The European Commission (EC) unveiled the draft of the Declaration on digital rights and principles for digital transformation, as a shared political commitment and responsibility for both the EU and each of the member states and ...
The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) -an industry alliance including companies such as Adobe, Intel, Microsoft, and Twitter -has released version 1.0 of its technical specification for digital provenance. T...
Google workers have announced a new global union alliance to help create a more ethical and accountable company. The new union, Alpha Global, brings together more than 20 million workers from 10 countries: the USA, Germany, Switze...
Hungary's justice minister announced a new law will be coming this spring to regulate social media companies' deplatforming policies in Hungary. The announcement comes after several platforms banned the accounts of former US Presi...
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Development Innovation Alliance (IDIA) signed a strategic collaborative agreement to support the scale-up of health innovations. The two entities will work together to prom...
According to a news report, the US suffered a major internet disruption for several hours with widespread reports of outages particularly on the east coast. The outage, which was resolved after several hours, saw major internet ap...
According to a news report, the government of India ordered for internet services to be suspended in parts of the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) as protests led by farmers in several locations in the NCR turned violent. The o...
Human rights organisation Amnesty International has launched a campaign calling for a ban on the use of facial recognition technology (FRT) by government agencies in New York City and across the state. The organisation is inviting...
According to the Associated Press, dating app Grindr is facing a fine of 10 million euros from Norwegian data protection authority (DPA) for violations to the EU's GDPR. Grindr failed to collect the consent from users before shari...
A group of prominent rights organisations has launched a campaign calling on New York City and New York State to "Ban The Scan" and outlaw government use of facial recognition. The group of human rights organizations includes Amne...
Platforms like Twitter are searching for new ways in which they can moderate content. Twitter announced they will pilot a feature that allows people to submit notes on tweets that may be false or misleading. This pilot called 'Bir...
Facebook, in areported session at the 2019 edition of the Fairway Galle Literary Festival, held in Sri Lanka from 16-21 January, has outlined its efforts at curbing misinformation and promoting online safety through digital litera...