PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH Aug 31, 2026 USDT delisting deadline Jul 1, 2026 MiCA grandfathering cutoff
EU
fintech platform regulation
Revolut will drop Tether's USDT for EEA and Swiss users by Aug. 31 because MiCA makes an issuer's own refusal to seek authorization a bloc-wide market exclusion.
2026-08-18
RESEARCH 4 months Implementation deadline 7 years Monitoring trustee term
Germany
2026-08-18
The Bundeskartellamt ordered Apple to redesign its tracking prompt rather than fining it, diverging from France and Ital...
RESEARCH 1972 Law being replaced 2+ years Drafting timeline
Argentina
2026-08-18
A Senate bill would replace Argentina's 1972 corporate code with AI-run 'Sociedades Automatizadas' and DAOs, testing der...
RESEARCH 5+ Months since X's last report 3 hrs New takedown window
India
2026-08-18
X hasn't filed an India transparency report since February 2026, while WhatsApp filed every month — exposing a safe-harb...
RESEARCH 43-14-1 ECON committee vote 61% Eurozone cards via Visa/Mastercard
US
2026-08-18
EU Parliament's June 23 digital euro vote and the 2025 GENIUS Act both chase monetary sovereignty — one via state infras...
RESEARCH 545+ Prosecutions since 2020 626 People charged, mostly women
Egypt
2026-08-18
PM Madbouly's plan to toughen and institutionalize the cybercrime law risks entrenching a morality clause EIPR says has ...
RESEARCH 2 years Prison Sentence Per Defendant EGP 5.5M Fine Per Defendant
Egypt
2026-08-18
A Cairo court jailed two StreamEast operators and fined them $220K combined, using existing IP and cybercrime law rather...
RESEARCH ₹87.43 crore Default amount contested 6 Fake citations in NCLT order
India
2026-08-18
The Court declared insolvency orders built on fake AI citations 'no decision in the eyes of law' — and pushed accountabi...
RESEARCH ~4,000 Unauthorized SIM complaints 4 Operators referred to prosecution
Egypt
2026-08-18
NTRA is deploying nationwide facial-recognition SIM checks under a data protection law whose enforcement body only becam...
RESEARCH €890M (~$1B) Total DMA fine €460M Search self-preferencing fine
EU
2026-08-18
Brussels' Google antitrust fine was two years of scheduled DMA enforcement; Washington's tariff threat treats it as a tr...
RESEARCH 65% Domestic content minimum 97% China's share of shipments
US
2026-08-18
The FCC's ban on new Chinese humanoid robots targets real cybersecurity risks, but its 65% domestic-content bar may stra...
RESEARCH $20.8B 2025 cybercrime losses 73% US adults hit by scams
US
2026-08-18
A new NSPM lets vetted US firms hack foreign cybercriminals under DOJ/DHS oversight — but core CFAA liability questions ...
RESEARCH 7 days Proposed biometric retention Oct 10, 2026 Deadline for final adoption
Italy
2026-08-18
Garante's July 2026 opinion approves Italy's AI Act decree but rejects blanket biometric scanning at stadiums and statio...