The district court of Amsterdam ruled that Uber should reintegrate five British and one Dutch driver, given that the decision to exclude them was only based on automated processing. The drivers... (See more)
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EU draft regulation on AI leaked online
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Facebook’s oversight board scope is expanded
Facebook oversight board widens scope to decide on content not removed by the platform, a key expansion of the board’s scope. Originally, it was conceived to rule only on appeals that required having... (See more)
Turkey’s competition authority fined Google more than $36 million for having abused its dominant position in search engine services. The competition authority considered that Google favours its own... (See more)
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Egyptian ICT minister Amr Talaat confirmed that 1,300 villages in Egypt will soon be connected to optical fiber as part of the "Decent Life" project. This phase is valued at EGP 5.6 billion ($356.4... (See more)
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Metal processing company Metal Shredder Hungary (MSH) plans to build a factory in Becej, Serbia, by 2023, to collect and process electronic waste, as well as X-ray films from the Serbian healthcare... (See more)
The UK software company ValueLicensing has sued Microsoft against its alleged anticompetitive practices, including restrictive contractual requirements and abuse of dominance in the software market... (See more)
China's antitrust body has imposed on Alibaba the most expensive penalty for having implemented anticompetitive business practices. The fine represents four percent of Alibaba’s domestic sales in... (See more)
The public safety minister in Ottawa has stated that the liberal government will create a legislation to appoint a regulator responsible for content takedown by online platforms. These include... (See more)
The UK National Health System (NHS) Covid-19 app was blocked on Google and Apple stores for privacy violations. The app tracks interactions between users with their Bluetooth systems and venue check... (See more)
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched its digital library project in South Sudan. The project aims to construct the culture of reading and self-learning using... (See more)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and several US state governments requested a District Court of Columbia to deny Facebook’s petition to dismiss antitrust lawsuits against the company. The FTC has... (See more)
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Twitch, a live-stream platform popular among video gamers, announced it will start a new approach to moderate content by banning users for offenses such as hate-group memberships or mass violence... (See more)
US senators have elaborated draft legislation aimed to lay out a US strategic approach to China and ‘assure that the United States is positioned to compete with China across all dimensions of... (See more)
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Georgian civil servants e-learning research
In a research conducted in 2020, UNDP and the UK Government assessed the benefits and challenges Georgian civil servants experienced during the Covid-19 lockdowns. The results showed that 63% of... (See more)
According to the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), the House of Representatives of Belarus has adopted a draft personal data protection law. The draft law defines categories... (See more)
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data of Hong-Kong has released guidance on protecting personal data privacy in the use of social media and instant messaging apps. The document... (See more)
The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has announced that seven Chinese supercomputing entities have been added to the ‘Entity List’, an instrument used to restrict the export, re-export, and in-country... (See more)
The US authority National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) considered that Amazon punished two activist employees by firing them without reasonable cause. The NLRB decision is a sign that the body is... (See more)
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Senegal and Morocco agree on ICT cooperation
On the margins of the inauguration of the Consulate General of Senegal in the city of Dakhla, Senegal and Morocco have concluded a cooperation agreement in the sphere of ICT and digital economy. More... (See more)
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Finland announces Quantum Institute
The Aalto University, the University of Helsinki, and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have announced the establishment of InstituteQ – the Finnish Quantum Institute, dedicated to... (See more)
In the USA, the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Chicago Quantum Exchange research hub have announced the launch of Duality, an accelerator programme... (See more)
YouTube announced that it will soon release a metric named Violative View Rate (VVR) in its Community Guidelines Enforcement Report available quarterly. The metric VVR assists the platform to... (See more)
President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Audrey Azoulay launched the International Research Centre on... (See more)
UNESCO's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Education Prize international jury selected two best projects for 2020. The laureates are the Finnish online platform learning platform... (See more)
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Brazil adopts AI strategy
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in Brazil has adopted the Brazilian strategy on artificial intelligence, outlining actions aimed to stimulate research, innovation, and the... (See more)
The district court of Amsterdam ruled that Uber should reintegrate five British and one Dutch driver, given that the decision to exclude them was only based on automated processing. The drivers... (See more)
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EU draft regulation on AI leaked online
The draft regulation on a ‘European approach for artificial intelligence’ has been published online before planned announcement by the European Commission on 21 April 2021. The draft regulation aims... (See more)
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Facebook’s oversight board scope is expanded
Facebook oversight board widens scope to decide on content not removed by the platform, a key expansion of the board’s scope. Originally, it was conceived to rule only on appeals that required having... (See more)
Turkey’s competition authority fined Google more than $36 million for having abused its dominant position in search engine services. The competition authority considered that Google favours its own... (See more)
Following the US SEC decision to grant the Coinbase a public sale of its stocks, on April 14, the Coinbase shares will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. According to the independent reports... (See more)
Yandex, the largest search engine in Russian, is facing investigation by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) for alleged anticompetition law breaches. The FAS believes that Yandex creates unfair... (See more)
Egyptian ICT minister Amr Talaat confirmed that 1,300 villages in Egypt will soon be connected to optical fiber as part of the "Decent Life" project. This phase is valued at EGP 5.6 billion ($356.4... (See more)
The Federal Communications Commission has released a Speed Test app to close the digital divide. The app is expected to help map broadband availability and speeds across the country. The data... (See more)
On April 13, the EU central Bank (ECB) issued the digital euro public consultation report. In more than 8000 comments and suggestions users highlighted privacy, security, and the cross border... (See more)
Egypt’s ICT minister has announced that some 1,300 villages in Egypt will be connected to optical fiber as part of the ‘Decent Life’ project. Under this initiative, 4,584 villages representing 58% of... (See more)
Metal processing company Metal Shredder Hungary (MSH) plans to build a factory in Becej, Serbia, by 2023, to collect and process electronic waste, as well as X-ray films from the Serbian healthcare... (See more)
The UK software company ValueLicensing has sued Microsoft against its alleged anticompetitive practices, including restrictive contractual requirements and abuse of dominance in the software market... (See more)
China's antitrust body has imposed on Alibaba the most expensive penalty for having implemented anticompetitive business practices. The fine represents four percent of Alibaba’s domestic sales in... (See more)
The public safety minister in Ottawa has stated that the liberal government will create a legislation to appoint a regulator responsible for content takedown by online platforms. These include... (See more)
The UK National Health System (NHS) Covid-19 app was blocked on Google and Apple stores for privacy violations. The app tracks interactions between users with their Bluetooth systems and venue check... (See more)
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched its digital library project in South Sudan. The project aims to construct the culture of reading and self-learning using... (See more)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and several US state governments requested a District Court of Columbia to deny Facebook’s petition to dismiss antitrust lawsuits against the company. The FTC has... (See more)
Technology giants pay 76% lower taxes on profit than other companies in Brazil, points out a survey based on data from the Federal Revenue Service. The research was led by the Federal Deputy João... (See more)
Twitch, a live-stream platform popular among video gamers, announced it will start a new approach to moderate content by banning users for offenses such as hate-group memberships or mass violence... (See more)
US senators have elaborated draft legislation aimed to lay out a US strategic approach to China and ‘assure that the United States is positioned to compete with China across all dimensions of... (See more)
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Georgian civil servants e-learning research
In a research conducted in 2020, UNDP and the UK Government assessed the benefits and challenges Georgian civil servants experienced during the Covid-19 lockdowns. The results showed that 63% of... (See more)
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data of Hong-Kong has released guidance on protecting personal data privacy in the use of social media and instant messaging apps. The document... (See more)
According to the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), the House of Representatives of Belarus has adopted a draft personal data protection law. The draft law defines categories... (See more)
The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has announced that seven Chinese supercomputing entities have been added to the ‘Entity List’, an instrument used to restrict the export, re-export, and in-country... (See more)
The US authority National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) considered that Amazon punished two activist employees by firing them without reasonable cause. The NLRB decision is a sign that the body is... (See more)
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Senegal and Morocco agree on ICT cooperation
On the margins of the inauguration of the Consulate General of Senegal in the city of Dakhla, Senegal and Morocco have concluded a cooperation agreement in the sphere of ICT and digital economy. More... (See more)
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Finland announces Quantum Institute
The Aalto University, the University of Helsinki, and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have announced the establishment of InstituteQ – the Finnish Quantum Institute, dedicated to... (See more)
In the USA, the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Chicago Quantum Exchange research hub have announced the launch of Duality, an accelerator programme... (See more)
YouTube announced that it will soon release a metric named Violative View Rate (VVR) in its Community Guidelines Enforcement Report available quarterly. The metric VVR assists the platform to... (See more)
President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Audrey Azoulay launched the International Research Centre on... (See more)
UNESCO's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Education Prize international jury selected two best projects for 2020. The laureates are the Finnish online platform learning platform... (See more)
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Brazil adopts AI strategy
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in Brazil has adopted the Brazilian strategy on artificial intelligence, outlining actions aimed to stimulate research, innovation, and the... (See more)