Germany's Data Centre Rollback Fixes a Real Problem With the Wrong Tool
The coalition's EnEfG draft loosens PUE and waste-heat duties as AI demand grows. Some flexibility is justified, but blanket delay is not.
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Taiwan's Election Deepfake Rule Has Gone Unused for Three Years, and Filtering Tools Won't Fix That
Taiwan's takedown mechanism only runs during the official campaign window and has reportedly never been used; the DPP's ...
Turkey's Account-Blocking Orders Show Why Platforms Need Published Compliance Rules, Not Silent Geo-Blocking
Rights groups say Ankara ordered at least 1,270 X accounts blocked in September. The case shows why platforms need to di...
eMudhra's Exit Ends One Failure but Leaves India's Certificate Regulator Untested
Eight CA keys a laptop could recover in under a second expose how little India's CCA has said or shown about oversight o...
New Mexico's $25 Billion Meta Penalty Shows Why Per-Statement Counting Needs Limits
A New Mexico judge cut a $219.5 billion Meta exposure to $25 billion. Deception enforcement is legitimate, but multiplyi...
The Netherlands Taxes Platforms Through VAT, Not a Digital Services Tax, but Its 2028 Early Start Needs Neutral Design
The Dutch Senate adopted its ViDA single-registration bill on 6 October 2026. VAT is the better route than a digital ser...
The EU Data Act's Vehicle Design Rule Is Workable Only If 'Technically Feasible' Stays Narrow and the Omnibus Doesn't Reopen It
Since 12 September 2026, new connected cars must give users access to their data by design. Keeping the rule predictable...
China's eSIM Opening Will Be Tested by Real-Name Rules, Not 6G Timelines
MIIT's 2026–2030 plan reportedly tells operators to advance eSIM 'in an orderly manner', but the fraud law's identity-li...
Egypt's Data Licensing Deadline Tests Whether Biometric Rules Bind the Police Cameras That Matter Most
Egypt's PDPC licensing portal opens before the 31 October 2026 deadline, but a broad security exemption leaves police fa...
South Africa's Hate Speech Act Targets Individual Speakers, Not Platforms, So Waiting for It Won't Fix Online Threats
The SAHRC wants platforms to filter threats and the 2023 hate speech Act enforced, but the Act, unproclaimed since May 2...
Italy's Garante Is Right to Police Deepfakes and Tracking Pixels, but Its Enforcement Leans on Reprimands and Interim Orders, Not Settled Rules
The Garante's 2026 actions on Clothoff, RTI and email pixels show a regulator using GDPR principles to fill gaps. Clear ...
Estonia's Agent Codes Are a Sound Delegation Idea, but the Legal Layer Must Come Before the Branding
Estonia's planned AI agent codes tie agents to a responsible human. Critics call the scheme a distraction, but the open ...
India's SIM-Binding Mandate Targets a Real Fraud Gap, but Its OS-Level Dependence and Thin Legal Footing Are the Problem
Apple's reported iOS changes make DoT's SIM-binding deadline workable, but the rule's legal basis, privacy cost and frau...
The FCC's First Component-Level Ban Is Easy to Defend, but a 9,000-Pulse Test Needs a Bill of Materials to Work
The FCC's first component-based block, on two HiSilicon-chip devices, closes a real loophole. The rule's breadth now dep...
China's AI Cleanup Campaign Reports Large Removal Numbers but No Measure of Whether Labeling Rules Work
CAC says its AI-misuse campaign removed 5.61 million items and penalized 49,000 accounts, yet publishes no breakdown or ...
China's Minors-Online Draft Swaps Platform Duties for Age-Sorting Everyone, and Its Vague Bans Invite Overreach
The CAC's 25-article draft bans livestream hosting for under-16s and virtual companions for minors. Mandatory age identi...
Ethiopia's Tigray Blackout Shows Why Shutdown Bans Need Enforceable Restoration Duties, Not Just Principles
Access Now says indefinite shutdowns are rising. Ethiopia's Tigray and Amhara blackouts show why Africa's norms need bin...
Brazil Gave ANPD Content Powers Without a Statute, and Narrow Guardrails Are the Minimum Fix
EFF's October 2026 submissions to ANPD show why Brazil's platform regime needs narrow duty-of-care limits, real appeals ...
The UK's Subsea Cable Bill Gets the Penalties Right, but the Operator Duties and Sensing Rules Need Tighter Limits
The 22 October 2026 white paper replaces an 1885 law with a 14-year offence. Its security duties and fibre-sensing notif...
Indonesia's PSE Registration Drive Works as Enforcement but Turns a Paperwork Rule into a Market-Access Gate
Komdigi's September 2026 warnings to 7 of 25 unregistered operators show registration compliance is rising, but access-b...
The OPM-DOGE Privacy Act Ruling Shows the Law Works, and That Remedies Are the Weak Point
A federal judge found OPM broke two Privacy Act provisions by giving DOGE agents personnel records. The harder question ...
Georgia's Under-16 Social Media Law Survives on a Thin Record, Not on the Merits
The Eleventh Circuit vacated the SB 351 injunction on facial-challenge grounds, leaving the First Amendment question abo...
Australia's Epic v Apple Remedies Are Narrow Enough to Work, but Appeal Risk Is Where the Real Test Lies
A Federal Court order opens iPhones in Australia to rival stores and payments from March 2027, while keeping Apple's sec...
Blackwall's Unicorn Round Shows Estonia's Cyber Edge Is Commercial as Well as Defensive
A $100M raise at a ~$2.2B valuation suggests Estonia's cyber strength can fund itself. Policy should widen that market, ...
France's SecNumCloud Mandate Is Creating a Real Market, but the Case for Proportionality Rests on Derogations and Price
OVHcloud and Numspot's 1 September SecNumCloud qualifications show Article 31 of the SREN law working; its costs and car...