On social media, 77 percent of paid influencers are women. And while it may not yet be the case in developing countries, in developed countries and the Americas women make up half of all Internet users. But despite this, according...
Providing secure access and a frictionless user experience are typically competing initiatives, but they don't have to be! Read on to learn why. In our world today, context changes quickly. We work from home, coffee shops and the ...
A key committee at the European Parliament agreed to stringent safeguards to prevent non-EU governments from gaining illegal access to the EU data. The committee introduced safeguards against unlawful international data transfer b...
Canada's Digital Governance Council and the Data Collaboration Alliance have announced the open access availability of a new national standard, Data Governance-Part 9: Zero-Copy Integration, which offers organisations a framework ...
The Government of Western Australia opened applications for the$10 million E-waste Infrastructure Grants Programme, which is part of its commitment to deliver a statewide ban on e-waste disposal to landfill by 2024. Funding will b...
The CSA (The Connectivity Standards Alliance) formed a Health and Wellness Working Group to create technical standards and a certification program for IoT device interoperability. This move comes after [last year](https://dig.watc...
The Indian government does not subscribe to Reporters Without Borders' views, its rankings and disagrees with the conclusions it has drawn by ranking India 142nd on its World Press Freedom Index, said minister of state for home af...
The World Bank released a report on the Palestinian Digital Economy Assessment which looks at the state of the digital economy, identifies opportunities, and provides recommendations on reforms that can help accelerate digital tra...
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) announced a partnership to promote digital inclusion in Brazil, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa by stimulating affordab...
The principles, to apply to the Microsoft Store and to the marketplaces that the company is building for games, are intended to 'promote a more open app market and better serve users and creators alike'. The company commits t...
Amid fears over Russian aggression against Ukraine, Sweden re-established the new psychological defence agency. The agency is meant to combat foreign disinformation ahead of Sweden's general election in September, but is also inte...