PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH 30 days Compliance window May 1, 2026 Enforcement start date
Brazil
digital identity national ID
INSS now requires biometrics for benefit claims, with Brazil's new CIN card becoming the sole accepted basis by 2028, even though the card has reached a fraction of the population.
2026-08-20
RESEARCH Rs 35M Kingdom Valley fine Rs 30M Strepsils mislabeling fine
Pakistan
2026-08-20
CCP's Aug 27 real estate hearing enforces existing deceptive-marketing law, not new rules — building on tribunal-upheld ...
RESEARCH €124.9M e-Residency state revenue 5,556 New e-resident companies
Estonia
2026-08-20
Estonia and The Bahamas signed an MOU on digital identity, interoperability, cybersecurity and AI — the latest sale of E...
RESEARCH Jul 17, 2026 Law promulgated 1.5x Repeat-violati on multiplier
Japan
2026-08-20
Japan's APPI amendment gives regulators fining power tied to actual gains, not turnover — and avoids the hard data-local...
RESEARCH 4M+ Voting-age Zambians on Facebook 2 weeks Journalist jailed under cyber law
Africa
2026-08-20
MISA finds Zambia's cyber statutes silenced critics ahead of the Aug 13 vote without building real defenses against Face...
RESEARCH 233% Capital requirement increase 14 days Withdrawal right window
Turkey
2026-08-20
Turkey's new YÜBİS tracking rules fix real fraud problems in refurbished tech but triple the capital bar to enter the ma...
RESEARCH 14 months Order to final ruling CHF 250,000 Max individual fine
Switzerland
2026-08-20
Federal Administrative Court upholds FDPIC order against Inkasso-Team AG, ruling that public 'debtor shaming' violates p...
RESEARCH 4 months Implementation deadline 7 years Trustee monitoring period
Germany
2026-08-20
The Bundeskartellamt's binding-commitments deal trades a penalty for a four-month prompt redesign and seven years of ove...
RESEARCH 3-0 FCC vote to ease labels 3 Mandates eliminated
US
2026-08-20
A July 2026 FCC order eases compliance mechanics for broadband labels, not the underlying disclosures — a distinction cr...
RESEARCH Sept 16, 2026 Compliance deadline AED 1B Maximum administrative fine
UAE
2026-08-20
CBUAE's SVF and RPS licenses for KamelPay arrive weeks before a one-year deadline forces every UAE payment platform to f...
RESEARCH 10M+ myGov app users Dec 1, 2026 Private sector opens
Australia
2026-08-20
AGDIS opens to accredited private Digital ID providers on December 1, 2026, with business fees for myID from January 202...
RESEARCH Oct 2026 National Assembly vote deadline 5% Maximum revenue-based fine
Vietnam
2026-08-20
PM Le Minh Hung ordered an October 2026 National Assembly vote on a law that would ban core-data exports and require pol...
RESEARCH ~15 PBOs zero-rated network-wide ~24 PBOs zero-rated by rain alone
South Africa
2026-08-20
With five months left before ICASA's 2027 deadline, fewer than 15 nonprofits are zero-rated network-wide — the gap is en...
RESEARCH 1972 Corporate law being replaced Art. 14 Article defining AI firms
Argentina
2026-08-20
Sturzenegger says AI-operated firms should answer for damages with assets alone, like any company — allies are already a...
RESEARCH 5 Entities sanctioned July 13 1M to 18M MAX accounts, June to August 2025
Russia
2026-08-20
Brussels sanctioned VK and MAX's developer for FSB-directed surveillance — a narrower and more defensible target than th...
RESEARCH 10 Terminal cap for companies 3 Max terminals per individual filing
Ukraine
2026-08-20
Kyiv now requires in-person checks and KIT/UTID IDs for Starlink terminals, capping most firms at 10 devices to keep Rus...
RESEARCH 22 states Ratifications needed Feb 2024 Adopted
Africa
2026-08-20
Lagos forum's Eight Calls to Action push implementation of Africa's digital trade rules that most states still haven't r...
RESEARCH 10-12 Clauses disputed by unions 36 Workers who sued to block bill
Africa
2026-08-20
Gig unions say Clauses 10-12 route legal claims to outsourcing firms, not Uber or Meta, ahead of the bill's July 28 seco...
RESEARCH 2 New FCC label administrators 0–3 India IoTSCS assurance levels
India
2026-08-20
FCC adds two more accredited labs to the Cyber Trust Mark program; India's own IoT security regime remains split across ...
RESEARCH 2 hours ISP compliance deadline 24-48 hrs Judicial review window
Turkey
2026-08-20
A new statute lets Turkey's presidentially-controlled Cybersecurity Presidency order two-hour internet blocks before any...
RESEARCH 48+ Days offline in Fizi-Baraka 4 Radio outlets stripped of Starlink
Africa
2026-08-20
A month-old shutdown in Fizi and Baraka, plus seized Starlink kits, exposes DRC's unchecked legal power to switch off en...
RESEARCH $5M/4yrs Startup exemption cap $75M/year Fundraising exemption cap
US
2026-08-20
The SEC's proposed Regulation Crypto Assets sets dollar-denominated fundraising exemptions and a decentralization exit r...
RESEARCH 84.55% Internet penetration rate 2.6M Active social media users
Africa
2026-08-20
The Postal and Telecommunications Amendment Bill brings social media under POTRAZ but lets private carriers detain commu...
RESEARCH 10-31 Jul 2026 Consultation window 3 Risk tiers proposed
Malaysia
2026-08-19
Malaysia's proposed AI Governance Bill creates a risk-tiered Central AI Authority, but leaves 'high-risk' undefined ahea...
RESEARCH 5 Critical system tiers 15% Minimum cybersecurity budget share
Vietnam
2026-08-19
Law No. 116/2025/QH15 unifies incident-reporting duties for critical infrastructure under the Ministry of Public Securit...