The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN), have called for the Indian government to immediately restore all communications to the Kashmir Valley. According to a news repo...
States in the USA continue to pass their own net neutrality rules, following the December 2017 decision of the Federal Communications Commission's to repeal the federal rules. On 9 April, the Oregon Governor Kate Brownsigned a net...
In apaper released by artificial intelligence (AI) experts from the AI Now Institute, governments are invited to conduct algorithmic impact assessments (AIA) for the automated decision making systems that they use as part of their...
According to Ace Ratcliff at the Huffington Post, Disabled People (Might) Finally Get Emojis That Represent Us, changing a scenario that currently has only one of 2,666 emojis representing persons with disabilities. Apple rec...
In its annual National Trade Estimate Report, the United States has labeled China's Internet censorship as a trade barrier, damaging the business of American companies. According to the report, 'over the past decade, China's filte...
There's a lot inside the plastic welding kit! Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ The social media algorithms have clearly labeled me "Mr.Fix-It," as my TikTok and Instagram feeds are swarming with mesmerizing videos of plas...
The 17th China E-Government Forum and Digital Transformation Innovation Summit opened in Jinan on April 8. The event was hosted by the Central Party School and the People's Government of Shandong Province, and experts in the field...
Body language and gestures are deeply embedded into us and are acquired at birth. They also reflect our identity, including culture, sex, and age. How will body language be transferred to virtual reality and the metaverse? W...
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) publishes a market analysis of IoT in the distribution grid. The report analyses the IoT cybersecurity market in distribution grids in the European Union. The report highlights t...
In April 2021, Apple introduced a feature that allowed iPhone users to choose not to be followed by different apps. Following the lead, Google also announced a plan to disable tracking tech in its Chrome web browser by 2023, and s...
A company spokesman confirmed that Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms briefly limited hashtags linked to civilian deaths in Bucha, outside Kyiv in northern Ukraine. Meta Spokesman Andy Stone said automated systems th...
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced that it had taken down Cyclops Blink, a botnet controlled by a threat actor known as Sandworm (APT28), which has been linked to Russia's military intelligence agency, GRU. 'Thanks to ou...