A new statutory law that requires foreign sites with more than half a million daily users in Russia to set up a local branch or legal entity has passed by the parliament. The legislation obliges... (See more)
A Brazilian senate committee has called representatives of Google, Facebook and Twitter to testify in an ongoing probe into the federal government handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. President... (See more)
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The Community Court of Justice, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has issued an order restraining President Muhammadu Buhari or any member of his administration from prosecuting any... (See more)
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) launched the Global South COVID-19 Digital Innovation Challenge to support identifying scalable... (See more)
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued Judgment in joined Cases C-682/18 YouTube, C-683/18 Cyando regarding the liability of platforms for user uploaded content in breach of... (See more)
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has issued its judgement in the case of Hurbain v. Belgium (application no. 57292/16) ordering the ‘Le Soir’ newspaper to anonymise the identity of a... (See more)
The European Commission has started a formal antitrust investigation into Google over whether the company unfairly favours its own online display advertising technology over competitors. The European... (See more)
The Federal Cartel Office (FCO) in Germany announced it has started an investigation into whether Apple is exploiting its marketing position. The focus of the investigation will be the App Store... (See more)
The German trade union Verdi called on workers from 7 Amazon warehouses to start a strike for three days to coincide with the global prime day promotion. The union said that workers in warehouses... (See more)
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The Committee to Protect Journalists said it will honour Jimmy Lai, founder of Hong Kong’s Next Digital media company and Apple Daily newspaper, with the 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. The... (See more)
Pacific island governments considered U.S. warnings over security concerns about the involvement of a Chinese company in a World Bank-led project to lay sensitive undersea communications cables and... (See more)
Hong Kong police officers raided pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily headquarters in Tseung Kwan O on June 1. They arrested five senior executives on suspicion of violating the national security law... (See more)
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued a judgement in case C-597/19 M.I.C.M. stating that it is permissible, under certain conditions, to share systematic registration of user... (See more)
A federal jury in Connecticut has found Oleg Koshkin, a Russian national guilty of conspiracy and aiding and abetting intentional damage to a protected computer. Koshkin was operating a ‘crypting’... (See more)
Experts at Michigan State University and Facebook have developed a reverse-engineering research method to detect and attribute deepfakes. The method relies on uncovering the unique patterns behind... (See more)
US president Biden proposed that ‘certain critical infrastructure should be off limits to attack, period, by cyber or any other means,’ during the Putin-Biden 16 June summit. During his press... (See more)
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The World Health Organization (WHO) published a report titled ‘Children and Digital Dumpsites’ aimed at addressing the hazardous impact of the informal processing of discarded electrical or... (See more)
The Vietnamese Prime Minister endorsed its first e-government development strategy towards the digital government during the period of 2021-2025 with a vision to make Viet Nam one of the top 30... (See more)
According to a news report, Facebook has strategically partnered with Indian internet service providers (ISPs) D-Vois and Netplus with the aim of expanding affordable internet access for all in India... (See more)
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft research institute in Germany and IBM have unveiled a 27 qubits quantum computer at the newly established Competence Centre Quantum Computing Baden-Württemberg. Described... (See more)
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has released a judgment in case C-645/19 Facebook Ireland and others specifying the powers of national supervisory authorities within the scheme of... (See more)
To protect children online Facebook has launched a new campaign called ‘Report it, don’t share it’. This initiative would be conducted by Facebook in India in collaboration with its partners working... (See more)
YouTube will no longer place ads related to alcohol, gambling, and politics on its masthead ad slot, which is located at the top of the website and app. This slot is first seen by users when they go... (See more)
Russian president Putin rejected claims that Russia is the culprit behind interference in 2020 US elections, SolarWinds cyberattack, hacking of COVID-19 vaccine research and hacking of USAid, as well... (See more)
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G7 leaders endorse taxation commitment
Leaders of the Group of 7 (G7) have endorsed the commitment on a global tax system made by G7 finance ministers earlier in June. Meeting in Cornwall, UK, the leaders of the seven wealthiest countries... (See more)
Russia is ready to extradite cyber criminals to the USA on a reciprocal basis, president Putin noted during a Rossiya-1 TV interview. Putin stated ‘If we agree on the extradition of criminals, then... (See more)
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the decision by the Vietnamese Government to approve the national programme to protect and support children online. UNICEF Representative in... (See more)
Held online on 10 and 11 June 2021, the Council of Europe's Conference of ministers responsible for media and information society concluded with the adoption of a final declaration and four... (See more)
According to ZDNet, Brazil's National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) is proposing an adaptation of the current data protection rules or small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The intention is to... (See more)
A new statutory law that requires foreign sites with more than half a million daily users in Russia to set up a local branch or legal entity has passed by the parliament. The legislation obliges... (See more)
A Brazilian senate committee has called representatives of Google, Facebook and Twitter to testify in an ongoing probe into the federal government handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. President... (See more)
The British Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden urges the same rules for streaming services and traditional broadcasters, given the latter currently compete with ‘one hand tied behind their backs’... (See more)
The Community Court of Justice, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has issued an order restraining President Muhammadu Buhari or any member of his administration from prosecuting any... (See more)
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) launched the Global South COVID-19 Digital Innovation Challenge to support identifying scalable... (See more)
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued Judgment in joined Cases C-682/18 YouTube, C-683/18 Cyando regarding the liability of platforms for user uploaded content in breach of... (See more)
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has issued its judgement in the case of Hurbain v. Belgium (application no. 57292/16) ordering the ‘Le Soir’ newspaper to anonymise the identity of a... (See more)
The European Commission has started a formal antitrust investigation into Google over whether the company unfairly favours its own online display advertising technology over competitors. The European... (See more)
The Federal Cartel Office (FCO) in Germany announced it has started an investigation into whether Apple is exploiting its marketing position. The focus of the investigation will be the App Store... (See more)
The German trade union Verdi called on workers from 7 Amazon warehouses to start a strike for three days to coincide with the global prime day promotion. The union said that workers in warehouses... (See more)
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) have issued a joint opinion on the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation on artificial... (See more)
The Committee to Protect Journalists said it will honour Jimmy Lai, founder of Hong Kong’s Next Digital media company and Apple Daily newspaper, with the 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award. The... (See more)
Pacific island governments considered U.S. warnings over security concerns about the involvement of a Chinese company in a World Bank-led project to lay sensitive undersea communications cables and... (See more)
Hong Kong police officers raided pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily headquarters in Tseung Kwan O on June 1. They arrested five senior executives on suspicion of violating the national security law... (See more)
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued a judgement in case C-597/19 M.I.C.M. stating that it is permissible, under certain conditions, to share systematic registration of user... (See more)
A federal jury in Connecticut has found Oleg Koshkin, a Russian national guilty of conspiracy and aiding and abetting intentional damage to a protected computer. Koshkin was operating a ‘crypting’... (See more)
Experts at Michigan State University and Facebook have developed a reverse-engineering research method to detect and attribute deepfakes. The method relies on uncovering the unique patterns behind... (See more)
US president Biden proposed that ‘certain critical infrastructure should be off limits to attack, period, by cyber or any other means,’ during the Putin-Biden 16 June summit. During his press... (See more)
Russia and the USA are going to begin expert consultations on cybersecurity, Russian president Putin noted in his press conference following the 16 June summit between Putin and US president Biden... (See more)
The World Health Organization (WHO) published a report titled ‘Children and Digital Dumpsites’ aimed at addressing the hazardous impact of the informal processing of discarded electrical or... (See more)
The Vietnamese Prime Minister endorsed its first e-government development strategy towards the digital government during the period of 2021-2025 with a vision to make Viet Nam one of the top 30... (See more)
According to a news report, Facebook has strategically partnered with Indian internet service providers (ISPs) D-Vois and Netplus with the aim of expanding affordable internet access for all in India... (See more)
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft research institute in Germany and IBM have unveiled a 27 qubits quantum computer at the newly established Competence Centre Quantum Computing Baden-Württemberg. Described... (See more)
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has released a judgment in case C-645/19 Facebook Ireland and others specifying the powers of national supervisory authorities within the scheme of... (See more)
To protect children online Facebook has launched a new campaign called ‘Report it, don’t share it’. This initiative would be conducted by Facebook in India in collaboration with its partners working... (See more)
YouTube will no longer place ads related to alcohol, gambling, and politics on its masthead ad slot, which is located at the top of the website and app. This slot is first seen by users when they go... (See more)
Russian president Putin rejected claims that Russia is the culprit behind interference in 2020 US elections, SolarWinds cyberattack, hacking of COVID-19 vaccine research and hacking of USAid, as well... (See more)
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G7 leaders endorse taxation commitment
Leaders of the Group of 7 (G7) have endorsed the commitment on a global tax system made by G7 finance ministers earlier in June. Meeting in Cornwall, UK, the leaders of the seven wealthiest countries... (See more)
Russia is ready to extradite cyber criminals to the USA on a reciprocal basis, president Putin noted during a Rossiya-1 TV interview. Putin stated ‘If we agree on the extradition of criminals, then... (See more)
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed the decision by the Vietnamese Government to approve the national programme to protect and support children online. UNICEF Representative in... (See more)
Held online on 10 and 11 June 2021, the Council of Europe's Conference of ministers responsible for media and information society concluded with the adoption of a final declaration and four... (See more)
According to ZDNet, Brazil's National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) is proposing an adaptation of the current data protection rules or small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The intention is to... (See more)