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Google has a slew of initiatives to help underserved communities in Southeast Asia that are meshing with the digital economy.

With over 22 million users, Facebook was the favored social network in Myanmar. Now, it is “temporally” banned in the country, and some people feel dazed.

Last year Google said it would charge a 30% commission on in-app purchases.

While ShareChat would be Snap’s first investment in the Indian startup ecosystem, for Google, the deal would mean backing third short video app from India after Josh and Roposo.

Google directly competes with InMobi in adtech category.

The area is the hometown of Chinese unicorns like ByteDance, Xiaomi, Didi, and Meituan.

Facebook admitted that it is facing additional pressure from the Vietnamese government.

US tech companies draw battle lines in Southeast Asia’s largest economy.