The Digital Watch weekly archive

08/07/2022 – Weekly #93: Espionage and ransomware | Quantum-safe encryption | Antitrust cases | EU innovation agenda | CAR crypto initiative
01/07/2022 – Weekly #92: Digitalisation on G7 agenda | NATO’s new Strategic Concept | Tech after Roe vs Wade | EU twins digital and green transitions
24/06/2022 – Weekly #91: Microsoft limits access to facial recognition | Metaverse Standards Forum | Safeguarding Humanitarian Data Resolution | China’s new rules
17/06/2022 – Weekly #90: Bitcoin price plunges | Is LaMDA sentient? | EU code on disinformation | Biggest DDoS attack on record
10/06/2022 – Weekly #89: EU’s common USB-C charger | Apple will launch passwordless login | India ammends IT rules | Cybersecurity | Ukraine
03/06/2022 – Weekly #88: Texas social media law blocked | Supercomputers and quantum | Chip supply chains | Digital assets | Costa Rica and ransomware
27/05/2022 – Weekly #87: Digital at Quad Summit and Davos | Austria to address deepfakes | Ransomware gang Conti shuts down | Google again under antitrust investig
20/05/2022 – Weekly #86: Buffalo shooting and online platforms | US-EU Trade and Tech Council | Costa Rica cyberattack | Huawei and ZTE 5G ban in Canada | Google f
13/05/2022 – Weekly #85: Musk’s acquisition of Twitter on hold | Ukraine | G7 Digital Ministers’ meeting | UN starts preparations for the Global Digital Compact |
06/05/2022 – Weekly #84: Musk and Twitter | Apple Pay and competition | US quantum initiatives | Crypto operations in Uzbekistan | EU Health Data Space
29/04/2022 – Weekly #83: USA pulls out of cyber talks | Russia slaps Google with ban | Human Rights Council adopts fake news draft | Google’s no-cookies button
22/04/2022 – Weekly #82: Five Eyes issue warning | ‘Russia warship, go…’ stamp triggers attack | Gig company under fire over drivers’ status | Web scraping legal
15/04/2022 – Weekly #81: China denies hacking Ukraine | US internet services exempt from sanctions | Russia-Google fight escalates | China goes after algorithms
09/04/2022 – Weekly #80: USA pulls out of cyber talks | Russia slaps Google with ban | Human Rights Council adopts fake news draft | Google’s no-cookies button
01/04/2022 – Weekly #79: Ukraine report | OEWG holds second substantive session | Google and Apple sued over 30% commission in app stores
25/03/2022 – Weekly #78: USA on high alert for attacks from Russia | Switzerland won’t block RT | EU agrees on DMA | USA-EU reach deal on Privacy Shield successor
18/03/2022 – Weekly #77: Russia blocks Instagram | UN cybercrime negotiations | UK Online Safety Bill | Intel to invest €33B in EU chipmaking
12/03/2022 – Weekly #76: Russia criminalises fake news | Meta’s new policy angers Russia | Cutting internet access? | Ukraine considers moving its data
05/03/2022 – Weekly #75: Cyberattacks on Ukraine & Russia | ICANN denies Ukraine’s request | Russian state media blocked | SOTU: Chips, taxes & kids
26/02/2022 – Weekly #74: Ukraine hit with cyberattacks | Hackers hit back | EU unveils Data Act | OECD launches framework for classifying AI systems
18/02/2022 – Weekly #73: Make platforms pay! | EU’s space package | Connectivity investment for Africa | India vs Chinese apps | Meta in trouble | ICRC: Mea culpa
11/02/2022 – Weekly #72: EC proposes Chips Act | SoftBank, Nvidia call off Arm deal | US DoJ seizes US$3.6 billion in bitcoins |Microsoft Open App Store Principles
05/02/2022 – Weekly #71: US cybersecurity board formed | FTC to probe Microsoft deal | EU standards strategy | Robots at Olympics | California net neutrality safe
28/01/2022 – Weekly #70: EU digital rights charter | Google sued over dark patterns | Gig workers = employees? Probably | Intel fine scrapped | Meta drops Libra
22/01/2022 – Weekly #69: UN SG on lawlessness in cyberspace | ICRC data breached | Google Analytics violates GDPR | US advances antitrust legislation
14/01/2022 – Weekly #68: Ukraine hit by cyberattack | Social media platforms subpoenaed in 6 January investigations | Meta sued for not compensating users
07/01/2022 – Weekly #67: China targets algorithms | Kazakhstan’s shutdown | Fines for Facebook, Google, Tencent & more | Apple reaches US$3 trillion mark
31/12/2021 – Weekly #66: A year in cover issues
24/12/2021 – Weekly #65: The digital policy developments that defined 2021
17/12/2021 – Weekly #64: UN cyber OEWG | ITU Policy Forum | DSA and DMA | Metaverse
10/12/2021 – Weekly #63: IGF2021 | Summit for Democracy | Amazon antitrust fine | Instagram and minors | Gig work in the EU
03/12/2021 – Weekly #62: Meta (Facebook) to sell Giphy | Chip merger blocked | Australia takes on Big Tech | UK announces Clearview AI fine
26/11/2021 – Weekly #61: UNESCO AI ethics | EU ministers green-light draft DSA, DMA texts | Apple sues NSO | More antitrust fines | PLUS: Busy calendar next week
19/11/2021 – Weekly #60: UNESCO’s ethical AI guidelines | China proposes data security rules | USA passes infrastructure package | Bolt drivers can set own prices
12/11/2021 – Weekly #59: Google’s antitrust appeal dismissed | Apple to make changes to App Store | USA indicts REvil hackers | Fresh calls to tackle CSAM
05/11/2021 – Weekly #58: Metaverse trademarks filed | Facebook drops facial recognition | Chip shortage continues | China to classify companies | 996 becomes 1075
29/10/2021 – Weekly #57: The Facebook Papers and rebrand to Meta | G7 principles for digital trade | Indonesian court rules internet blocks lawful | G20 and COP26
22/10/2021 – Weekly #56: EU’s digital priorities | NATO’s AI strategy | Russia-US cybersecurity draft | Facebook’s metaverse
15/10/2021 – Weekly #55: Global tax deal | Ransomware summit | AI bill of rights | LinkedIn exits China | Amazon accused of copying products
08/10/2021 – Weekly #54: Facebook’s whistleblower testifies | Outage for Facebook, WhatsApp | Ireland, Estonia agree to OECD tax deal (+ Factbox) | Twitch breached
02/10/2021 – Weekly #53: US-EU’s tech talks kick off | Facebook grilled by US lawmakers over kids’ mental health | Data should be treated differently – UN body
24/09/2021 – Weekly #52: Digital issues at UNGA 76 | European Commission: Mobile chargers to be universal | China’s central bank: Crypto transactions are illegal
18/09/2021 – Weekly #51: European Commission’s digital priorities | Call for moratorium on risky AI | Dutch court: Drivers are employees | S.Korea fines Google
10/09/2021 – Weekly #50: California court rules on Epic v. Apple | El Salvador wins bitcoin race | China warns companies | Taliban wants access to emails
04/09/2021 – Weekly #49: Child safety measures | Irish DPC fines WhatsApp | Net neutrality ruling | Quantum leaps | App stores in trouble | Digital (and) diplomacy
28/08/2021 – Weekly #48: Access in Afghanistan | Biden to CEOs: Raise security bar | China eyes algorithms | Prop 22 quashed | Macron nudges Ireland on tax rules
20/08/2021 – Weekly #47: Taliban and social media | UN urges use of digital technology to achieve SDGs | China passes new personal information protection law
13/08/2021 – Weekly #46: China plans more tech regulation | Controversy around Apple’s child safety measures | Hacker returns stolen crypto assets
07/08/2021 – Weekly #45: Record €746m fine for Amazon | China sets limits on FRT | New proposal for gig workers | Predictive AI unfit for healthcare (+ factsheet)
30/07/2021 – Weekly #44: USA–Russia cyber talks kick off | Russia announces draft treaty | Kaseya obtains decryption tool | Instagram’s plans for young users
23/07/2021 – Weekly #43: Pegasus surveillance (+ factsheet) | Biden on misinformation | Websites go offline | Facebook at CJEU | China accused of Microsoft attack
16/07/2021 – Weekly #42: Google fined in France | REvil goes offline | A digital euro closer to reality | Mastercard banned from issuing new cards in India
10/07/2021 – Weekly #41: Biden on competition | More ransomware attacks | G20 set to approve tax rules | Trump sues social media platforms
02/07/2021 – Weekly #40: Global tax rules | Antitrust cases dismissed | Jurisdiction | Vaccine passports | UNESCO AI Ethics guidelines | UK gets adequacy decision
26/06/2021 – Weekly #39: A flood of antitrust bills | USA-Russia cyber-relations (+ who’s expected to make the next move) | Cybercrime | Copyright liability
18/06/2021 – Weekly #38: Biden’s four summits and digital policy: G7 | NATO | EU-US | Biden-Putin
11/06/2021 – Weekly #37: Biden’s European summits and their relevance for digital issues | Trade & competition | Data | Twitter
05/06/2021 – Weekly #36: Trump’s 2-year ban | Biden to confront Putin | G7 close to tax deal | UN GGE’s adv. report released | EU’s vaccine passport goes live
28/05/2021 – Weekly #35: Florida’s deplatforming law | Antitrust lawsuits | Disinformation | WhatsApp in India | Bulk interception
22/05/2021 – Weekly #34: Ransom attacks | Crypto markets, bitcoin, and Libra | Digital passports | WhatsApp | Facial recognition | Digital taxation
15/05/2021 – Weekly #33: US pipeline ransom attack | Amazon tax subsidies | WhatsApp update | Gig economy drivers | Google fined in Italy | Post-Schrems II
08/05/2021 – Weekly #32: Trump’s FB ban | Semiconductor shortage | 5G in India | The Apple-Epic antitrust case
01/05/2021 – Weekly #31: G7 | Terrorist content | Content policy | Antitrust | Gig work | Children’s privacy | Roadmap
23/04/2021 – Weekly #30: EU’s AI rules | Quantum | Antitrust | Children’s data | Tech diplomacy
16/04/2021 – Weekly #29: US-Russia | EU’s leaked AI rules | Antitrust | Content policy | Internet access
09/04/2021 – Weekly #28: Facebook & LinkedIn breaches | Digital tax & USA’s proposal | Trade war | China’s digital yuan
03/04/2021 – Weekly #27: Cyberattacks on parliaments | Epic vs Apple | Facebook-Giphy merger | Content policy | CoE’s AI work
27/03/2021 – Weekly #26: US-China | G7 | Big Tech CEOs testify | Gig economy | Taxation | Children’s rights
20/03/2021 – Weekly #25: Quad Summit | Content policy | Big Tech feuds | Uber drivers | A right to internet access
13/03/2021 – Weekly #24: OEWG adopts final report | China’s ambitions | EU’s Digital Compass | Big Tech | OTT | Digital taxation
05/03/2021 – Weekly #23: Digital vaccine pass | Data protection | Digital finance | Roadmap for digital cooperation
27/02/2021 – Weekly #22: Australia’s media code | Net neutrality | Antitrust | Vaccine e-certificates
19/02/2021 – Weekly #21: Platform workers | Facebook in Australia | Antitrust | RTBF | Post-Brexit
12/02/2021 – Weekly #20: Trade wars | Paying for news | Antitrust | DSA & DMA | Quantum
05/02/2021 – Weekly #19: Competition | Tech supremacy | Cryptocurrencies | Bezos
29/01/2021 – Digest #18: Facial recognition | Uber drivers | Facebook Oversight Board | Trade war | Digital IDs
22/01/2021 – #17: Your weekly Digital Watch digest – 15-22 Jan 2021
15/01/2021 – #16: Your weekly Digital Watch digest – 8-15 Jan 2021
08/01/2021 – #15: Your weekly Digital Watch digest – 1-8 Jan 2021
25/12/2020 – #14 Digital Watch digest: Our end-of-year issue
18/12/2020 – #13: Your weekly Digital Watch digest – 11-18 Dec 2020
11/12/2020 – #12: Your weekly Digital Watch digest – 4-11 Dec 2020
04/12/2020 – #11: Your weekly Digital Watch digest – 28 Nov-4 Dec 2020
27/11/2020 – #10: Your weekly Digital Watch digest – 21-27 Nov 2020
20/11/2020 – #9: Your weekly Digital Watch digest – 13-20 Nov 2020
13/11/2020 – #8: Your weekly Digital Watch digest – 6-13 Nov 2020
06/11/2020 – #7: Your weekly Digital Watch digest – 30 Oct – 6 Nov 2020
30/10/2020 – #6: Your weekly Digital Watch digest – 24-30 Oct 2020
23/10/2020 – #5: Your weekly Digital Watch digest – 17-23 Oct 2020
16/10/2020 – #4: Your weekly Digital Watch digest – 10-16 Oct 2020
09/10/2020 – #3: Your weekly Digital Watch digest – 3-9 Oct 2020
02/10/2020 – #2: Your weekly Digital Watch digest – 28 Sept – 2 Oct 2020
28/09/2020 – Launching the Digital Watch weekly digest