PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH 16 Jun 2026 Grand Chamber judgment date 6% turnover Max fine for DSA breach
Ireland
Ireland Online Safety and Media Regulation Act
A 16 June 2026 Grand Chamber judgment lets EU states issue targeted orders against Dublin-based platforms, testing the one-stop-shop model Coimisiún na Meán relies on.
2026-07-31
RESEARCH 7 days Pre-crime retention window Feb 2025 AI Act biometric ban in force
EU
2026-07-31
Italy's own privacy regulator says a decree letting police store biometric data on protest and stadium crowds for seven ...
RESEARCH 77.6% Social media penetration 60 min Daily gaming time cap
Vietnam
2026-07-31
A draft decree would let Vietnamese minors keep social media accounts but strip posting rights — a middle path other ban...
RESEARCH ¥2-10M Top fine for severe cases 30 days Public comment window
China
2026-07-31
Beijing's draft law mandates AI pre-screening, real-name verification, and cross-border enforcement — legitimate harms, ...
RESEARCH Sep 1, 2026 New accounts blocked from Jan 2027 Existing accounts closed by
France
2026-07-31
France banned social media for under-15s on July 21, 2026, but stripped the regulator's enforcement powers before passag...
RESEARCH 12 Judicial reviews since Nov 2025 5 New filings in one week
Ireland
2026-07-31
Five new judicial reviews in one week bring X's challenges to Coimisiún na Meán to 12 since November, mostly contesting ...
RESEARCH 4 Ontario forces in shared network ~CA$1.26M Five-year cost to Ottawa
Canada
2026-07-31
Ottawa Police joined Ontario's Idemia-powered facial recognition network without the federal law the Privacy Commissione...
RESEARCH £14.4bn UK annual fraud cost 46% Fraud share of UK crime
UK
2026-07-31
Pakistan's biometric SIM registry, fined for mass unauthorized activations, is a warning for the UK's planned centralise...
RESEARCH $8M Panama's 2012 Pegasus deal 300 Device infections licensed
Israel
2026-07-31
Immigration records show NSO co-founder Shalev Hulio entered Panama on an Israeli diplomatic passport, complicating the ...
RESEARCH ~$2B Manus deal unwound 3 Proposed control tiers
China
2026-07-31
Beijing is consulting Alibaba, ByteDance and Huawei on export controls that could restrict downloading Chinese AI weight...
RESEARCH 7 Nudify services withdrawn or compliant 50,000 Monthly visits before Direction
Australia
2026-07-31
Seven nudify services have withdrawn or complied in Australia under existing codes, not a new nudify-specific law.
RESEARCH 22 days Public consultation window 3 AI risk classification tiers
Malaysia
2026-07-31
Malaysia's first binding AI bill pairs risk tiers with a startup sandbox, but housing enforcement and enablement in one ...
RESEARCH 60 Revenue brackets CHF 1.2M New exemption threshold
Switzerland
2026-07-31
Bern redesigns the corporate radio and TV fee after a top-court ruling, tripling the exemption threshold while billing o...