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...
British Virgin Islands (BVI) Communications Minister, Mark Vanterpool, spoke on January 25 at Virgin Gorda, during a public consultationabout a specialised communications system that BVI is working to implement, pursuing to mainta...
The African Union's specialised agency for economic issues, The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), has partnered with the Internet of Things Forum Africa (#IOTFA), which takes place on the 14 -15 March 2018, at...
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) launched the report Achieving universal and affordable Internet in least developed countries in partnership with the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Cou...
Research (Diagram of a Darknet: Exploring the Characteristics of an Anonymous Space Online) using the example of Freenet (an anonymous peer-to-peer network) analysed and reported in Far beyond crime-ridden depravity,&nb...
A legislator in the US state of Californiahas introduced a legislative proposal that would make encrypted mobile phones illegal. The proposed legislation would apply to smartphones manufactured on or after 1 January 2017 and sold ...