US
deepfake regulation
An unexplained appeals-court order shields xAI from Minnesota's nudify-tool ban, while the narrower federal TAKE IT DOWN Act already covers the harm.
2026-10-31
Russia
2026-10-31
Roskomnadzor's draft would identify children on social networks and cap under-14 online time, but publicly reported deta...
Kenya
2026-10-31
As Immaculate Kassait's single term ends, Kenya's PSC has shortlisted 13 candidates. The appointment will shape how prop...
Germany
2026-10-31
Berlin is softening EnEfG data-centre limits while building a risk-based NIS2 registry. Credible, measurable rules shoul...
Switzerland
2026-10-31
Switzerland's e-ID won a 50.4% vote and slipped to 2027 for security work. With no app mandate, adoption depends on trus...
Saudi Arabia
2026-10-31
SDAIA's new Data and AI Training Program Standards Framework favours skills over statutes. That suits innovation, provid...
Thailand
2026-10-31
The PDPC's non-binding AI guidance accepts legitimate interest for training data and demotes consent, a pragmatic line t...
EU
2026-10-30
The Bundesrat wants a statutory direct-employment rule for food-delivery couriers in Germany's platform work law. The EU...
South Korea
2026-10-30
KMCC fined Google and Apple 63.7 billion won over forced payments, a 26% fee on alternatives and slow reviews. Fee level...
India
2026-10-30
The 29 October order sets a compensation floor for digital arrest victims when bank failures enabled the fraud. The RBI'...
Australia
2026-10-30
Leaked 'AI on Australian Terms' slides float opt-out training rules that contradict the October 2025 pledge. Clear licen...
South Africa
2026-10-30
A precautionary shutdown after a critical PHP flaw shows the gap is operational, not statutory. South Africa should fix ...
UK
2026-10-30
IPCO's 2025 report says GCHQ cannot account for thousands of storage devices, and flawed target discovery led to five co...
EU
2026-10-30
The Commission's 27 October Frontex proposal gives a border agency a social media monitoring centre and priority takedow...
Netherlands
2026-10-30
The Dutch DPA has opened an AI directorate, but it still has no legal power to enforce the AI Act. The delay is costing ...
US
2026-10-30
A new wrongful-death suit against OpenAI pairs a plausible failure-to-warn theory with an unauthorized-practice-of-medic...
India
2026-10-30
India's data law has no journalism carve-out. With the Supreme Court hearing publishers on 17 November, the fix belongs ...
China
2026-10-30
CAC's July–August 2026 filing release lists 124 new generative AI services, showing how China's algorithm registry works...
France
2026-10-30
Quad9 will leave France on 24 November after a Paris court penalised it for not blocking tennis-piracy domains. The law'...
Egypt
2026-10-30
A court fined editor Lina Attalah EGP 3 million and ordered Mada Masr closed for lacking a licence its applications neve...
Brazil
2026-10-30
As ANPD becomes a full regulator and ECA Digital enforcer, EFF urges privacy-first age checks. Inclusion for disabled an...
US
2026-10-30
Anthropic's warning on self-replicating AI on IoT devices tests Section 230's limit: it shields third-party content, not...
Vietnam
2026-10-30
Vietnam's draft e-ID law would turn a decree-based system into statute and extend identity to objects and data. The priv...
Africa
2026-10-30
The IEC's gazetted code makes parties label AI-generated content and report disinformation within 36 hours. It shows how...
France
2026-10-27
The Balanant bill lets Arcom compel usage data, set remuneration and fine up to 1% of turnover. The data duty is defensi...