The UK parliament has announced that it will block TikTok on all official devices and the wider network due to cybersecurity concerns. The ban came after both the Scottish and UK governments made a similar decision. This decision ...
The hacker group Anonymous claims to have hacked the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and is threatening to release the data it obtained. The group tweeted: 'The#Anonymous collective has hacked the Central Bank of Russia. Mo...
Russia's communications regulator has blocked Google News, the news aggregator service of Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google. The blockage was issued on the grounds that Google is allowing access to what it calls fake information abo...
The press freedom not-for-profit Reporters without Borders filed a new lawsuit against Facebook on the grounds of "deceptive commercial practices". Reporters without Borders claim that while the company's terms of service warrant ...
US Legislators reintroduced the Cyber Shield Act in the senate. The bill recommends creating a voluntary cybersecurity certification program for Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The bill suggests an advisory committee of cyb...
The UN Child Rights Committee made up of 18 individual experts, has published a legal guidance note also known as the general comment on how states should protect children's rights with regard to the digital environment. This gene...
The Internet Watch Foundation warns of an emerging trend of online child sexual abuse where the criminals and paedophiles are attempting to groom and exploit young siblings. Between September and December 2020, IWF observed ...
According to TechCrunch, Apple is updating its privacy policy for Apple Card to enable the sharing of more anonymized data with its financial partner Goldman Sachs. Though data sharing will be facilitated between Apple and Goldman...
According to the Slovak Spectator, the Slovak parliament is expected to adopt a bill on the usage of data on the movement of individuals provided by mobile operators, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Slovak minister of ju...
According to a news report, rights groups and citizens in Ethiopia have called on the government to lift the Internet shutdown in parts of the country since it is 'leaving millions of people without important updates on the ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a significant shift in how business is done in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Grocery start-ups all across MENA are thriving. For example, Nana, a Saudi grocery delivery start-u...
African governments are moving government services online to encourage social distancing in the wake of the coronavirus. The government of Benin launched a new e-business registration platform while Kenya's President signed into l...