The European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s (ETSI) Smart Machine-to-Machine Communications (SmartM2M) technical committee extended its Internet of things (IoT) ontology to four new sectors...
The UK government has shared responses received following a call for evidence on digital ID. The government says that after the call in July 2019, over 100 organisations responded, giving perspectives...
A California consumer protection bill proposal called AB 3262, which seeks to hold electronic retail marketplaces liable for third party wrongdoings, has Amazon’s public support. E-commerce platforms...
According to a news article, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the development and deployment of a range of technologies meant to combat its spread. These technologies that come in the form of tracking...
In a statement on services in Australia, Facebook has declared that it will stop news sharing, if the Australian News Bargaining Code is adopted. The draft of the Australian News Bargaining Code aims...
In an attempt to crackdown heavily on distribution of child sexual images online, special police units of German police conducted nationwide raids across 12 states and 50 homes. Authorities shared...
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has partnered with the International Health Regulations (IHR) Strengthening Project of Public Health England (PHE) for a public...
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New Chinese export rules complicate TikTok sale
China has updated its export control rules to include several sensitive technologies. One of the technologies added as needing an export control license sounded much like TikTok’s personalised...
Apple and Google are integrating their contact tracing technology directly into their mobile operating systems (OS), in hopes to promote the adoption of the COVID-19 exposure notification tool.
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Internet Society publishes Policy Toolkit on IoT Security and Privacy. The toolkit is mostly for policymakers and regulators to guide them in their decision-making process concerning IoT devices. The...
France’s President Emmanuel Macron has stated that France will not ban Chinese telecom provider Huawei from involvement in its future 5G networks but will give preference to European vendors over...
According to a news report, the Myanmar government has blocked the website of an activist group that is investigating officials who are involved in the business interests of the Myanmar military...