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IMDA's first app store audit found working age assurance and a small Huawei gap. That supports risk-based social media rules, not a blanket mandate.
2026-11-03
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...
Ukraine
2026-11-03
False radiation and chemical alerts reached users across Ukraine through a state-backed app, while sirens kept working. ...
Netherlands
2026-11-03
ACM's survey of Dutch energy suppliers shows fear of cost and disruption, not missing rules, keeps them on hyperscalers....
Japan
2026-11-03
Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency wants to regulate dark patterns in 2027. Narrow, outcome-based rules for ads, checkout a...
US
2026-11-03
AI ads are surging in the 2026 midterms with no federal statute and 31 state labelling laws. Narrow fraud enforcement be...
Indonesia
2026-11-03
DJP's 2 November clarification confirms no new tax, no new rate and no remittance levy. Fuzzy messaging is the main risk...
Nigeria
2026-11-03
The Marvell–Lumentum merger won't close until 2028. Nigerian data-centre builders' real export-control risk is the missi...
South Korea
2026-11-03
ASEAN-Korea FTA upgrade talks list the digital economy as a topic while DEFA nears signing. Interoperable data-flow rule...
Indonesia
2026-11-03
Komdigi's warnings to seven unregistered platforms followed a drive in which most of 25 operators complied. Blocking sho...
Switzerland
2026-11-03
The EFF warns against narrowing fair use for AI training. Switzerland's Motion 24.4596 shows what happens when a legisla...
Germany
2026-11-03
Berlin would not pay 30 BTC, and Rhysida published about 5.26 TB of state data. Germany needs resilience and coordinatio...
India
2026-11-03
TRAI's 30 October 2026 draft makes telcos answerable for every AI system, including vendor-built ones, without new penal...
Philippines
2026-11-03
EO 119 limits hard localization to the most sensitive government data and leaves private data alone. The 120-day guideli...
Japan
2026-11-03
Japan's FSA is scrutinising megabank and insurer lending to mostly US AI data centres. Supervision of risk management is...
UAE
2026-11-03
Abu Dhabi's OpenAI pilot turns food-import rules into AI-checkable code. Traceability and human sign-off, not a new AI l...
Israel
2026-11-03
The Israel Bar's September 2026 AI ethics opinion puts duties on lawyers while the state's AI policy stays soft law. Tha...
Nigeria
2026-11-02
INEC wants fast-track platform routes to tag or remove demonstrably altered election content. Keeping it a narrow, volun...
South Africa
2026-11-02
Minister Malatsi's refusal to copy Australia's age ban rests on thin evidence of effectiveness, and it leaves the harder...
EU
2026-11-02
The AI Act's ban on non-consensual deepfake tools applies from 2 December 2026. Its purpose-based design is sound; thin ...
Russia
2026-11-02
Apple and Microsoft's reported addition to Russia's information-dissemination registry, plus renewed VPN takedowns, show...
China
2026-11-02
The CAC's August 2026 draft pairs an independent oversight committee with data-centre nationality rules, and the oversig...
India
2026-11-02
RBI told regulated entities to treat breached systems as compromised until forensically cleared. The measures trace to a...
Malaysia
2026-11-02
MCMC's 2023–2026 figures show mass removal by request, few court cases, and RM1.72 million in compounds outweighing cour...
Canada
2026-11-02
Bill C-34 clears second reading with 'content that foments hatred' as a regulated category, even though Bill C-9 now hol...