Finance Minister of India announced in hisBudget speech for 2019, that Indian government do not recognise bitcoin as a legal tender for payment. He also added that government will seek for thorough regulation on cryptocurrency ind...
Areport by the NSPCC, a UK children's charity, found that British ministers have failed to take on board urgent recommendations that were made 10 years ago to protect children online. The recommendations were made as part of a rev...
In a set ofrecommendations for the formulation of India's national telecom policy, the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) suggested, among other things, the adoption of policies to encourage the development of networks especially...
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has published its annualBroadband Deployment Report, assessing progress in broadband deployment across the USA. In a press release accompanying the report, the FCC stated that th...
Uber has announced that it would suspend its services in Taiwan starting 10 February, following disputes with Taiwanese authorities. Uber has been operating in Taiwan as an Internet-based platform, and not a provider of transporta...
WhatsApp has faced an increase in spam since April 2016 following the introduction of end-to-end encryption . The company therefore developed behavioural filters that analyse user metadata and mark potential spam. T...
CNets' Tech Enabled series 'Tech enabled: Engineering independence skill and success - for all', has published two new articles: Disability activists, amplified: Social media gets the job done, which emphasises th...
The Interagency Working Group (IWG), composed of UN Special Representatives, ECPAT International and 13 other international organisations and agencies active in the field of children's rights, has adopted global terminology guidel...
EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova and Commission Vice President announced a new deal, rebranded as the 'EU-US privacy shield', after a cabinet meeting of the EU executive in Strasbourg. The agreement is the ...
United Nations human rights expert Alfred de Zayas has called on Governments not to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) without reaffirming their human rights treaty obligations and their recent pledges to achieve the Sustain...
The International Monetary Fund published a 'discussion note' on 'Virtual currencies and beyond: initial consideration'. The paper looks into benefits and risks associated to virtual currencies (VCs), as well as related regulatory...
Astudy published recently by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University shows that encryption may not protect criminals as much as law enforcement authorities argue. According to the authors, 'the "going dar...