America's dual policy:Many countries of the world, including Britain and France, charge Digital Service Tax, but America's decision buoyed by the decision of India.

 Many countries of the world, including France and Britain, collect Digital Service Tax (DST) from foreign digital service providers. India has also started imposing DST on foreign companies. These companies, doing business of billions of dollars, were taking all the profits to their country. However, the US has been dwarfed by India's DST initiative. The US President Joe Biden's administration is calling it more biased against its interests.

Brazil and the European Union have also
prepared a research report to deal with this in preparation for the DST, with the US Congress debating the DST and then turning it into law. The Congress Research Service's report US Trade Representative (USTR) examined the DST imposed in some countries of the world. It showed that apart from India, there are many countries including France, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Britain which take DST. Brazil, the Czech Republic and the European Union are the initiators of this tax.

Three allegations against DST have come out in the
report, three allegations have come out against DST. First, the system discriminates against American digital companies. Second- is against the principles of international taxation. Third - It puts a burden on American commercial interests. These findings of the US investigative and research report make sense given the ongoing negotiations to establish a digital tax regime. The talks are taking place between 130 countries.

Multinationals put only 2% DST on
India . India has imposed only 2% DST on non-Indian digital multinationals. This tax will be applicable to companies whose annual revenue is more than Rs 2 crore. While Indonesia charges 10% DST on digital products and services. Italy charges 3%, Spain 3% and Britain 2% DST.

On the other hand, homegrown social media apps are making rapid strides in India. Koo in response to Twitter, Message in response to WhatsApp, Map My India Move has made rapid progress in response to Google Map.