The annual Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF) has been postponed to a date to be announced. The organiser of the forum, Paradigm Initiative explained that the event, which was planned to be held between 21-23 April, was pos...
In a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus on social media, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has issued an advisory for social media companies to initiate awareness campaigns on their platform against such misinformation...
Estonia's Ministry of Education and Research has decided to share its online learning tools and expertise with educational facilities in countries affected by school closure in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The ministry is...
The U.S. Justice Department and the Commonwealth of Virginia announced the creation of a special task force aimed at combating fraudulent activities that seek to profit off the health crisis, including online scams that steal mone...
During the last couple of days a text message campaign spreading coronavirus disinformation hit the United States. The messages contained misleading medical advice or false narratives. The biggest issue with this kind of campaign ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued policy recommendations to expand the availability and capability of non-invasive remote patient monitoring devices and softwares, which is only effective during the public health em...
Five US senators have sent a letter to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) asking the organisation to 'block the proposed change of control of the .org registry'. The letter is a follow-up to a similar ...
The EU Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security have drafted a proposal titled the Eastern Partnership policy beyond 2020. The document addresses digital transformation as a driver of su...
The cooperation between the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and mobile operators in Egypt has resulted in free access to the Egyptian Knowledge Bank and online educational platforms for students during the COV...
The Malaysian Higher Education Ministry has approved conducting online learning and teaching for all higher, public and private, education institutions during the COVID-19 outbreak. E-learning will be conducted only if a...
The Central Bank of Ghana has waived mobile money fees for transactions below GH?100 (USD$18) for the next 3 months. This is to facilitate cashless transactions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, the regula...
Amazon announced the launch of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Diagnostics Development Initiative to accelerate the development of diagnostics solutions for coronavirus. The e-commerce giant said it will invest USD$20 million to support...