EU Commission proposal seeks to end encryption
The European Commission is dressing up its latest attempt to end encryption under the guise of protection against child sexual
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China’s EU outpost: Beijing dominates Cyprus tech infrastructure
Huawei dominates the 5G rollout in Cyprus, with risks for data security and independent policymaking that go far beyond the island’s shores
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China’s Big Tech problem: Even in a state-managed economy, digital companies grow too powerful
China’s digital economy has advanced rapidly over the past two decades, with services, communications and commerce moving online. The Chinese
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How Emmanuel Macron helped Uber break into the French market
The French president, during his time as Minister of Economics, Industry and Digital Affairs, helped the company sidestep labor laws
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TikTok’s new personalized ads will jeopardize rights in Europe
TikTok’s plan to force personalised ads on all users over 18 years old will risk the privacy of millions of people in EEA, UK, and Switzerland
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Kenyans must say no to biometrics for SIM card registry
“Avoid disconnection, update your SIM registration details.” This is the message that Kenyans have been seeing for months. Kenyan telcos have been threatening
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Indonesia expands COVID-19 app to ration cooking oil
The government that presides over 273 million people demonstrate how COVID-19 apps can be used to impose control over citizens
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The dangers of big data extend to farming
Most internet users are by now aware of the vulnerability of their personal data. When the news broke that tech companies
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TikTok data of US users repeatedly accessed by China
Leaked audio tapes taken from over 80 internal TikTok meetings indicate that China-based employees of its parent company ByteDance have
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Chinese authorities switch off health passes to prevent protest
A stark warning for the rest of the world as to how governments can and will use COVID apps/digital IDs
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