PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH $400M Total settlement amount $300M Immediate cash payment
US
data protection enforcement
DOJ's record child-privacy settlement ties $100M of the payout to vacating a 2019 order, betting on TikTok's new ownership rather than pure punishment.
2026-08-22
RESEARCH MXN 42.8M Fine imposed on FMF 7 Autonomous bodies dissolved
Mexico
2026-08-22
SABG's MXN 42.8M fine against the FMF for mishandling FAN ID facial data is Mexico's first major test of enforcement aft...
RESEARCH $72.1B Digital economy value 2025 24 hrs Standard takedown deadline
Vietnam
2026-08-22
Law No. 116/2025/QH15, in force since July 1, merges two cybersecurity statutes but preserves mandatory local data stora...
RESEARCH 73 Skilled cybercrime investigators ~49% DPCI staffing vacancy rate
South Africa
2026-08-22
The Hawks told Parliament they have just 73 skilled cybercrime investigators nationwide — a capacity gap no new commissi...
RESEARCH 94% Fine-tuned translation accuracy ~100 Cantonal employees piloting tool
Switzerland
2026-08-22
Apertus 1.5's Ticino translation rollout shows sovereign open-source AI can outperform commercial rivals — but federal d...
RESEARCH 173 arrests in 6-month LFR pilot ~48% oppose high-street face scans
UK
2026-08-22
Nottinghamshire Police's Old Market Square rollout works technically — but no statute yet governs putting an 11-year-old...
RESEARCH 10% of revenue Max ANPD fine 60 days STF transition period
Brazil
2026-08-22
As Brazil's 60-day transition ends, platforms face takedown liability without court orders and must report criminal cont...
RESEARCH ~1.7 Gbps Trial peak speed per user 700 MHz Upper 6GHz band width
Egypt
2026-08-22
NTRA's upper 6GHz test with Telecom Egypt and Huawei hit 1.7 Gbps and signals a regulator moving early, not overreaching...
RESEARCH ₱2.7B 2027 eGov Budget Request 61M+ eGovPH App Downloads
Philippines
2026-08-22
DICT's ₱2.7-billion 2027 ask for eGovPH's cloud and cybersecurity is overdue infrastructure spending, not a new surveill...
RESEARCH 239% Rise in cybercrimes vs women 3 Proposed child age tiers
India
2026-08-22
The Delhi HC declined to order age bans for minors online, leaving the question to a Centre already weighing mandatory K...
RESEARCH Aug 4, 2026 Injunction Vacated $5,000 CFAA Civil Loss Threshold
US
2026-08-22
Vacating an injunction against Perplexity's Comet browser, the court held CFAA liability turns on who directs an AI agen...
RESEARCH 29 states States pursuing claims ~30% Under-13 users on platform
US
2026-08-22
29 states' COPPA and design-defect case against Meta, now at trial in Oakland, tests a liability theory built to survive...
RESEARCH 2000 Year Ley 25.326 enacted 2003 Year of EU adequacy status
Argentina
2026-08-22
Bill 3397-D-2026 reintroduces AAIP's GDPR-style overhaul of Ley 25.326 but narrows the erasure exceptions and stiffens t...
RESEARCH 18 Deep synthesis filing batches 988 Generative AI services registered
China
2026-08-22
CAC's July 2026 deep-synthesis filing round keeps a three-year registry cadence intact — but the public still can't see ...
RESEARCH 20-50cm Face distance for forced unlock 75 years India biometric data retention
India
2026-08-22
Japan required a case-by-case warrant to force a face-unlock; India's 2022 identification law already skips that step en...
RESEARCH 8 Rights groups signing statement ৳94.95cr NTMC equipment budget approved
Bangladesh
2026-08-22
The 2026 Act preserves interception via the NTMC while stripping the accountability architecture of the 2025 reform ordi...
RESEARCH 1.1M+ Total fraud reports filed 542,082 Reports verified as fraud
Taiwan
2026-08-22
MODA's new ISP-level alert system flags confirmed fraud sites before takedown, closing a gap without giving the state ne...
RESEARCH ~9 months Order left unenforced 7 years Max non-compliance penalty
India
2026-08-22
A Delhi HC judge floated de-registering ISPs that ignored a blocking order for nine months, exposing India's missing mid...
RESEARCH Aug 18, 2026 Draft code approved May 2025 Underlying AI Act enacted
Japan
2026-08-22
A non-binding 'comply or explain' code will push AI firms to disclose training data sources, testing whether soft law ca...
RESEARCH 100% Tariff on heavy/thermal drones ~70% DJI's US commercial share
US
2026-08-22
The August 13 Section 232 proclamation extends a federal-purchasing ban on Chinese drones into a tariff that taxes every...
RESEARCH 2B+ InMobi user reach 1.5B / 10K+ HyBid users and apps
US
2026-08-22
An EFF report on default location-sharing SDKs strengthens the case for FTC-style consent gates on sensitive data, not a...
RESEARCH 545+ Prosecutions since 2020 626+ People charged
Egypt
2026-08-22
PM Madbouly's plan to expand NTRA monitoring and raise cybercrime fines lands on top of a law EIPR says has enabled 545 ...
RESEARCH 75 days Fast-track approval window $50.3B Pipeline value
Australia
2026-08-21
NSW will assess compliant data centres in 75 days if developers pay for their own power, water and grid upgrades — a wor...
RESEARCH 22 Constitutional Court rulings anchoring revision 28 Problem-list points drafted
Indonesia
2026-08-21
DPR's 28-point revision of Indonesia's Election Law addresses Constitutional Court rulings but omits rules for AI disinf...
RESEARCH 7 years Max prison term, unlicensed processing $50–$2,500 Licence fee range by tier
Africa
2026-08-21
POTRAZ's Sept. 1 compliance sweep enforces a real privacy law, but the same body regulates telecoms and answers to a pre...