Twitter users consistently noticed when a photo with a black face and white face appears in the same post, Twitter often only shows the white face on mobile phones. The platform announced it had...
Amazon India has added four new indian languages to its platform, a move that will help expand access to online shopping to 200-300 million customers. The four languages added are: Kannada, Malayalam...
USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launches the Digital Health Center of Excellence within the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). The center will focus on promoting and creating...
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has validated the French law intended to regulate the rental of apartments for short periods of time, in a case between the city of Paris and two...
TikTok has appointed a seven member 'Safety Advisory Council' in Asia-Pacific that comprises academics, advocates and activists who will advise the platform on issues related to online safety, child...
MEPs on the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee have discussed EU plans to establish a common facial recognition database for use by police authorities. According to Euractiv, as part of a...
According to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the Indian government is pushing its plan to digitalise health records despite concerns about privacy and increased surveillance. Prime Minister Narendra...
Microsoft announces its goal to be water positive for its direct operations by 2030. According to the announcement, Microsoft intends to reduce water use intensity and to replenish water in roughly 40...
According to CBC, British Columbia's information and privacy commissioner will investigate a complaint by a coalition of First Nations over a lack of information from the British Columbia’s province...
According to TechCrunch, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has published a new body of evidence to support its two-years legal complaint against the unlawful exploitation of personal data...
Moro Hub (Data Hub Integrated Solutions), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), signed a partnership with Smart IoT, a UAE IoT innovator. The partnership will...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered chatbots are joining other inclusive technologies to support accessibility for persons with disabilities, as important for current spikes in service requests about...
GSMA published a public policy position paper that pinpoints the steps required to roll-out mobile infrastructure and enhances demand. According to GSMA, to make network operations sustainable...
India national Jal Jeevan Mission, (department of drinking water and sanitation), in partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, launched a contest for creating a smart...
The Broadband Commission for Digital Development released The State of Broadband 2020: Tackling Digital Inequalities, A Decade for Action which called upon world leaders and heads of industry to...
The seventh South-East Europe Media Conference entitled ‘The New Frontline: Working together to Foster Media Freedom’ took place online. It was organized by the office of the OSCE Representative on...
As of 20 September 2020, the US Department of Commerce has prohibited any provision of service to distribute or maintain the WeChat or TikTok mobile applications, constituent code, or application...
According to a report, Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific and start-up Prenetics have announced the launch of digital health passport. Travelers will be allowed to show their negative COVID-19...
The French data protection agency, CNIL, has launched a partnership with the French business mediator (médiateur des entreprises), to support GDPR compliance by businesses. This collaboration will...
Airbnb submitted its response to the European Commission’s proposed Digital Services Act and detailed the sort of general framework it supports. Public consultations on the Act, which will regulate...
The World Economic Forum (WEF) published a new report under the title Harnessing Technology for the Global Goals: A Framework for Corporate Action which identifies how corporate leadership can drive...
Connecting Humanity - Assessing investment needs of connecting humanity to the Internet by 2030 is a new report released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that investigates the...
Based on a tip-off from the International Criminal Police Organisation’s (INTERPOL) Crime Against Children unit, the Brazilian Federal Police’s Child Exploitation Unit (NURCOP) has arrested a fifty...
Senate Republicans have introduced a draft bill ‘to establish data privacy and data security protections for consumers in the United States’. According to Bloomberg, Senator Chairman Roger Wicker...
India’s Common Services Centers, responsible for the delivery of e-government services to citizens, has launched a WhatsApp chatbot for citizens. The chatbot is meant to help bridge the digital divide...
The EU is planning to propose its own digital tax on Internet giants if no agreement is reached on a global level for updating taxation rules in the digital era, said EU President Ursula von der Leyen...
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) published the final public draft of the NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide...
Uber has launched the tool Uber Eats Contactless Order Feature, which enables customers to pay their restaurant bills via the app in the USA. The aim is to prevent exchanges of heavily touched items...
Through the Mastercard Foundation and UK aid efforts to roll-out of connectivity solutions and the extension of Wi-Fi services to boost virtual teaching and learning, 27 public colleges of education...
Twitter has expanded its policies on election related misinformation, by either adding fact-checking labels or hiding tweets that have 'false or misleading information that causes confusion' about...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and tech giant Google have launched a big data platform called ‘Earth Map’ that allows users to explore climate, environmental and agricultural...
Twitter users consistently noticed when a photo with a black face and white face appears in the same post, Twitter often only shows the white face on mobile phones. The platform announced it had...
Amazon India has added four new indian languages to its platform, a move that will help expand access to online shopping to 200-300 million customers. The four languages added are: Kannada, Malayalam...
USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launches the Digital Health Center of Excellence within the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). The center will focus on promoting and creating...
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has validated the French law intended to regulate the rental of apartments for short periods of time, in a case between the city of Paris and two...
TikTok has appointed a seven member 'Safety Advisory Council' in Asia-Pacific that comprises academics, advocates and activists who will advise the platform on issues related to online safety, child...
MEPs on the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee have discussed EU plans to establish a common facial recognition database for use by police authorities. According to Euractiv, as part of a...
According to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the Indian government is pushing its plan to digitalise health records despite concerns about privacy and increased surveillance. Prime Minister Narendra...
Microsoft announces its goal to be water positive for its direct operations by 2030. According to the announcement, Microsoft intends to reduce water use intensity and to replenish water in roughly 40...
According to CBC, British Columbia's information and privacy commissioner will investigate a complaint by a coalition of First Nations over a lack of information from the British Columbia’s province...
According to TechCrunch, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has published a new body of evidence to support its two-years legal complaint against the unlawful exploitation of personal data...
Moro Hub (Data Hub Integrated Solutions), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), signed a partnership with Smart IoT, a UAE IoT innovator. The partnership will...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered chatbots are joining other inclusive technologies to support accessibility for persons with disabilities, as important for current spikes in service requests about...
GSMA published a public policy position paper that pinpoints the steps required to roll-out mobile infrastructure and enhances demand. According to GSMA, to make network operations sustainable...
India national Jal Jeevan Mission, (department of drinking water and sanitation), in partnership with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, launched a contest for creating a smart...
The Broadband Commission for Digital Development released The State of Broadband 2020: Tackling Digital Inequalities, A Decade for Action which called upon world leaders and heads of industry to...
The seventh South-East Europe Media Conference entitled ‘The New Frontline: Working together to Foster Media Freedom’ took place online. It was organized by the office of the OSCE Representative on...
As of 20 September 2020, the US Department of Commerce has prohibited any provision of service to distribute or maintain the WeChat or TikTok mobile applications, constituent code, or application...
According to a report, Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific and start-up Prenetics have announced the launch of digital health passport. Travelers will be allowed to show their negative COVID-19...
The French data protection agency, CNIL, has launched a partnership with the French business mediator (médiateur des entreprises), to support GDPR compliance by businesses. This collaboration will...
Airbnb submitted its response to the European Commission’s proposed Digital Services Act and detailed the sort of general framework it supports. Public consultations on the Act, which will regulate...
The World Economic Forum (WEF) published a new report under the title Harnessing Technology for the Global Goals: A Framework for Corporate Action which identifies how corporate leadership can drive...
Connecting Humanity - Assessing investment needs of connecting humanity to the Internet by 2030 is a new report released by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) that investigates the...
Based on a tip-off from the International Criminal Police Organisation’s (INTERPOL) Crime Against Children unit, the Brazilian Federal Police’s Child Exploitation Unit (NURCOP) has arrested a fifty...
Senate Republicans have introduced a draft bill ‘to establish data privacy and data security protections for consumers in the United States’. According to Bloomberg, Senator Chairman Roger Wicker...
India’s Common Services Centers, responsible for the delivery of e-government services to citizens, has launched a WhatsApp chatbot for citizens. The chatbot is meant to help bridge the digital divide...
The EU is planning to propose its own digital tax on Internet giants if no agreement is reached on a global level for updating taxation rules in the digital era, said EU President Ursula von der Leyen...
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) published the final public draft of the NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide...
Uber has launched the tool Uber Eats Contactless Order Feature, which enables customers to pay their restaurant bills via the app in the USA. The aim is to prevent exchanges of heavily touched items...
Through the Mastercard Foundation and UK aid efforts to roll-out of connectivity solutions and the extension of Wi-Fi services to boost virtual teaching and learning, 27 public colleges of education...
Twitter has expanded its policies on election related misinformation, by either adding fact-checking labels or hiding tweets that have 'false or misleading information that causes confusion' about...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and tech giant Google have launched a big data platform called ‘Earth Map’ that allows users to explore climate, environmental and agricultural...
