PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH 162M+ Cumulative Digital ID accounts 1,797 Connected government e-services
Thailand
digital public infrastructure APAC
ETDA's Digital ID 2.0 extends Thailand's 162-million-account identity system to new users, testing whether a promoter-as-licensor model can hold as coverage grows.
2026-07-19
RESEARCH 210-FZ Federal law number 469 VPN services already blocked
Russia
2026-07-19
Federal Law 210-FZ makes Russian datacenters legally liable for the traffic they route, extending SORM-style surveillanc...
RESEARCH 53-48 Knesset vote margin 6.5% Dropped streaming revenue levy
Israel
2026-07-19
The Knesset's 53-48 media law drops a Netflix investment mandate after Trump pressure, but hands a Ministry-picked regul...
RESEARCH 12 months Grace period before enforcement ~5 months Portal-to-dead line runway
Egypt
2026-07-19
As Egypt's PDPC opens registration ahead of a Nov. 1, 2026 deadline, its governing board seats the same security agencie...
RESEARCH Jun 25, 2026 Preliminary designation date Nov 18, 2025 Investigations launched
Netherlands
2026-07-19
The Commission used an ACM joint probe to name AWS and Azure DMA gatekeepers despite both falling below the law's own nu...
RESEARCH 90 days Photo deletion window 7 years Years of unlawful sharing
Israel
2026-07-19
Zini is demanding access to Ben Gurion Airport's biometric database despite an AG ruling — and a history of illegal tran...
RESEARCH 48,176 Vulnerabilitie s registered ~€29M Scam losses to residents
Estonia
2026-07-19
NATO's non-commercial pacts with Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks and ESET, signed at CyCon 2026 in Tallinn, favor cooperat...
RESEARCH A$99M Maximum penalty, doubled 85%+ Under-16s still on platforms
Australia
2026-07-19
Canberra raised maximum fines to A$99 million and eSafety's audit powers after a study found 85% of under-16s still acce...
RESEARCH Jan 2027 Private-sector BehiG deadline CHF 5,000 Max individual compensation
Switzerland
2026-07-19
WBK-N advanced a deliberately non-binding disability framework bill on May 22, 2026, leaving BehiG's 2027 web-accessibil...
RESEARCH 20M+ Betting accounts cited Life imprisonm Max penalty, organized fraud
Egypt
2026-07-19
Parliament's push to criminalize online betting and cyber extortion is grounded in real harm, but folding in penalties f...
RESEARCH 13+ Countries co-signing advisory 18,000+ Routers in related GRU campaign
Global
2026-07-19
CISA and 12+ allied nations warn Russia's FSB is breaching critical infrastructure through default router passwords, not...
RESEARCH 7 DMA gatekeepers designated 4 Apple core platform services
EU
2026-07-19
The July 8 ruling rejects Apple's challenge to its DMA designation and sets a sequencing rule binding every EU-designate...
RESEARCH Jul 15, 2026 Effective date 345M Doubao monthly active users
China
2026-07-19
Beijing's AI anthropomorphic-interaction rules took effect July 15, forcing Doubao and Qwen to kill companion features o...