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Big Tech split leads to demise of Internet Association

Enlarge / Street sign for K Street, the Wall Street of political influence in the US capital. (credit: Bjarte Rettedal | Getty Images) Growing tensions between Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Apple lie behind the death of the Internet Association (IA), the nine-year-old lobby group that was Big Tech’s voice in Washington, according to insiders […]

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Tech groups sue Maryland to block new digital-ad tax from going into effect

Enlarge / None of these companies is keen to hand over a slice of its revenue to Maryland. (credit: Malik Evren | Getty Images) A group of business organizations led by the US Chamber of Commerce is suing the state of Maryland, seeking to block implementation of the state’s brand-new, first-of-its-kind tax on digital-advertising revenue. […]