PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH 17,000+ Items reviewed Jan–Aug 2026 550 Reported deepfake sex crimes 2024
South Korea
deepfake regulation
Korean regulators reviewed over 17,000 sexual deepfakes in eight months of 2026. Takedown speed against overseas hosts matters more than the pending fictional-persons bill.
2026-11-04
RESEARCH SR9,000 First AI copyright fine 5 years Article 6 maximum prison
Saudi Arabia
2026-11-04
SDAIA and CST's 'It's AI' campaign asks the public to verify before sharing, while enforcement still leans on a 2007 cyb...
RESEARCH RMB 10M Ctrip cross-border fine 1M Assessment trigger (individuals)
China
2026-11-04
CAC's 11 September 2026 Q&A bars volume-splitting to dodge a security assessment. With the Ctrip fine, China's data-expo...
RESEARCH RM500,000 Max penalty, child offences 59-40 Amendment Bill vote
Malaysia
2026-11-04
Fahmi Fadzil's call to report 3R content rather than reshare it is sound on amplification. Enforcement still rests on a ...
RESEARCH 20+ Test scenarios benchmarked 2 Test phases announced
Thailand
2026-11-04
Thailand's first national L4 test will feed future AV policy, yet no AV law or published data-governance terms say who o...
RESEARCH 43 Films under screening scheme RM136.0M Combined box office gross
Malaysia
2026-11-04
Malaysia is courting Netflix on post-production and talent rather than legislating a local-content quota. Evidence from ...
RESEARCH 0 Violation findings announced 14 Aug 2025 Amendment 13 in force
Israel
2026-11-04
Israel's privacy regulator has asked police to investigate their own media disclosures about two found women. The case n...
RESEARCH 99 Countries in latest alert round 150+ Countries notified since 2021
Germany
2026-11-04
Apple alerts reached Bundestag members and officials as Pall Mall talks near. Germany should lead with narrow procuremen...
RESEARCH A$109.2M Maximum penalty 78% Kids 10-17 using chatbots
Australia
2026-11-04
The House-passed Digital Duty of Care Bill targets child-focused chatbot design sensibly, but vague duties and wide regu...
RESEARCH €200M DSA fine on Temu 5 Measures in action plan
EU
2026-11-04
The Commission accepted Temu's five-measure plan after a €200 million fine; its value depends on whether the metrics it ...
RESEARCH 180 Days to set policy 10 National security conditions
US
2026-11-04
H.R. 10695 would codify a national cable security policy and shift licensing toward the FCC. Its value depends on keepin...
RESEARCH 14 days Proposed notice before deactivation 7 days Proposed TIRMS submission window
Nigeria
2026-11-04
NCC wants phone-number verification to reach banks and beyond. Fraud control is a real goal, but a number-as-identity sy...
RESEARCH R1M FNB administrative fine R10M Statutory maximum fine
South Africa
2026-11-04
South Africa's Information Regulator fined FNB R1 million and a TVET college R500,000. The cases are sound, but the spee...
RESEARCH CHF 18M COMCO fine overturned ~6 years Investigation to ruling
Switzerland
2026-11-04
Switzerland's Federal Administrative Court voided a CHF 18 million fibre fine on dominance grounds, leaving BAKOM and Co...
RESEARCH 1.3M+ Infected set-top boxes 200+ Countries affected
Global
2026-11-04
Google dismantled a 1.3M-device Android TV botnet tied to OEM Videostrong. Supply-chain attestation, not broad mandates,...
RESEARCH €580,000 Daily penalty sought €1,000 Daily penalty ordered
France
2026-11-04
Quad9 will quit France on 24 November after a court ordered it to block sports-piracy domains. Resolver-level blocking i...
RESEARCH 320M Flexible workers projected 2026 48 hrs Appeal response deadline
China
2026-11-04
MOHRSS's draft rules give riders human review and 48-hour appeals, but a broad employment-contract test could shrink the...
RESEARCH 24x7 Complaint centre availability 16 hrs Minimum daily human assistance
India
2026-11-03
TRAI now allows AI agents to run 24x7 telecom complaint centres, but it neither defines 'human oversight' nor says how D...
RESEARCH ~250 Conference attendees 24 hours Reporting deadline
Switzerland
2026-11-03
Bern's 2026 cybersecurity conference produced no new measures, which puts the focus on how the 24-hour reporting rule an...
RESEARCH 187 Cases under amended PECA 3 years Maximum jail, Section 26(A)
Pakistan
2026-11-03
The Iqrar-ul-Hassan case shows how PECA's 2025 fake-news and defamation provisions work in practice: arrest in one city,...
RESEARCH 3 Written requests before localisation 12 Months to comply
Vietnam
2026-11-03
Vietnam's draft Data Security Law tiers cross-border controls by risk, a better model than Decree 333's localisation, bu...
RESEARCH 7,000+ Apps mystery-shopped 65 Harmful apps found
Singapore
2026-11-03
IMDA's first app store audit found working age assurance and a small Huawei gap. That supports risk-based social media r...
RESEARCH 100+ SIM threshold per name 15 Days to verify holders
US
2026-11-03
The NTC's 15-day order to purge bulk SIM holdings goes after a real scam tactic, but it tests the limits of registration...
RESEARCH 11M+ Downloads as of Aug 2022 5 Alert types in app
Ukraine
2026-11-03
False radiation and chemical alerts reached users across Ukraine through a state-backed app, while sirens kept working. ...
RESEARCH 10 Suppliers interviewed 6 Nov Consultation closes
Netherlands
2026-11-03
ACM's survey of Dutch energy suppliers shows fear of cost and disruption, not missing rules, keeps them on hyperscalers....