The Parliament of Ghana has rejected the 2022 budget over mobile money (MoMo) taxes. The budget, which proposed to levy a 1.5% levy on mobile money, bank transfers and remittances was presented by... (See more)
Persons with disabilities remain too often excluded from policy and program responses, despite commitments to leave no one behind. The disability data gap leads to deprioritization of persons with... (See more)
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US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released actionable Capacity Enhancement Guides (CEGs) to help users and organizations improve mobile device cybersecurity. The users'... (See more)
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Conversational AI for Customer Service leader Solvemate today announces the availability of improved accessibility for its customer service automation platform. Solvemate accessibility helps customer... (See more)
The Gaming Accessibility Team at Microsoft is pleased to announce that Game Accessibility Feature Tags are now available to all users of the Microsoft Store on Xbox and Xbox.com. We are also excited... (See more)
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Apple has filed a major lawsuit against the NSO Group and its parent company, Q Cyber Technologies in the US District Court for the Northern District of California to ‘hold it accountable for the... (See more)
Two Canadian journalists were arrested, along with over a dozen protesters, on Friday Nov. 19 by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) while covering the Indigenous protest on Wet’suwet’en land... (See more)
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The Ministry of Interior’s Child Protection Center in UAE, Digital Well Being Council, and Meta have initiated a new campaign called “Report it. Don’t Share it” to protect children online. The... (See more)
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) issue for public comments the third part of three volumes of the upcoming... (See more)
According to a news report, Burkina Faso is experiencing an interruption to internet and mobile phone communication services since Saturday 20 November 2020. The situation according to the report has... (See more)
The United Nations’ top expert on freedom of opinion and expression expressed concerns about a “distorted media environment” in Hungary, saying on Monday that reporting around elections due next year... (See more)
According to India Today, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) in India has adopted the draft report on the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill. This draft text had been under discussion since... (See more)
According to the BBC, WhatsApp has announced it was amending its privacy policy for the EU and the UK, following the recent fine €225m issued by the Irish data protection authority - the second... (See more)
Google has begun beta testing an app designed to help those with speech impairments use Google Assistant. The new Project Relate app for Android has started taking applications from adults with... (See more)
Countries across Europe are facing an upsurge in COVID-19 infections as restrictions were lifted. However, in Romania, a contagion spike is being fuelled by disinformation campaigns. According to... (See more)
The Indian government has come up with new accessibility standards, under which almost all television channels will have to ensure that they either carry captions or sign language to help the hearing... (See more)
UNICEF has issued a draft policy guidance on AI for governments and the private sector to ensure their policies and practices promote children’s rights. This policy guidance is part of the AI for... (See more)
Rwanda’s Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MINICT) and Google revealed a new collaboration to promote digital transformation in the country with a special focus on digital skills... (See more)
A multimillion dollar lawsuit has been filed against chat site Omegla for encouraging children below 13 years to chat with strangers online. The victim in this case is an 11 year old girl who was... (See more)
During its plenary session, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted new guidelines on the interplay between Article 3 and Chapter V of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). By... (See more)
Following the recent launch of EU negotiations around data and digital services and the upcoming release of the EU strategy for data, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has released an opinion... (See more)
Aiming at closing the digital divide, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed an enhanced competition incentive program to encourage licensees to offer opportunities for small carriers... (See more)
To protect children online, the French President Emmanuel Macron is supporting a legislation which if passed will mandate smartphone, laptop, tablet, gaming consoles and computer manufacturers such... (See more)
The editor of Mozambique’s independent weekly investigative publication, Canal de Mocambique won the press freedom award this year. He shares the award given by the Committee to Protect Journalists... (See more)
The EU Parliament is looking to reform Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). In a report adopted with 444 votes in favour, 48 against and 75 abstentions, MEPs propose a series of... (See more)
In view to clarify the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)’s case-law on the retention and access to personal data generated in the electronic communications sector, its Advocate General... (See more)
Rightwing operatives in the US are targeting state elections through a network of local fake news sites. These sites have published thousands of misleading or erroneous information with a... (See more)
UK Government is funding five tech projects in Edinburgh, Poole, St Albans and London, which had won the £555k Safety Tech Challenge Fund competition with an aim to fight against child abuse online... (See more)
The Parliament of Ghana has rejected the 2022 budget over mobile money (MoMo) taxes. The budget, which proposed to levy a 1.5% levy on mobile money, bank transfers and remittances was presented by... (See more)
Persons with disabilities remain too often excluded from policy and program responses, despite commitments to leave no one behind. The disability data gap leads to deprioritization of persons with... (See more)
Social media has aggravated the migrant crisis on the border of Belarus and Poland. According to Monika Richter, head of research and analysis for Semantic Visions, activity on Facebook in Arabic and... (See more)
US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released actionable Capacity Enhancement Guides (CEGs) to help users and organizations improve mobile device cybersecurity. The users'... (See more)
The UK government introduced The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill. The bill is divided into two parts: product security measures and telecommunications Infrastructure... (See more)
Conversational AI for Customer Service leader Solvemate today announces the availability of improved accessibility for its customer service automation platform. Solvemate accessibility helps customer... (See more)
The Gaming Accessibility Team at Microsoft is pleased to announce that Game Accessibility Feature Tags are now available to all users of the Microsoft Store on Xbox and Xbox.com. We are also excited... (See more)
The Italian Competition Authority has fined Amazon and Apple EUR200 million in total. Apple and Amazon have put in place a restrictive agreement that did not allow all legitimate resellers of... (See more)
Apple has filed a major lawsuit against the NSO Group and its parent company, Q Cyber Technologies in the US District Court for the Northern District of California to ‘hold it accountable for the... (See more)
Two Canadian journalists were arrested, along with over a dozen protesters, on Friday Nov. 19 by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) while covering the Indigenous protest on Wet’suwet’en land... (See more)
There's plenty new in iPadOS 15, but it also features an under-sung accessibility upgrade: support for third-party eye-tracking devices. That'll allow Persons with disabilities to use iPad apps and... (See more)
The Ministry of Interior’s Child Protection Center in UAE, Digital Well Being Council, and Meta have initiated a new campaign called “Report it. Don’t Share it” to protect children online. The... (See more)
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) issue for public comments the third part of three volumes of the upcoming... (See more)
According to a news report, Burkina Faso is experiencing an interruption to internet and mobile phone communication services since Saturday 20 November 2020. The situation according to the report has... (See more)
The United Nations’ top expert on freedom of opinion and expression expressed concerns about a “distorted media environment” in Hungary, saying on Monday that reporting around elections due next year... (See more)
According to India Today, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) in India has adopted the draft report on the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill. This draft text had been under discussion since... (See more)
According to the BBC, WhatsApp has announced it was amending its privacy policy for the EU and the UK, following the recent fine €225m issued by the Irish data protection authority - the second... (See more)
Google has begun beta testing an app designed to help those with speech impairments use Google Assistant. The new Project Relate app for Android has started taking applications from adults with... (See more)
Countries across Europe are facing an upsurge in COVID-19 infections as restrictions were lifted. However, in Romania, a contagion spike is being fuelled by disinformation campaigns. According to... (See more)
The Indian government has come up with new accessibility standards, under which almost all television channels will have to ensure that they either carry captions or sign language to help the hearing... (See more)
UNICEF has issued a draft policy guidance on AI for governments and the private sector to ensure their policies and practices promote children’s rights. This policy guidance is part of the AI for... (See more)
Rwanda’s Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MINICT) and Google revealed a new collaboration to promote digital transformation in the country with a special focus on digital skills... (See more)
A multimillion dollar lawsuit has been filed against chat site Omegla for encouraging children below 13 years to chat with strangers online. The victim in this case is an 11 year old girl who was... (See more)
During its plenary session, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted new guidelines on the interplay between Article 3 and Chapter V of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). By... (See more)
Following the recent launch of EU negotiations around data and digital services and the upcoming release of the EU strategy for data, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has released an opinion... (See more)
Aiming at closing the digital divide, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed an enhanced competition incentive program to encourage licensees to offer opportunities for small carriers... (See more)
To protect children online, the French President Emmanuel Macron is supporting a legislation which if passed will mandate smartphone, laptop, tablet, gaming consoles and computer manufacturers such... (See more)
The editor of Mozambique’s independent weekly investigative publication, Canal de Mocambique won the press freedom award this year. He shares the award given by the Committee to Protect Journalists... (See more)
The EU Parliament is looking to reform Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). In a report adopted with 444 votes in favour, 48 against and 75 abstentions, MEPs propose a series of... (See more)
In view to clarify the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)’s case-law on the retention and access to personal data generated in the electronic communications sector, its Advocate General... (See more)
Rightwing operatives in the US are targeting state elections through a network of local fake news sites. These sites have published thousands of misleading or erroneous information with a... (See more)
UK Government is funding five tech projects in Edinburgh, Poole, St Albans and London, which had won the £555k Safety Tech Challenge Fund competition with an aim to fight against child abuse online... (See more)