PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH >90% Europe–Asia capacity via Red Sea 2–3x Google premium on Turkish fibre
Global
subsea cable policy
Google, Meta and Microsoft are paying premiums for land routes as Bab al-Mandab turns hostile; the lasting fix is faster permitting and repair, not new restrictions.
2026-10-09
RESEARCH 4 km Radius, 9 Oct order 24 hrs Duration, 9 Oct order
India
2026-10-09
Delhi's 24-hour, 4-km mobile internet blackout was issued without stated grounds, testing the Telecom Act rules and the ...
RESEARCH 7 Meta services covered 10% Maximum OSA fine
UK
2026-10-09
Meta, TikTok and X are contesting Ofcom's moderation-data notices in court. The case tests whether broad information pow...
RESEARCH R688m Google/YouTube media package 2 New Deputy Commissioners
South Africa
2026-10-09
Two new Deputy Commissioners arrive as the Commission turns its R688m Google media deal and platform remedies from negot...
RESEARCH 17.47B Spam calls, H1 2026 +25.2% Spam call growth YoY
South Africa
2026-10-09
The NCC's new registry layers an opt-out on POPIA's consent rule; it will clean up compliant marketers while 17.47 billi...
RESEARCH RM385.7B Data centre investment 2021-mid 2026 51 Local vendors matched, 2026
Malaysia
2026-10-09
MIDA's Data Centre Nexus 2026 pivots from courting hyperscalers to capturing local value; vendor matching is the first m...
RESEARCH 15M+ Records claimed in offer 100,092 Sample records obtained
Mexico
2026-10-09
SABG opened an ex officio probe into a 15M-record Telegram offer tied to Aeroméxico; the case shows what the post-INAI L...
RESEARCH $10M Google winning bid ~100M Emails in dataset
US
2026-10-09
119 lawmakers say stripping names from Spirit's 100M emails won't anonymize them. The better fix is a process rule for b...
RESEARCH 200,000+ Devices in 2024 botnet 2 Public DOJ disruptions
Global
2026-10-09
The US-led seizure of MicroScan and FishHub domains hits a Chinese contractor's tooling for the second time in two years...
RESEARCH 24.7% China-ASEAN trade growth $744.41B Bilateral trade, 7 months
China
2026-10-09
China-ASEAN trade is up 24.7%, but the FTA 3.0 digital chapter and ASEAN's DEFA must be reconciled with Beijing's tiered...
RESEARCH €825M Automated deactivation fine €290M 2024 data transfer fine
US
2026-10-09
The Dutch DPA's €825M GDPR fine on Uber targets automated deactivations, not transfers. The Data Privacy Framework still...
RESEARCH 2.8M Items removed via SAMAN 7 of 9 Judges upholding blocking power
Indonesia
2026-10-09
A forged Komdigi letter announcing a three-day national internet shutdown was believed because Indonesian law gives the ...
RESEARCH 5 Firms designated under 19a €59M Amazon disgorgement order
Germany
2026-10-09
The Bundeskartellamt cleared mobile.de's Carwow deal on 8 October 2026 after finding the overlap limited and AutoScout24...
RESEARCH $250,000 Max compensation, wrongly blocked 320 Avg days innocent sites blocked
US
2026-10-09
H.R. 10364 would let courts order ISPs, DNS providers and VPNs to block foreign sites on a one-sided showing, repeating ...
RESEARCH 3 Nov 2026 Consultation closing date 4 Policy areas in consultation
Estonia
2026-10-09
As the Commission asks whether AI needs new copyright rules, Estonia's opt-out TDM regime and its Estonian-language AI a...
RESEARCH €8,000 Rome Technopole fine 480 Scholarship winners exposed
Italy
2026-10-09
Italy's Garante gives email marketers until 29 October 2026 to get consent for tracking pixels, while its recent fines t...
RESEARCH 4% AGR Proposed spectrum charge ₹500/yr Urban subscriber levy
India
2026-10-09
Musk's 'oligarch' charge is unproven, yet open-ended security clearances and unsettled spectrum pricing leave India's sa...
RESEARCH 9 Companies newly investigated Mar 2025 Key Principles adopted
Netherlands
2026-10-07
ACM and EU consumer authorities opened nine game cases on 30 September 2026. Real-money pricing is a proportionate fix; ...
RESEARCH 2 years Pilot duration 15 days Official review deadline
Ukraine
2026-10-07
Ukraine's eDumka pilot on Diia swaps paper petitions for registry-verified online proposals. Its success depends on tran...
RESEARCH 24 Hours to appoint representative 72 Hours to disclose warranted data
Philippines
2026-10-07
The CICC's resident-agent demand fixes a real gap in cross-border data requests, but the Discord block repeated a power ...
RESEARCH 3 hours Takedown deadline Feb 20, 2026 Rules in force from
India
2026-10-07
India already mandates provenance metadata for synthetic media. A global standard should copy its tool-level approach an...
RESEARCH 1 Jul 2026 Mandate start date 24 hours Maximum advance filing window
Africa
2026-10-07
SARS made SATMS declarations compulsory for all border crossers from 1 July 2026. A rocky rollout shows why the no-denia...
RESEARCH 15 Independent account age 1 hour Daily cap, ages 13-15
EU
2026-10-07
The Commission's 17 September child-safety proposal targets platform conduct, not VPNs. Parliament should keep it that w...
RESEARCH 10 Days to file algorithm Aug 2023 Generative AI measures effective
China
2026-10-07
China's algorithm and generative AI filing system gives the US and China a shared procedural vocabulary for AI guardrail...
RESEARCH 1 in 3 Teens 15-17 on 3+ hours 81% Parents worried about content
Singapore
2026-10-07
Singapore will legislate age checks for six social platforms in early 2027. The design-focused approach beats a ban, but...