The US National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Resource Task Force convened for the first time on 29 July 2021, kick-starting its work on an implementation plan for a National AI Research... (See more)
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US NIST to develop AI risk management framework
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a call for public input that will inform the development of an artificial intelligence (AI) risk management framework. The... (See more)
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Phillippines announced the launch of a national study on online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) “National Study on Online... (See more)
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A team of US and Austrian researchers have developed a special type of quantum computer – a programmable quantum simulator that can operate with 64 to 256 qubits. Some of the key characteristics of... (See more)
The recently released Statistics Canada data reveal an increase in Child pornography charges and cases of online sexual abuse of children during the lockdown. Data indictes 27% increase in charges of... (See more)
More than 40 state attorneys general announced that they will appeal the dismissal of their antitrust law against Facebook. In the lawsuit, they argue that Facebook obtained a monopoly in the market... (See more)
Instagram announced it will change its advertising policy to reduce hypertargeted ads to teens. Advertisers will no longer be able to use age, gender, and location to display ads to users under 18... (See more)
Amazon has announced to customers in the USA that it will no longer resolve their legal issues and complaints involving consumer rights through arbitration. Anyone using Amazon products will have to... (See more)
The African Union Commission (AUC) held a consultative workshop to receive input on its draft digital ID framework developed by a digital ID taskforce. The process, supported by German development... (See more)
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Japan’s most powerful quantum computer revealed
IBM and the University of Tokyo have unveiled IBM Quantum System One, described as Japan’s most powerful quantum computer. The system is available to researchers at scientific institutions and... (See more)
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China to accelerate IPv6 deployment
China’s Cyberspace Administration has revealed a plan for massive deployment of internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) across the country. One of the goals is for China to have 700 million active IPv6... (See more)
The French parliament approved a bill requiring citizens to show a COVID-19 digital pass, pass sanitaire, to access restaurants, bars, trains and planes from August. The pass provides proof that a... (See more)
According to a report, the Chinese government has urged domestic technology companies to ‘seize overseas market opportunities in digital infrastructure’ by investing in emerging technologies, such as... (See more)
According to a news report, Spanish President Pedro Sánchez has announced the publication of the Carta Derechos Digitales, or the Digital Rights Charter. The Charter according to the report is not... (See more)
According to a report, Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison announced he expects the country’s vaccine certificates to come into the Apple wallet app. Australian citizens who have completed... (See more)
Facebook temporarily suspended Eduardo Bolsonaro's page for 30 days, after he had posted content criticizing the results of electoral polls and shared a phrase attributed to Adolf Hitler. After the... (See more)
Office of one of India’s popular local language newspapers, Dainik Bhaskar was raided for tax evasion. More than 100 tax inspectors descended on the headquarters of Dainik Bhaskar media group in the... (See more)
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The Netherlands' DPA, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens has fined TikTok 750,000 euros for violation of children's privacy. The investigation which was launched last year by the DPA over concerns of... (See more)
Some 500 websites – including those of major companies such as Airbnb, UPS, and Fedex – went offline for up to one hour on 22 July, due to an issue experienced by Akamai’s domain name system (DNS)... (See more)
The Human Rights Committee has found that the National Identity Card Act of Mauritius (2013) violates privacy rights, as there are no sufficient guarantees that the biometric data stored on the... (See more)
Pakistan blocked once again access to TikTok for failure to remove inappropriate content. The Telecommunication Authority said in a tweet that ‘in the light of relevant provisions of the Prevention... (See more)
NF 21 July: Using mobile technology can improve remittances to the pacific, GSMA report The GSMA published a report that explores how using mobile technology can improve remittances to the pacific... (See more)
In a case between Max Schrems and Facebook, the Austrian Supreme Court accepted Schrems’ request to refer several questions that raise fundamental doubts about the legal basis of Facebook’s data use... (See more)
The Council of Europe (CoE) has launched a new online toolkit to facilitate the use of ‘counter and alternative narratives to promote human rights and democratic principles that push back against... (See more)
Twitter suspended the Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from the platform for 12 hours after she tweeted content that violated the policy against misleading information about the Covid... (See more)
Following the publication of four IoT cybersecurity draft documents, NIST conducted a series of roundtable discussions focused on draft NISTIR 8259B, IoT Non-Technical Supporting Capability Core... (See more)
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UK plans for digital ID governing body
The UK has launched a consultation on proposals for a governing body on digital ID. The proposed body will oversee organisations in the digital ID industry, and ensure that they adhere to rules that... (See more)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has in a statement condemned the widespread use of spyware including the Pegasus software to spy on journalists, human rights defenders... (See more)
In line with Egypt’s Vision 2030 to promote digital transformation in providing government services, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology... (See more)
Facebook reacted to President Joe Biden’s affirmation that platforms like Facebook are killing people by allowing disinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine to spread online. Facebook’s vice president... (See more)
The US National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Resource Task Force convened for the first time on 29 July 2021, kick-starting its work on an implementation plan for a National AI Research... (See more)
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US NIST to develop AI risk management framework
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a call for public input that will inform the development of an artificial intelligence (AI) risk management framework. The... (See more)
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Phillippines announced the launch of a national study on online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) “National Study on Online... (See more)
Ireland is the latest and last EU member state to join the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI) Initiative. On 28 July 2021, the country signed the EuroQCI Declaration, to which... (See more)
A team of US and Austrian researchers have developed a special type of quantum computer – a programmable quantum simulator that can operate with 64 to 256 qubits. Some of the key characteristics of... (See more)
The recently released Statistics Canada data reveal an increase in Child pornography charges and cases of online sexual abuse of children during the lockdown. Data indictes 27% increase in charges of... (See more)
More than 40 state attorneys general announced that they will appeal the dismissal of their antitrust law against Facebook. In the lawsuit, they argue that Facebook obtained a monopoly in the market... (See more)
Instagram announced it will change its advertising policy to reduce hypertargeted ads to teens. Advertisers will no longer be able to use age, gender, and location to display ads to users under 18... (See more)
Amazon has announced to customers in the USA that it will no longer resolve their legal issues and complaints involving consumer rights through arbitration. Anyone using Amazon products will have to... (See more)
The African Union Commission (AUC) held a consultative workshop to receive input on its draft digital ID framework developed by a digital ID taskforce. The process, supported by German development... (See more)
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Japan’s most powerful quantum computer revealed
IBM and the University of Tokyo have unveiled IBM Quantum System One, described as Japan’s most powerful quantum computer. The system is available to researchers at scientific institutions and... (See more)
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China to accelerate IPv6 deployment
China’s Cyberspace Administration has revealed a plan for massive deployment of internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) across the country. One of the goals is for China to have 700 million active IPv6... (See more)
The French parliament approved a bill requiring citizens to show a COVID-19 digital pass, pass sanitaire, to access restaurants, bars, trains and planes from August. The pass provides proof that a... (See more)
According to a report, the Chinese government has urged domestic technology companies to ‘seize overseas market opportunities in digital infrastructure’ by investing in emerging technologies, such as... (See more)
According to a news report, Spanish President Pedro Sánchez has announced the publication of the Carta Derechos Digitales, or the Digital Rights Charter. The Charter according to the report is not... (See more)
According to a report, Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison announced he expects the country’s vaccine certificates to come into the Apple wallet app. Australian citizens who have completed... (See more)
Facebook temporarily suspended Eduardo Bolsonaro's page for 30 days, after he had posted content criticizing the results of electoral polls and shared a phrase attributed to Adolf Hitler. After the... (See more)
Office of one of India’s popular local language newspapers, Dainik Bhaskar was raided for tax evasion. More than 100 tax inspectors descended on the headquarters of Dainik Bhaskar media group in the... (See more)
According to a news report, Iran’s internet has seen major disruptions amid protests over water-shortage that has lasted over a week in the country and has seen three people killed. Netblocks, the... (See more)
The Netherlands' DPA, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens has fined TikTok 750,000 euros for violation of children's privacy. The investigation which was launched last year by the DPA over concerns of... (See more)
Some 500 websites – including those of major companies such as Airbnb, UPS, and Fedex – went offline for up to one hour on 22 July, due to an issue experienced by Akamai’s domain name system (DNS)... (See more)
The Human Rights Committee has found that the National Identity Card Act of Mauritius (2013) violates privacy rights, as there are no sufficient guarantees that the biometric data stored on the... (See more)
Pakistan blocked once again access to TikTok for failure to remove inappropriate content. The Telecommunication Authority said in a tweet that ‘in the light of relevant provisions of the Prevention... (See more)
NF 21 July: Using mobile technology can improve remittances to the pacific, GSMA report The GSMA published a report that explores how using mobile technology can improve remittances to the pacific... (See more)
In a case between Max Schrems and Facebook, the Austrian Supreme Court accepted Schrems’ request to refer several questions that raise fundamental doubts about the legal basis of Facebook’s data use... (See more)
The Council of Europe (CoE) has launched a new online toolkit to facilitate the use of ‘counter and alternative narratives to promote human rights and democratic principles that push back against... (See more)
Twitter suspended the Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene from the platform for 12 hours after she tweeted content that violated the policy against misleading information about the Covid... (See more)
Following the publication of four IoT cybersecurity draft documents, NIST conducted a series of roundtable discussions focused on draft NISTIR 8259B, IoT Non-Technical Supporting Capability Core... (See more)
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UK plans for digital ID governing body
The UK has launched a consultation on proposals for a governing body on digital ID. The proposed body will oversee organisations in the digital ID industry, and ensure that they adhere to rules that... (See more)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has in a statement condemned the widespread use of spyware including the Pegasus software to spy on journalists, human rights defenders... (See more)
In line with Egypt’s Vision 2030 to promote digital transformation in providing government services, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology... (See more)
Facebook reacted to President Joe Biden’s affirmation that platforms like Facebook are killing people by allowing disinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine to spread online. Facebook’s vice president... (See more)