The co-chairs of the Internet of Things (IoT) Caucus, Suzan DelBene (D-Washington) and John Katko (R-New York) have reintroduced the IoT Readiness Act in the House of Representatives. Should the bill pass, the Federal Communicatio...
The US government filed a request with the courts deciding on a ban of TikTok app to hold off on appellate procedures. The Biden administration is planning to review and evaluate reasons which led to the TikTok ban and to assess w...
Singapore's Singtel has reported that hackers had breached a third-party standalone system used to share information internally and with external stakeholders. Accellion, the third-party vendor in question, stated...
Following the Florida water hacking incident in early February, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center hav...
The UK Ministry of Digital Infrastructure has published a digital identity and attributes trust framework. The paper lays out the attributes of an effective digital identity system in four thematic areas: inclusion, privacy and da...
According to a news report, the government of Uganda has fully restored internet access in the country after close to a month of restrictions that commenced just before the presidential elections on 14 January 2020. Apologis...
The Biden administration has announced that it will review the US ban on WeChat, as well as evaluate whether the ban and national security implications were justified. The US Department of Justice is now asking courts to delay app...
On 11 February 2020, Facebook partnered with nine non-profit organisations and government agencies in Africa, to raise awareness on Internet safety and security, as they celebrated Safer Internet Day with the theme 'Together for a...
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the release of the booklet 'Online Safety for under 5s' developed by the eSafety Commissioner, that offers advice to parents on how to keep their preschool children safe online. T...
Estonian tech firm Cybernetica and Caribbean cloud services provider Cloud Carib are partnering to implement a secure and resilient data exchange. Regional governments can use this to implement dedicated e-government solutions. Cy...
During a press conference convened by Watan TV, the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) issued its annual report on media freedoms in Palestine in 2019. The report sheds light on the different Israeli and ...
European Parliamentary Research Service (EURS) published a report about the effects of 5G telecommunication networks on human health. While the 5G technology allows people to download or upload one gigabit of data per second and e...