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After iPhone 16s, Indonesia blocks Google Pixel phones
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/11/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesia has prohibited the sale of Pixel phones, saying Alphabet Incorporated's Google has failed to meet domestic content requirements, according to a report by local media outlet Kontan.
G7 should adopt 'risk-based' AI regulation, ministers say
Published on 30/04/2023
» TAKASAKI: Group of Seven advanced nations should adopt "risk-based" regulation on artificial intelligence, their digital ministers agreed on Sunday, as European lawmakers hurry to introduce an AI Act to enforce rules on emerging tools such as ChatGPT.
Closure of Palestinian pages sparks Facebook censorship fears
AFP, Published on 26/09/2016
» RAMALLAH (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Facebook apologised Monday after temporarily disabling accounts linked to two Palestinian news sites critical of Israel, a move that drew concern over potential online censorship.
EU, Internet firms to launch anti-extremism forum
AFP, Published on 19/10/2015
» BRUSSELS - The European Union announced Monday it will launch in December a forum bringing together Internet firms and law enforcement agencies to combat online extremism.
EU, US seek 'quick solutions' to data deal void
AFP, Published on 10/10/2015
» LUXEMBOURG - Brussels and Washington want "quick solutions" to the legal void left by the collapse of a transatlantic data deal on which major companies like Facebook depend, a senior EU official said Friday.
Belgium plans collection of plane, train, ferry users' data
AFP, Published on 01/09/2015
» BRUSSELS - Belgium on Monday unveiled plans for a controversial system to collect data on all airline passengers, as well as international train and ferry travellers, in the wake of a foiled attack on a train running between Belgium and Paris.
EU moves toward single set of rules on data protection
AFP, Published on 16/06/2015
» LUXEMBOURG - The EU said it has moved closer Monday to a single set of rules across the 28-nation bloc to protect the privacy of citizens using the Internet.
EU to press Internet giants over online extremism
AFP, Published on 08/10/2014
» BRUSSELS - The European Union will ask major US technology companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter to help tackle online extremism at a meeting on Wednesday, officials said.
Switzerland tops innovation rankings for fourth year
AFP, Published on 19/07/2014
» SYDNEY - Switzerland has claimed the top spot on the Global Innovation Index for the fourth-straight year while Sub-Saharan Africa "posted significant regional improvement".
Venezuelan president accuses Twitter of attacking account
AFP, Published on 02/11/2013
» Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has accused Twitter of attacking his account and those of several cabinet officials as part of a right-wing plot.