PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH 252 Votes in favour ~UAH 10B Expected annual revenue
Ukraine
digital trade
Ukraine ended its VAT exemption for parcels up to EUR 150 and made marketplaces collect the tax. The model is sensible, but the details will decide the cost to small sellers.
2026-11-14
RESEARCH 10 Agencies reporting breaches 120 Days to issue guidelines
Philippines
2026-11-14
Ten agencies reported breaches as EO 119's 120-day guidelines window nears. Residency tiers matter less than outsourcing...
RESEARCH 2.2B Transactions per year 3,800+ Available e-services
Estonia
2026-11-14
Estonia's accountable agent identities on X-Road are a testable, proportionate step; a global AI agency with mandatory w...
RESEARCH ~33% Judges following AI recommendation 20 Crime types, KL pilot
Malaysia
2026-11-14
Malaysia's judiciary will not discourage AI use in court, but its sentencing tool has run for years with little public e...
RESEARCH VND200m Maximum fine, organisations VND170–200m 'Abuse' tier fine range
Vietnam
2026-11-14
Decree 401/2026 caps digital-technology fines at VND200m. The numbers are mild, but the top 'abuse' tier turns on vague ...
RESEARCH 276–186 Urgency vote in Chamber R$5bn Brazil turnover threshold
Brazil
2026-11-14
PL 4,675/2025 could reach the Chamber floor on 17 November. Its design is lighter than the EU's DMA, but size-based desi...
RESEARCH €805m Fine imposed on Meta ~20M Italian Android users affected
Italy
2026-11-14
The Garante's Article 122 ruling is sound on separate consent for gallery access, but fining without any harm or data tr...
RESEARCH 100+ Scrolling consent screens $43,005 OPC funding for APA inventory
Canada
2026-11-14
OPC-funded research finds automakers fail to obtain informed consent from Canadian buyers, while a second project shows ...
RESEARCH 100+ SIMs triggering the check 15 Days to complete checks
Philippines
2026-11-14
The NTC's 15-day check on users holding 100+ SIMs aims at scam networks and SMS blasters. Its legitimacy depends on due ...
RESEARCH 8–3 STF vote on Article 19 24h Removal deadline in order
Brazil
2026-11-14
A preliminary TSE order over mislabeled Chile footage is a narrow, defensible takedown. The risk is the template it feed...
RESEARCH 31 Mar 2027 Existing-accou nt verification deadline 2 hours Emergency order compliance window
Turkey
2026-11-14
Türkiye's new age-verification rule routes every new social media account through a state e-Devlet token, setting up a s...
RESEARCH 72 hrs Breach notification window 90 days PDPC application review period
Egypt
2026-11-14
Egypt's PDPL grace period has ended, but a licensing portal tied to Egyptian National ID, and no visible enforcement gui...
RESEARCH 20,141 Entities registered ~68% Share of expected entities
Germany
2026-11-14
BSI data show 20,141 entities registered against ~29,500 expected, after two missed deadlines. The shortfall may reflect...
RESEARCH 4 Service areas under review ~22 months Objection to commitments
Germany
2026-11-14
A new Section 19a review of Google's car mapping tools follows binding 2025 commitments. A cooperative, consultation-led...
RESEARCH 1,465 Exposed Artex consoles <3 hrs Targeting to privileged access
Mexico
2026-11-14
The FBI says Artex spreads through forks and copies after its GitHub repo was removed. Mexico's pending AI bills should ...
RESEARCH 18+ hrs Outage duration reported 74 Countries and territories affected
South Africa
2026-11-14
The 12 November Microsoft 365 outage hit SA institutions. The Competition Commission's digital-markets work so far is ab...
RESEARCH 54 Articles in decree 7% Top fine ceiling
Italy
2026-11-14
Decree 179/2026 names AgID, ACN, the financial supervisors and the Garante, but the sandbox rules and high-risk registry...
RESEARCH $2T Projected ASEAN digital economy Jan 2024 Joint Guide update date
Netherlands
2026-11-14
A reported ASEAN DEFA signing leaves EU transfer rules untouched; the text is unpublished and one source is unconfirmed,...
RESEARCH 10 Campaign categories targeted 2 months Campaign duration
China
2026-11-14
A two-month campaign against military-themed hype and the CAC's new unified filing portal use different tools; neither s...
RESEARCH 86 Institutions served by RIT ~15,000 Workstations that could migrate
Estonia
2026-11-14
A Microsoft outage hit Estonian agencies and courts. Resilience came from fallback channels like e-File, not from replac...
RESEARCH 25-35% Planned civil service cut 10% Max DMA fine
Netherlands
2026-11-14
ACM chair Martijn Snoep's Brandeis lecture favours a mix of regulation, selective bans, restraint and collaboration. It ...
RESEARCH EGP 3M Maximum fine imposed EGP 50,000 Website licence fee
Egypt
2026-11-14
A court closed Mada Masr for lacking a licence the regulator never decided on. Registration that can be refused or ignor...
RESEARCH 6% Maximum DSA fine 0.2% Users using 'not interested'
EU
2026-11-14
The EU's DSA finding aimed at a recommender system is defensible as a risk-process test, but it risks turning into a des...
RESEARCH 2,873 People flagged at protests 59% RTI answers: 'does not pertain'
India
2026-11-14
The standing order Delhi Police cited for facial recognition never mentions it, and the system flagged 2,873 people at p...
RESEARCH ~21 Cable landing stations ~50 Clearances per landing station
India
2026-11-14
The Broadband India Forum's repair-ship push is right about dependence on foreign fleets, but speeding approvals would c...