Turkey has operationalised its locally developed digital ID system, becoming the seventh country glocally to locally develop a biometric data system. Turkish Minister of Internal Affairs, S
Internet watchdog Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has reported that child sexual abuse grew radically during the lockdown last year. The latest IWF figures indicate that self generated imagery showing 7 to 10 year olds increased t...
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), in collaboration with NanoAvionics launched a nanosatellite to enhance the operations, maintenance, and planning of its internet, electricity, and water networks.
The US Department of Commerce seeks experts for the IoT advisory board to advise the IoT Federal Working Group. The advisory board will include various stakeholders outside the federal government with expertise relating to IoT. Th...
When Chancey Fleet, a blind technology educator, opened an at-home Covid-19 testing kit earlier this winter, she realized it would require vision to use the product correctly. "We need to look at the Covid testing process, break i...
Standards for IOT are rising in relevance. They also cover two other areas of digital policy: health and labour rights. IEEE has many relevant standards in this field. Click here to view original web page at spectrum.ieee...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has announced that it will open the registration for digital ID to the general public starting 18 January. The PSA had last year announced that during this process, services would include ...
A new study published by Rouge Media revealed that the UK government may have missed the targets of their 2014 Digital Inclusion Strategy, which sought to reduce the number of people offline by 25% every 2 years. According to the ...
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that the developer of a popular menstruation and fertility tracking app had settled the authority's allegations that the company shared users' health information with thir...
To protect children online, TikTok has announced strict new rules for users under 16. The company announced that no stranger would now be able to comment or download any post or video of minors (below 16 year), or use their videos...
The US Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to reinstate in person requirements for abortion medication, mifepristone, during the pandemic. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, lower courts have blocked the US Fo...
The UK National Health Service (NHS) Directors of Public Health will test the COVID-19 immunity passport that was developed by Mvine and iProov. The companies aim to complete two trials by 31 March 2021, providing public health of...