PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH ~57M Russians using VPNs 469+ VPN services blocked
Russia
internet censorship
HRW says Russia now hits VPN servers, staff and payment rails, not just websites. The result is a worse privacy environment for about 57 million users.
2026-09-28
RESEARCH Nov 2026 First dialogue meeting 40 UN AI panel experts
Global
2026-09-28
Washington and Beijing agreed to an AI dialogue and incident channel, but without a definition of 'incident' the hotline...
RESEARCH 24 Hours to label content 24/7 Platform focal point hours
Vietnam
2026-09-28
Decree 328 lets ministries declare content false and obliges platforms to label and remove it, but the text sets no appe...
RESEARCH 1M+ Child-user reporting threshold 10% Maximum fine, Brazil revenue
Brazil
2026-09-28
ANPD's Order 122/2026 makes disclosure the first Digital ECA test. Disclosure beats mandates, if metrics reward accuracy...
RESEARCH 3 months Cap on building authorisations Up to 9M Facial photos in TAJ
France
2026-09-28
The Conseil constitutionnel capped RIPOST's extended algorithmic video surveillance, but the larger privacy risk is unre...
RESEARCH 150+ Countries notified by Apple 110 Countries in Aug 13 wave
Israel
2026-09-28
Apple's alerts reached users in 110 countries and name no vendor. Israel's licensing regime has no formal way to act on ...
RESEARCH 21 African shutdowns in 2024 6M+ People in Tigray affected
Africa
2026-09-28
Reuters says the TPLF ordered the cut and a TPLF-linked source denies it. Under African and UN standards, a region-wide ...
RESEARCH 38,181 Active satellite lines +92.1% Satellite growth year on year
Ireland
2026-09-28
Satellite lines in Ireland rose 92.1% in a year to 38,181 as fibre nears completion. Regulators should license fast, not...
RESEARCH 8,257 Incidents analysed in 2025 47.3% Ransomware share of financial activity
EU
2026-09-28
ENISA's 8,257-incident dataset shows ransomware dominates financial crime, but DDoS noise inflates the sector rankings. ...
RESEARCH 2% Maximum fine, share of revenue 72 hrs Breach notification window
Indonesia
2026-09-28
GR 33/2026 never mentions vehicles, yet its AI, IoT and cross-border rules govern every connected or autonomous car in I...
RESEARCH ~10M People covered at launch 50 More cities planned 2026
Russia
2026-09-28
Russia's first commercial 5G runs on a niche 4.63-4.99 GHz band and LTE spectrum because the military keeps 3.4-3.8 GHz,...
RESEARCH $25,000 Max DMCA statutory damages ~$9B Damages theory plaintiffs pursued
US
2026-09-27
The Ninth Circuit ruled AI code output lacking attribution isn't the same as stripping it, closing a $9B damages theory ...
RESEARCH ~20 years Server test's run before reversal $25,000/violat DMCA penalty risk avoided
US
2026-09-27
The court ditched the 20-year-old server test for a transmission-based rule, reaching the same pro-linking result but op...
RESEARCH 60 days Pre-election disclosure window 3 states State deepfake laws blocked
US
2026-09-27
A federal judge found Montana's SB 25 unconstitutional for policing anti-candidate AI deepfakes while leaving flattering...
RESEARCH CHF 5,000 Procedural costs upheld ~5 years Years from warning to ruling
Switzerland
2026-09-27
The Federal Administrative Court upheld an FDPIC order against a debtor-naming website, ordering Inkasso-Team AG to pay ...
RESEARCH 5x by 2030 African compute demand growth ~157 MW Estimated electricity demand
South Africa
2026-09-27
A legal appeal over undisclosed water and power use suspended Cape Town's biggest data centre approval, exposing plannin...
RESEARCH 65 Ottawa ALPR patrol vehicles 16 Sudbury fixed ALPR sites
Canada
2026-09-27
Ottawa, Sudbury and Brampton are building dense ALPR networks with no federal statute and no shared retention standard g...
RESEARCH $387.5M Bitget theft amount $464M User Protection Fund size
Singapore
2026-09-27
Bitget lost $387.5M to alleged North Korean hackers while holding no MAS licence — a regulatory gap that is policy, not ...
RESEARCH 5.61M Content pieces removed 49,000+ Accounts penalized
China
2026-09-27
CAC's removal of 5.61M AI posts and penalties on 49,000 accounts enforces real transparency rules, but with no appeal pr...
RESEARCH ¥127.5B 2025 Investment Fraud Losses +48.7% 2025 Case Growth
Japan
2026-09-26
MIC's Aug. 6 revision adds deepfake investment scams to takedown guidance amid record fraud losses — narrow, but set by ...
RESEARCH 6-3 Supreme Court vote margin 3 PCLOB Democrats fired
EU
2026-09-26
EDPB asks Brussels to assess whether Trump v. Slaughter's removal of FTC commissioner protections undermines the EU-US D...
RESEARCH 18 Platforms targeted in 2026 ~25M Workers meant to be covered
China
2026-09-26
ACFTU aims to push 18 platforms into algorithm-negotiation deals covering 25 million gig workers by year-end, a real des...
RESEARCH $1.4B Federal BEAD Award 14 years Preemption Duration
US
2026-09-26
NTIA's BEAD award to California conditions the money on the state not enforcing net neutrality or affordability rules fo...
RESEARCH 50% Federal ops target 2 years Deployment timeline
UAE
2026-09-26
UAE's Agentic AI committee built a design guide for AI-run public services but has yet to publish how liability or appea...
RESEARCH 30+ AI providers sent RFIs €15M / 3% Max fine for false RFI reply
EU
2026-09-26
The EU sent formal information requests to 30+ AI providers on Sept 1, its first real use of AI Act investigative powers...