PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH 27M Unique enquiries, Q2 FY27 -14% Enquiries change year on year
India
AI and data access
IndiaMART will give up 10-20% of enquiries to keep its data from Google and AI agents. Markets and licensing, not mandates, should settle who gets access.
2026-11-02
RESEARCH 21 days Rollout delay announced Oct–Jan Initial evidence-gathering window
UK
2026-11-02
The CMA's Chapter II case on Meta's content terms tests whether existing abuse-of-dominance law can settle AI data-use d...
RESEARCH 3 years Phones, laptops, consoles 6 years Fridges, stoves, heat pumps
Canada
2026-11-02
Quebec's warranty of good working order, in force for goods bought from 5 October 2026, puts repair costs on sellers and...
RESEARCH P121.8B Estimated annual scam losses 84% Adults facing scam attempt
Philippines
2026-11-02
The DOJ-NTC-telco anti-fraud effort will speed evidence flows. Existing SIM-registration and cybercrime statutes already...
RESEARCH 100,000+ Insured people possibly affected ~12 Pension funds served
Switzerland
2026-11-02
The FDPIC's formal investigation of PK Softech AG shows the nFADP's supply-chain duties matter more than any new fining ...
RESEARCH 5-7 Planned mega data centres 80MW Kemet capacity
Egypt
2026-11-02
Egypt plans five to seven mega data centres by 2030 and calls absolute digital sovereignty unrealistic. Whether that hol...
RESEARCH 12 Prohibited unsafe features $25,000 Maximum civil penalty
US
2026-11-02
S.9051-B bans 12 'unsafe features' for minors, but its definition of a covered AI companion reaches far beyond companion...
RESEARCH 15 Minimum account age 31 Mar 2027 Existing-accou nt deadline
Turkey
2026-11-01
From 1 November 2026 Türkiye's under-15 social media ban runs through the state's e-Devlet login, which puts a state ID ...
RESEARCH 25% RIGI income tax rate 30 years RIGI stability guarantee
Argentina
2026-11-01
Milei's UN pitch bundles no preventive regulation, limited liability for AI-agent firms and tax breaks. It will draw inv...
RESEARCH 10 Working days to file 30 First-batch algorithms listed
China
2026-11-01
CAC's 19th deep-synthesis filing batch shows a registry that runs like a rolling permit system, with public data thin en...
RESEARCH 45+ Al Jazeera devices targeted ~4B Bid records analysed
Global
2026-11-01
Citizen Lab's AdFection report ties Candiru spyware to Discover-Tech ads aimed at Al Jazeera. Targeted vendor and regist...
RESEARCH 49% Aramco stake in HUMAIN SAR 9.9B Aramco 2026 cash injection
Saudi Arabia
2026-11-01
Aramco's $2.6bn entry into HUMAIN shows Riyadh is moving faster on AI infrastructure than on the legal framework investo...
RESEARCH 277 People under investigation 883+ Linked scam cases
Singapore
2026-11-01
Singapore police probed 277 suspected scammers and mules in two weeks. The operation shows why bank-data powers need pub...
RESEARCH €15M Garante fine on OpenAI 6 months Mandated information campaign
Italy
2026-11-01
The Garante's Trento opinion asks for legal rank and effective erasure for public-sector AI. Clear, testable standards w...
RESEARCH 4 → 1 Codes merged into one Under 18 Child-protecti on age ceiling
Ireland
2026-11-01
Coimisiún na Meán's consolidated draft merges four codes and raises the child-protection age to 18. The consultation clo...
RESEARCH ~4.9M People affected 30 days Statutory notice deadline
US
2026-11-01
A breach exposing Social Security numbers of ~4.9 million aid applicants shows states need to hold less data, not just n...
RESEARCH 4 hours General operator deadline 1 hour CII operator deadline
China
2026-11-01
WhiteArmor's unverified Hisense extortion claim tests China's 2025 incident-reporting rules, which are fast but silent o...
RESEARCH 7 Guiding principles (sutras) 6 Recommendation pillars
India
2026-11-01
MeitY's promised consultation paper marks a shift from voluntary AI governance toward regulation. Its value depends on s...
RESEARCH 4 New national AI institutions 8+ Initiatives merged into draft
Mexico
2026-11-01
Mexico's 223-article AI bill promises a data sovereignty strategy without saying where data must sit. USMCA Article 19.1...
RESEARCH 5,927 CERT-UA incidents in 2025 37.4% Year-on-year increase
Ukraine
2026-11-01
The 2 October Kyiv forum tested Ukraine's new CISO role as incidents rose 37% in 2025. Local governments took the most h...
RESEARCH 15 Dutch preferred minimum age 0 Extra personal data processed
Netherlands
2026-11-01
The Netherlands and Spain want an EU-wide social media age floor that lifts for services proven safe. The idea is better...
RESEARCH 15 Minimum age under ban ~2.5 months Platform compliance window
EU
2026-11-01
Greece's under-15 ban adds a wallet-based age check and an EU-law sunset clause, but it still makes adults prove their a...
RESEARCH 17 Oct 2024 NIS2 transposition deadline 4 Member States referred to CJEU
Ireland
2026-11-01
Ireland is 20 months past the NIS2 deadline and facing a CJEU referral. Even so, the NCSC's emergency surveillance and d...
RESEARCH 130 Servers in indictment 74 Servers reached China
Taiwan
2026-11-01
Taipei wants unauthorised AI server and chip shipments to China to be criminal offences. The gap is genuine, but precise...
RESEARCH ~100,000 Households losing service 50,000+ Starlink terminals in Ukraine
Ukraine
2026-11-01
Russian strikes on Kyiv data centres in September 2026 hit the internet's physical core. Satellite links can't replace i...