Marking the World Telecommunication and Information Science Day, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres noted that digital technologies must be a force for good. He also highlighted some of the... (See more)
Bitcoin dropped 10% after Elon Musk tweeted: 'We are concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal.' On an annual level, the mining of... (See more)
Facebook has renamed its crypto project from Libra to Diem. It has additionally scaled down its ambitions: the currency is no longer available internationally (including Geneva), but only in the USA... (See more)
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issues a white paper on confidence mechanisms for internet of things (IoT) devices. The paper aims to initiate a conversation on the... (See more)
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Facebook researchers teach AI to forget
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Belarus adopts data protection regulation
Belarus has passed law No. 99-3 on the protection of personal data tp be effective from 7 November 2021. The law defines personal data, including biometric and genetic data). regulates rights and... (See more)
TikTok has removed more than 500,000 accounts in Italy following an intervention by the Italian Data Protection Authority. In January this year the regulator had ordered the video sharing social... (See more)
The Brazilian Development Fund (BNDES) and Qualcomm Ventures create a $45 million venture capital fund to encourage early-stage investments in IoT companies. The fund for IoT investment, which... (See more)
A team of researchers led by the US Stanford University has developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) which allowed a patient paralised from the neck down to ‘type’ text on a digital device with a... (See more)
Global Times, a Chinese Communist Party publication, reported that Sweden faces a last chance on Ericsson’s fate in China over its involvement in 5G trials. The Chinese ambassador to Sweden said he... (See more)
US President Biden released its much-anticipated ‘Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.’ in the wake of SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange attacks. The Executive Order aims to widen... (See more)
The General Court of the EU has issued its judgement in cases T-816/17Luxembourg v Commission and T-318/18 Amazon EU Sàrl and Amazon.com, Inc. v Commission stating that the European Commission did... (See more)
The UN Ad Hoc Committee to elaborate a comprehensive international convention on countering the misuse of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes (Cybercrime Ad Hoc... (See more)
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Online voter registration approved in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Independent Electoral Commission is said to have approved online voter registration for the 2023 elections. The service is available to all citizens over the age of 18 who have not enrolled... (See more)
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Zimbabwe to boost digital inclusion initiatives
In order to boost digital inclusion of marginalised persons, the government of Zimbabwe has launched the second Community Information Center. The objective of this initiative is to provide... (See more)
India's Ministry of water (Jal Jeevan Mission at the Ministry of Jal Shakti) sent a letter to all States/U.T.s for rolling out sensor-based IoT solutions to monitor water supply in rural areas. The... (See more)
The German government has announced it would allocate about €2 billion over the next four years to support the development of the country’s first quantum computer and related technologies. The... (See more)
Food delivery apps operating in Spain have 3 months to classify their delivery riders as employees according to a new decree approved by the government. The approved regulation aimed at clarifying... (See more)
The media authority of the Palestinian government criticised Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for censoring Palestinian content. The authority alleges that these social media platforms have banned... (See more)
The competition authority in Israel announced it is considering imposing a fine of $1.8 million on Facebook for buying 2 Israeli companies without the authority’s consent. Under Israel’s competition... (See more)
A few reasons why China's vaccine diplomacy, which has been successful so far, may get into difficulties: - China needs to produce large quantities of the vaccine in order to vaccinate the planned 40... (See more)
The US National Security Agency (NSA), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency... (See more)
According to ZDNet, Brazilian authorities have asked WhatsApp to postpone the introduction of its new privacy policy based on concerns over data protection and consumer rights. The request was... (See more)
Microsoft develops its diplomacy with representation to the United Nations in New York and Geneva. Microsoft focuses on * human rights * environmental sustainability * defending democracy and... <a href="/updates/our-interconnected-world-requires-collective-action-microsoft-issues" class="no-underline hover-underline fs-84" hreflang="en">(See more)</a>
A team of researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China has designed a 62-qubit programmable superconducting quantum processor, called Zu Chongzhi. The processor was presented as... (See more)
The Administrative Council for Economic Defense, the National Data Protection Authority, the Federal Public Ministry and the National Consumer Secretariat asked WhatsApp to postpone the deadline for... (See more)
Texas based Alief Independent School District (ISD) has issued warning to parents about apps such as Party in My Dorm that are being used by child sex predators. The district in the letter to parents... (See more)
UK National Cyber Security Centre publishes a guide about smart city cybersecurity. The guide titled Connected Places CyberSecurity Principles aims to help UK local and national authorities develop... (See more)
Visual content moderation company Image Analyzer has commented on the survey conducted by Internet Matters over 2000 children aged 5 to 16 years. The study found that the number of children live... (See more)
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) issued the second draft of NIST Special Publication 1800-30, titled Securing... (See more)
According to Euractiv, Microsoft has announced its commitment to store and process EU personal data within European borders. The move intends to address uncertainties surrounding the transfer of data... (See more)
TikTok announced joining the Technology Coalition for protecting children from online sexual exploitation and abuse. TikTok reiterated its commitment to protect children in its platform and a zero... (See more)
Marking the World Telecommunication and Information Science Day, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres noted that digital technologies must be a force for good. He also highlighted some of the... (See more)
Bitcoin dropped 10% after Elon Musk tweeted: 'We are concerned about rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels for bitcoin mining and transactions, especially coal.' On an annual level, the mining of... (See more)
Facebook has renamed its crypto project from Libra to Diem. It has additionally scaled down its ambitions: the currency is no longer available internationally (including Geneva), but only in the USA... (See more)
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issues a white paper on confidence mechanisms for internet of things (IoT) devices. The paper aims to initiate a conversation on the... (See more)
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Facebook researchers teach AI to forget
Researchers at Facebook have announced a new method in deep learning – a mechanism behind artificial intelligence (AI) systems – designed to equip neural networks with the ability to forget at scale... (See more)
Update date
Belarus adopts data protection regulation
Belarus has passed law No. 99-3 on the protection of personal data tp be effective from 7 November 2021. The law defines personal data, including biometric and genetic data). regulates rights and... (See more)
TikTok has removed more than 500,000 accounts in Italy following an intervention by the Italian Data Protection Authority. In January this year the regulator had ordered the video sharing social... (See more)
The Brazilian Development Fund (BNDES) and Qualcomm Ventures create a $45 million venture capital fund to encourage early-stage investments in IoT companies. The fund for IoT investment, which... (See more)
A team of researchers led by the US Stanford University has developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) which allowed a patient paralised from the neck down to ‘type’ text on a digital device with a... (See more)
Global Times, a Chinese Communist Party publication, reported that Sweden faces a last chance on Ericsson’s fate in China over its involvement in 5G trials. The Chinese ambassador to Sweden said he... (See more)
US President Biden released its much-anticipated ‘Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.’ in the wake of SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange attacks. The Executive Order aims to widen... (See more)
The General Court of the EU has issued its judgement in cases T-816/17Luxembourg v Commission and T-318/18 Amazon EU Sàrl and Amazon.com, Inc. v Commission stating that the European Commission did... (See more)
The UN Ad Hoc Committee to elaborate a comprehensive international convention on countering the misuse of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes (Cybercrime Ad Hoc... (See more)
Update date
Online voter registration approved in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Independent Electoral Commission is said to have approved online voter registration for the 2023 elections. The service is available to all citizens over the age of 18 who have not enrolled... (See more)
Update date
Zimbabwe to boost digital inclusion initiatives
In order to boost digital inclusion of marginalised persons, the government of Zimbabwe has launched the second Community Information Center. The objective of this initiative is to provide... (See more)
India's Ministry of water (Jal Jeevan Mission at the Ministry of Jal Shakti) sent a letter to all States/U.T.s for rolling out sensor-based IoT solutions to monitor water supply in rural areas. The... (See more)
The German government has announced it would allocate about €2 billion over the next four years to support the development of the country’s first quantum computer and related technologies. The... (See more)
Food delivery apps operating in Spain have 3 months to classify their delivery riders as employees according to a new decree approved by the government. The approved regulation aimed at clarifying... (See more)
The media authority of the Palestinian government criticised Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for censoring Palestinian content. The authority alleges that these social media platforms have banned... (See more)
The competition authority in Israel announced it is considering imposing a fine of $1.8 million on Facebook for buying 2 Israeli companies without the authority’s consent. Under Israel’s competition... (See more)
A few reasons why China's vaccine diplomacy, which has been successful so far, may get into difficulties: - China needs to produce large quantities of the vaccine in order to vaccinate the planned 40... (See more)
The US National Security Agency (NSA), the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency... (See more)
According to ZDNet, Brazilian authorities have asked WhatsApp to postpone the introduction of its new privacy policy based on concerns over data protection and consumer rights. The request was... (See more)
Microsoft develops its diplomacy with representation to the United Nations in New York and Geneva. Microsoft focuses on * human rights * environmental sustainability * defending democracy and... <a href="/updates/our-interconnected-world-requires-collective-action-microsoft-issues" class="no-underline hover-underline fs-84" hreflang="en">(See more)</a>
A team of researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China has designed a 62-qubit programmable superconducting quantum processor, called Zu Chongzhi. The processor was presented as... (See more)
The Administrative Council for Economic Defense, the National Data Protection Authority, the Federal Public Ministry and the National Consumer Secretariat asked WhatsApp to postpone the deadline for... (See more)
Texas based Alief Independent School District (ISD) has issued warning to parents about apps such as Party in My Dorm that are being used by child sex predators. The district in the letter to parents... (See more)
UK National Cyber Security Centre publishes a guide about smart city cybersecurity. The guide titled Connected Places CyberSecurity Principles aims to help UK local and national authorities develop... (See more)
Visual content moderation company Image Analyzer has commented on the survey conducted by Internet Matters over 2000 children aged 5 to 16 years. The study found that the number of children live... (See more)
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) issued the second draft of NIST Special Publication 1800-30, titled Securing... (See more)
According to Euractiv, Microsoft has announced its commitment to store and process EU personal data within European borders. The move intends to address uncertainties surrounding the transfer of data... (See more)
TikTok announced joining the Technology Coalition for protecting children from online sexual exploitation and abuse. TikTok reiterated its commitment to protect children in its platform and a zero... (See more)