<\/p>\n<p>Valdis Dombrovskis, the Commissions vice president, summed up the mood when he told reporters: \u201cThe amount of profits currently going untaxed is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Facebook, Google, Amazon and others take a global view. Its probably about time policymakers start to do the same.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In response, Steven Mnuchin, the U.S. treasury secretary, chastised Europes efforts to get its hand on this pot of gold just as Silicon Valley giants repatriated, collectively, hundreds of billions of dollars in overseas cash under the U.S.s recent tax overhaul. \u201cImposing new and redundant tax burdens would inhibit growth and ultimately harm workers and consumers,\u201d Mnuchin said.<\/p>\n<p>For sure, much of these transatlantic tensions surrounding tech are long-simmering.<\/p>\n<p>But what has changed is the (gradual) awakening \u2014 among both policymakers and the general public from London to Los Angeles \u2014 that these digital giants, just like the big banks before them, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/internet-governance-ottawa-regulation-balkanization-splinternet-global-jurisdiction-policy-network\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">need a global set of rules<\/a> that can be universally applied, no matter where these companies operate.<\/p>\n<p>An EU-U.S. consensus on what those rules should look like remains a distant hope \u2014 one complicated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/europe-tech-ambition-to-be-world-digital-policeman\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">vastly different views<\/a> on the governments role in tackling the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Already, Facebook, Google, Amazon and others take a global view. Its about time policymakers started to do the same.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mark Scott is chief technology correspondent at <\/em>POLITICO.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Read this next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/italy-plans-to-blow-up-brussels-eu-5star-movement-league-coalition\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How Italy plans to blow up Brussels<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/europe-us-tech-techclash-tax-competition-data-protection-vestager\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p> [contf] [contfnew]         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMd3Tz2gX9xSa6CJyaOj2dokBVcrdaT4yY3R3RI7YmL18vCLZZ\"\/> <\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/&gt;Politico&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/h5&gt;_&lt;\/p&gt;[contfnewc]_[contfnewc]_&lt;\/body&gt;&lt;\/html&gt;\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2014 Like a geeky alternative to the ice bucket challeng..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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