The New Zealand government has launched the Algorithm Charter for Aotearoa New Zealand, containing a set of principles to guide the use of algorithms by government agencies. The charter, presented as...
Belgian feminist journalist working for Le Soir, Florence Hainaut, has been a target of online harassment and threats, the media reports. Her text ‘Cachez ce foulards’ (Hide this scarf) critiqued a...
The Western Australian (WA) Government released a draft of the state's new Digital Inclusion Blueprint for public consultation. The Digital Inclusion in Western Australia: A Blueprint for a digitally...
Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has commissioned 12 organisations – including Toshiba Corporation, Mitsubishi Electrical Corporation, Tokio University, the National Institute...
The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Associations has announced three new initiatives in the field of data and artificial intelligence (AI). The IEEE Global...
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement on the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to authorise the marketing of a heated tobacco product, the IQOS Tobacco Heating System...
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) in the USA launched the Public Health Tech Initiative that convenes key healthcare and technology leaders; including Microsoft, Facebook, Doctor On Demand...
In a bid to combat growing child pornography online, the Brandfort city police has hired two new officers who are expected to begin work from September 2020. Assigned to the police Internet child...
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement on the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to authorise the marketing of a heated tobacco product, the IQOS Tobacco Heating System...
There is an organised crackdown targeting women active on TikTok platform in Egypt. Popular female TikTok personalities, Haneen Hossam and Mawada Eladhm, faced charges for assaulting ‘family...
The Czech republic is looking to change the contact tracing ‘smart quarantine’ system. Czech Health ministry has partnered with the Czech army which will take over testing sites and laboratories. This...
The GSMA has recently relaunched its toolkit that was developed in 2016 by the Connected Society programme to improve mobile digital literacy. The Mobile Internet Skills Training Toolkit (MISTT)...