PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH Up to 8 yrs Cyberlibel max prison term ₱20,000 Bail for two counts
Philippines
Philippines SIM registration cyberlibel NPC
A Makati warrant for a whistleblowers' lawyer, issued after he says he never got notice, exposes gaps criminal cyberlibel still lets officials exploit.
2026-07-13
RESEARCH 6 of 67 Fabricated citations found 16 Days before policy withdrawn
South Africa
2026-07-13
Weeks after AI hallucinations forced South Africa to pull its own AI policy, GCIS proposed a broad misinformation-takedo...
RESEARCH 24 UK designations 9 + 4 EU designations
EU
2026-07-13
London and Brussels sanctioned 30+ Russian hackers and enablers after FSB Center 16 nearly blacked out 500,000 Poles.
RESEARCH ~3M Nigerians in gig economy $5.17B Gig economy market value
Nigeria
2026-07-13
ILO Convention 193 asks Nigeria to fix gig-worker status and algorithmic oversight a 2018 court ruling and a stalled Sen...
RESEARCH 31 Anti-drone systems, end-2024 ~15,000 Ukraine daily drone use
France
2026-07-13
A unanimous Senate report finds France with 31 anti-drone systems and 1.92% of its defense budget on drones, and calls f...
RESEARCH 15% Streaming revenue levy $2B+ Projected annual CanCon funding
Canada
2026-07-13
CCIA's July 2026 USMCA statement names Canada's Online News Act and Online Streaming Act as discriminatory barriers bloc...
RESEARCH KES 4.4M (~$34 Total fraud loss 60:40 Liability split
Kenya
2026-07-13
A Nairobi ruling splits SIM-swap fraud losses 60:40 between Safaricom and DTB, doing what Kenya's data and cyber laws ha...
RESEARCH 400-600 Essential organizations covered NIS 640K Fine per violation
Israel
2026-07-13
The Knesset's unanimous first-reading vote gives essential organizations a new cyber duty that runs parallel to, not int...
RESEARCH ₹4,057 cr Digital arrest losses since 2022 ₹22,495 cr 2025 total cyber fraud losses
India
2026-07-13
As the UK moves to direct oversight of cloud giants for bank resilience, India's fix for WhatsApp fraud is an ad hoc not...
RESEARCH 267-117 House vote margin 6-3 SCOTUS age-verification ruling
US
2026-07-13
The House passed a 267-117 child-safety package that drops KOSA's duty of care for targeted age verification and disclos...
RESEARCH ~€11bn Maximum potential fine ~1 in 3 Teens reporting distress
EU
2026-07-13
The EU's July 10 finding against Meta shifts DSA enforcement from moderation policy to core product design, exposing Met...
RESEARCH 180,000 gov't employees get GenAI access May 2025 AI Promotion Act took effect
Japan
2026-07-13
Tokyo's July 7 decision repurposes a reform council into an AI-transformation body, extending its penalty-free approach ...
RESEARCH 26+ Shutdowns since 2016 30/100 Internet freedom score
Africa
2026-07-13
A new telecoms shutdown in Gida-Ayana, Oromia amid Fano/OLA fighting repeats a pattern Ethiopia has run 26+ times since ...