PEOPLE OF INTERNET RESEARCH 8 months Launch delay ~30% Paper stamp fee rise
Ukraine
Ukraine Diia digital state platform
Kyiv pushed its electronic excise-stamp system from 1 Nov 2026 to 1 July 2027. Postponing was the right call, but paper stamps are getting costlier meanwhile.
2026-10-27
RESEARCH A$89 Anko glasses price 55,000+ Petition signatures
Australia
2026-10-27
The OAIC's investigation of the HeyCyan app maker shows the Privacy Act already has tools for camera wearables. The weak...
RESEARCH 162.8B won KFTC fine on Coupang 64,250+ Products allegedly ranked on top
South Korea
2026-10-27
The KFTC's new platform-case bureau is widely seen as targeting Coupang while the 2024 search-ranking fine is still unre...
RESEARCH 8 Months of suspension 60,000% Proton VPN download surge
Africa
2026-10-27
Gabon lifted its eight-month platform suspension on 24 October, but real-ID registration and a 2026 ordinance may entren...
RESEARCH 0 Live Meta SMS designations 5 Google publisher obligations
UK
2026-10-27
Meta's crawl-rights terms test whether the UK's digital markets regime can act before a platform is designated. Targeted...
RESEARCH Rs 13.97 cr Amount allegedly moved 187 Unauthorised transfers
India
2026-10-26
A Rs 13.97 crore loss via 187 transfers, and a bank-versus-IFTAS dispute over where the breach happened, test India's ex...
RESEARCH Rs 1 lakh App licence entry fee Rs 1 lakh Annual fee per channel
India
2026-10-26
TRAI's 26 October 2026 ALTD recommendations would license FAST and live-TV apps under the Telecom Act 2023, bar internet...
RESEARCH R8M Tier 1 e-money capital R2M Payment initiation capital
South Africa
2026-10-26
The SARB is moving fintechs from bank sponsorship to direct authorisation. Proportionate capital and security duties wil...
RESEARCH 14,530+ Cameras compromised in campaign 1,923 Cameras with persistent backdoor
Ukraine
2026-10-26
CERT-UA says attackers are abusing Dahua's Easy4IP cloud relay in Ukraine. The flaw is unnecessary remote reachability, ...
RESEARCH 10 years NGSO licence term 3,469 Satellite subscribers, Jan 2026
Bangladesh
2026-10-26
Bangladesh became South Asia's first Starlink direct-to-cell market via Banglalink; the 2025 NGSO rulebook worked, but d...
RESEARCH ~10 AI services in risky use 2 Aug 2026 AI Act became applicable
EU
2026-10-26
Sweden's Government Offices blocked consumer AI chatbots and approved Copilot. The lesson for governments is to fix proc...
RESEARCH 11 Pages of Cybernetica feedback 1 Agents per registered person
Estonia
2026-10-26
Estonia's draft AI agent registry is optional and cheap, but critics say it skips authentication and liability, the part...
RESEARCH 26 Reddit posts blocked 18 Subreddits affected
India
2026-10-26
India's blocking of 26 Reddit posts on the China border, under an order with no stated legal basis, fails the safeguards...
RESEARCH $2,500 Georgia fine per violation Under 14 Florida account ban below
US
2026-10-26
Vacating the injunctions against HB 3 and SB 351 lets two states enforce account bans and age checks before courts have ...
RESEARCH 24 hours Label deadline after finding 3 in 6 mo Requests before localisation order
Vietnam
2026-10-26
Decree 328 and Decree 333 give Hanoi a workable toolkit against online harms, but vague definitions and escalating penal...
RESEARCH 30 African shutdowns in 2025 8 Tanzania shutdowns in 2025
Africa
2026-10-26
Access Now's new testimony research shows shutdowns in Sudan, Tigray and Annobón outlast official 'restoration', exposin...
RESEARCH 10 ISM projects approved ₹1.60 lakh cr Cumulative ISM investment
India
2026-10-26
Three stalled US chip export bills would extend to India's data centres and fabs; a 180-day verification clock argues fo...
RESEARCH 2 CLOUD Act executive agreements listed 2018 CLOUD Act enacted
Malaysia
2026-10-26
Malaysia's tiered cloud rules and government-held keys address CLOUD Act exposure; a sovereign AI cloud should stay conf...
RESEARCH 90 Days to draft strategy 81% Pilot favourable rating
Argentina
2026-10-26
Resolución 469/2026 sets up a no-cost planning table for AI in the courts. It avoids a heavy AI statute, but its 90-day ...
RESEARCH 7 of 8 High-risk platforms committed 16 Minimum account age
Indonesia
2026-10-26
Komdigi says AI mini-dramas funnel viewers to unregistered paid apps. Targeted enforcement against those apps beats exte...
RESEARCH 319 Facilities named in register 166 Anonymous register entries
Germany
2026-10-26
Berlin plans to loosen EnEfG efficiency rules just as NIS2 widens oversight of data centres; each regime needs its own c...
RESEARCH 9.2 CVSS v4.0 severity ~70% Share of identifiable sites on PHP
US
2026-10-26
Two AI-assisted PHP discoveries, a leaked embargo and a stalled 2024 fix show disclosure rules need paid maintainers, no...
RESEARCH 8 Intermediate CAs distrusted ~255 Max guesses to recover key
India
2026-10-26
Eight eMudhra CA keys were guessable in under 256 tries. Browsers acted within days, but India's CCA has still not expla...
RESEARCH 5 years Article 6 max prison SAR 3M Article 6 max fine
Saudi Arabia
2026-10-26
A US advisory reportedly warns of 45-year terms for posts. The statute's own ceiling is five years, and the gap is the p...
RESEARCH 25 Sep 2026 Date collection began 0 New taxes or VAT rates
Indonesia
2026-10-26
Indonesia's SPP-TDLN collects existing VAT on foreign digital purchases through banks, adding no new tax and avoiding a ...