PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH €824.99M Latest fine amount 2018-2022 Automated deactivation period
Netherlands
Netherlands AP GDPR enforcement
The Dutch DPA's second-largest-ever GDPR fine punishes Uber for algorithmic driver deactivations — exposing privacy law's limits as a labor-policy tool.
2026-08-26
RESEARCH 3 months New registration trigger Jul 17, 2026 Deleted EU deadline
Germany
2026-08-26
A rider buried in an unrelated statute erased the KRITIS-Dachgesetz's July 17 deadline and pushed EU-mandated resilience...
RESEARCH 81.2% Card penetration rate 19,056 Private-sector leak reports
Japan
2026-08-26
Digital Agency's August 25 app merger turns one government credential into the private sector's identity-check rail — wi...
RESEARCH 1 year Order duration invoked ~51 days Days until suspension
Netherlands
2026-08-26
Nexperia's Chinese unit says it will source all wafers domestically, undercutting the Dutch intervention meant to preser...
RESEARCH $100M+ Compute Threshold For Coverage 10+ deaths Harm Threshold To Trigger
US
2026-08-26
H.R. 9917 gives DHS power to force AI shutdowns after a real OpenAI containment failure, with tighter triggers than 2010...
RESEARCH 80% Naver services PQC-adopted ₩4.5B 2026 national pilot budget
South Korea
2026-08-26
Naver Pay's PQC migration beat South Korea's own finance-sector pilot, exposing how slow the government's post-quantum t...
RESEARCH 1 hour Report acknowledgment deadline 24 hours Priority content blocking window
Malaysia
2026-08-26
MCMC's Online Safety Act 2025 rules impose 1-hour and 24-hour takedown deadlines with RM10 million fines and personal li...
RESEARCH 70%→~45-50% Grab ride-hailing share drop <5%→~45% Bolt's market share surge
Thailand
2026-08-25
TCCT's consultation on ride-hailing and delivery-app guidelines cites concentration that Bolt's rapid entry has already ...
RESEARCH Sept 1, 2026 Inspection start date 7 years Max penalty for CEOs
Africa
2026-08-25
POTRAZ's September 1 compliance inspections put NGOs, churches and media inside a licensing regime run by a presidential...
RESEARCH 31 Sites targeted in sweep 13 of 31 Sites facing 48-hour block
France
2026-08-25
France's largest-ever age-verification sweep hits 31 porn sites, but VPN circumvention and slow EU cooperation expose th...
RESEARCH ~5M Battlefield Frames Shared ~70% Real-Time Target ID Rate
Ukraine
2026-08-25
Britain's first-ever access to Ukraine's 5M-frame Avengers AI Labs dataset accelerates allied defense AI, but the deal n...
RESEARCH 0 of 7 NCC seats filled 4 of 7 Votes needed for quorum
Taiwan
2026-08-25
With zero NCC commissioners since August 1, Taiwan can't fine broadcasters for disinformation — a side effect of a confi...
RESEARCH 5 Dutch regulators co-signing $12.6B EU sovereign cloud spend, 2026
Netherlands
2026-08-25
ACM, AFM, AP, DNB and RDI urge Dutch government procurement to favor European cloud alternatives over US hyperscalers.
RESEARCH 84% Value local content 75% Want more local content
Australia
2026-08-25
Screen Australia's own research shows 84% of Australians value local content, but the new SVOD quota law regulates produ...
RESEARCH 19 Chapters concluded of 26 7 of 10 ASEAN states with PDP laws
Canada
2026-08-25
As ACAFTA races toward a November 2026 conclusion, its digital trade chapter risks settling for ASEAN's unfinished, frag...
RESEARCH 10% revenue NZ Maximum Platform Fine A$99M Australia's Proposed Penalty
Australia
2026-08-25
Luxon's government wants 10%-of-revenue fines for unverified teen accounts, but its own coalition partners cite Australi...
RESEARCH 28 AI Action Plan initiatives 100,000 Youths get free AI access
Malaysia
2026-08-25
AI Malaysia Berhad institutionalizes coordination of a 28-point action plan while the binding AI Governance Bill remains...
RESEARCH 30%→~10-20% Standard Play fee cut ~15 months Nigeria's extra wait
Nigeria
2026-08-25
Google's Epic-settlement fee reforms hit the US, UK and EEA on June 30, 2026; Nigeria and the rest of Africa must wait u...
RESEARCH 10% or €20M Maximum Code breach fine 9 Video platforms covered
Ireland
2026-08-25
TikTok's snub of Oireachtas questioning over M9 crash videos is procedurally sound but feeds the case for tougher statut...
RESEARCH 100,000+ AI accelerators target 5 Regional acceleration reactors
Israel
2026-08-25
Government Resolution 4255 commits Israel to 100,000 AI accelerators and five 'acceleration reactors' — with a fraction ...
RESEARCH $6B Poolside license fee 100+ Poolside engineers joining Nemotron
US
2026-08-25
Nvidia is funding a domestic open-weight rival to Alibaba's Qwen just as Washington formally exempts open models from fe...
RESEARCH 2.92M Traveller movements, May 2026 76.2% Foreign travellers, May 2026
South Africa
2026-08-25
SATMS replaces paper forms with a mandatory app, portal or QR code at every border post — but SARS hasn't detailed who s...
RESEARCH 619 Parents Affected 839 Unauthorized Loan Contracts
Egypt
2026-08-25
FRA revoked a fintech CEO's license over unauthorized school-fee loans, but Egypt's general privacy law won't be enforce...
RESEARCH 500,000+ Smart meters installed 6 million Three-year rollout target
South Africa
2026-08-25
Fortinet says every Eskom smart meter and IPP connection is now sovereign infrastructure under the CIPA — but the rollou...
RESEARCH 10 days Standard response deadline 8 hours Emergency response deadline
EU
2026-08-25
Regulation (EU) 2023/1543 imposes 10-day and 8-hour cross-border evidence deadlines from August 18, 2026, but the IT bac...