Indian government web filtering plans may breach law

India’s reported plans to ask Internet companies to filter objectionable content may overstep the country’s own laws, according to legal experts. The government has asked Internet companies like Yahoo, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft to remove disparaging, inflammatory or defamatory content on their sites even before it goes online, according to…

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Amazon, eBay Differ on Sales Tax Plans

Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc. staked out opposing positions in testimonies before U.S. lawmakers on the issue of collecting sales tax from online purchases. The two largest e-commerce firms differ primarily on whether small businesses should be exempt from pending legislation that would require online retailers to collect taxes in…

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