Australians will soon be able to access services from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) using facial recognition technology. This is after the Australian government selected the company iProov to provide a liveness solution for...
During a virtual summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin unveiled a digital partnership to promote research and development of 6G mobile technologies, quantum computing, and digital tran...
The Council of the EU has approved the Digital Europe Programme proposed by the European Commission with the goal to boost digital transformation across the EU by providing funding for the development and deployment of cutting-edg...
The Nigerian Communications Commission said it was concluding processes to issue regulations on e-waste during a press conference to commemorate the World Consumer Rights Day 2021. The commission was prompted by an increase in dep...
The city of Amsterdam was compelled by local court to allow residents of its historic centre to rent their properties to tourists again on Airbnb. Amsterdam's city council issued a ban on rental through Airbnb and other platforms ...
Independent UN human rightexpert Fernand de Varennes has warned that social media has been used too often with relative impunity to spread hate, prejudice and violence against minorities. Varennes called for an international treat...
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) project issues a draft white paper for public consultation titled Trusted internet of things (IoT) device network-layer onboarding and lifecycle management: Enhancing interne...
Global broadband connectivity provider AFR-IX has announced a peering deal with Mombasa IXP Asteroid Mombasa. Asteroid becomes AFR-IX's East African partner, adding to other partnership deals in South Africa, Nigeria, and Djibouti...
African telecom Liquid Telecom has announced the completion of a decade-long fiber cable project that now links West and East Africa. The 2,600 km cable runs through the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and runs through Zambia, ...
China's market regulator, the State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) has tightened its scrutiny over livestreaming e-commerce platforms. The SAMR has expressed concerns of misleading advertisements by internet influencer...
Facebook has published its first corporate human rights policy, committing to upholding and respecting human rights as set out in international human rights instruments, including the International Bill of Human Rights. These comm...
The Chinese State Administration for Marketing Regulation (SAMR) has introduced new oversight and management regulations of online transactions, effective 1 May 2021. The new regulation tightens the rules by bringing in social com...