PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH Dec 1, 2021 CIPO registration date Dec 11, 2023 US refusal date
Canada
AI copyright
Music Publishers Canada's intervention in CIPPIC v. Sahni asks Canada's Federal Court to rule that only humans can be copyright authors, aligning with the US's 2023 SURYAST refusal.
2026-08-17
RESEARCH 2 years Prison term for violations ~90 Providers unlicensed in Jan 2026
France
2026-08-16
France's crypto transition period ended July 1 2026; unlicensed firms now risk prison, fines, and site blocking — some f...
RESEARCH 4 Conditions for PIPC approval 6 months Delay before law takes effect
South Korea
2026-08-16
A PIPA amendment awaiting a floor vote would let the PIPC approve non-consensual use of raw personal data for AI trainin...
RESEARCH 2,488 Corporate domains exposed ~434,000 CI/CD pipeline files stolen
Global
2026-08-16
PyPI and a threat-intel firm contained and exposed a breach touching 2,500 companies faster than any pending federal rep...
RESEARCH €15M / 3% Max fine, turnover 16 months High-risk Annex III delay
EU
2026-08-16
Brussels began enforcing AI Act transparency and GPAI rules on Aug 2, 2026, even as the Digital Omnibus pushed high-risk...
RESEARCH 105 Government entities linked 100+ National databases connected
Egypt
2026-08-16
Cairo's Digital Identity App v2 and Government Digital Hub are live now; the Personal Data Protection Law's enforcement ...
RESEARCH 70% Non-EU cloud market share SEAL-4 Sovereignty tier targeted
Netherlands
2026-08-16
The Dutch cabinet's July 2026 sovereign cloud plan pursues jurisdictional control like APAC data-localisation regimes — ...
RESEARCH 193 UN members adopting AI ethics norm 4 Risk tiers in draft AI policy
Saudi Arabia
2026-08-16
SDAIA co-hosts UNESCO's global ethics forum in September while a draft four-tier AI risk policy moves Saudi governance f...
RESEARCH 26% Fee on outside payments 5 yrs Since law took effect
South Korea
2026-08-16
KMCC found Google and Apple violated Korea's 2021 anti-steering law by charging 26% fees on outside payments, but named ...
RESEARCH $2B Deal value reversed Apr 27, 2026 Unwind order issued
China
2026-08-16
China ordered a completed $2B Meta acquisition of a Singapore-incorporated startup reversed, based on the founders' and ...
RESEARCH 16+ Russian regions affected ~20 July days with shutdowns
Estonia
2026-08-16
Leningrad Oblast's July shutdowns spilled into Narva's networks via signal bleed, a problem for public information, not ...
RESEARCH ~50 Servers allegedly diverted 7 People detained in probe
Taiwan
2026-08-16
A Keelung prosecution of an Nvidia employee exposes Taiwan's missing AI chip export law; the Foreign Trade Act fix shoul...
RESEARCH Jul 1, 2026 Vietnam law takes effect 75.01% TikTok's Tokopedia stake
India
2026-08-16
Vietnam's new e-commerce law licenses livestream sellers instead of forcing TikTok-style structural separation, a model ...