Israel
media regulation and regulatory independence
Israel's cabinet voted to ignore a Supreme Court ruling on its broadcast regulator's quorum, turning a technical dispute into a constitutional crisis.
2026-07-21
Argentina
2026-07-21
ENACOM and Chubut's letter of intent for a second cable landing point addresses a genuine chokepoint risk with a proport...
EU
2026-07-21
The July 8 ruling upholds Apple's gatekeeper status and bars pre-enforcement challenges — a procedural shift with real d...
UAE
2026-07-21
BIS reclassified the UAE to its highest export trust tier on July 10, 2026, betting verified compliance beats blanket re...
Canada
2026-07-21
CRTC Order 2026-136 sets Google's Online News Act enforcement fee at $2.303 million, underscoring that only one platform...
UAE
2026-07-21
Cabinet Resolution No. 106 mandates biometric age checks and threatens full platform blocking — using enforcement tools ...
Saudi Arabia
2026-07-21
Amnesty and ALQST document eight tourists and pilgrims jailed for social posts under laws built for terrorism, not trave...
Mexico
2026-07-21
Article 30-B's permanent SAT access to platform data, effective since April 2026, tests USMCA data-flow rules as bilater...
Taiwan
2026-07-21
Anthropic's $1.5B author payout exposes a remedy gap Taiwan's opt-in class system and licensing-only AI law don't close.
South Korea
2026-07-21
A 9-month undetected hack of Korean diplomats' data lands weeks before PIPA's tougher fines take effect — but the law ta...
Malaysia
2026-07-21
MCMC's IRC 2026 and a new AI Governance Bill show Malaysia choosing proportionate, sandboxed AI rules over blanket restr...
Philippines
2026-07-21
BSP's June 25 OTP ban fixes a real fraud problem but centralizes biometric data at scale without the NPC oversight the s...
Switzerland
2026-07-21
As Indonesia makes facial biometrics compulsory for new SIM cards, Switzerland's narrower ID-document rule shows fraud c...