The Japanese educational institute Meijo Gakuin Educational Corporation is filing a criminal complaint against the company's former chairwoman and other associates on suspicions that funds for the Osaka University of Tourism have ...
On January 19 th the Ministry of Justice in Qatar announced the promulgation of a law aimed at tackling disinformation issues. This new legislation will criminalize a broad range of journalistic activities. In fact, the text of th...
Privacy advocates have raised alarm over news that law enforcement authorities in several countries are using an app developed by Australian start-up Hoan Ton-That. The app enables users to upload a picture of a person in order to...
TheUN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) Inter-sessional Panel 2018-2019 convened on 15-17 January 2019, in Vienna, Austria. During the panel, an issues paper was introduced on the impact of rapid technolo...
During 2017, at least 25 Ugandans faced charges related to freedom of expression online, according to The Observer's Digital freedoms: 25 users face trial over online posts.Dorothy Mukasa, acting chief executive officer of&nb...
After American intelligence agencies concluded that Russia conducted sophisticated campaigns to influence the U.S. Presidential election of 2016, Twitter decided to notify nearly 700,000 users who interacted with accounts defined ...
The European Commission conducted a third evaluation of the Code of Conduct on countering illegal speech online, which was established in 2016. The evaluation showed that 70% of illegal speech online was removed by major IT compan...
The government of Indonesia has started an investigation into Google's tax practices, as it accuses the company of owing the state more than 25 million US Dollars in taxes. Previous discussions between the company and the Fin...
In apost published on the APNIC blog, Microsoft's Principal Network Engineer Markus Keane is explaining that the company plans to move to Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) only as soon as possible, as a way to solve problems with...
Tech incubatorSolaris Lab has been working on artificial-intelligence-based application designed to help users find potentially safer road routes and assess damage in case of accidents. The application relies on aggregated public ...
The Online Civil Courage Initiative has been launched, combining the efforts of several organisations to 'combat online extremism and hate speech through better understanding and the ability to respond to the challenges of ex...
A reportpublished earlier this month by the Remote Control project (within the Oxford Research Group) looks into the 'hostile use of drones by non-state actors against British targets'. The report notes that civilian drones, which...