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Somalian Government Has Blocked Access To TikTok & Telegram
The Somalian Ministry of Telecommunications and Technology has announced an order for ISPs to block access to TikTok, Telegram and 1xBet. Somalia Bans TikTok As reported by voanews.com, the Somalian government has passed an order to the country’s ISP providers to block access to Social Media apps TikTok and Telegram…
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Malaysia Taking Legal Action Against Meta Over Harmful Facebook Content
The Malaysian government will be taking legal action against Facebook’s parent company Meta over harmful content on the social media platform. Malaysia Sues Meta as reported by apnews.com, the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has claimed that Facebook has been recently plagued by “a significant volume of undesirable content”…
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UK Drops Plans For Ban of “Legal but Harmful” Content in Online Safety Bill
The UK’s proposed Online Safety Bill, while clearly well-intentioned, honestly feels like it’s probably doomed to be a somewhat embarrassing failure. I mean, most would say that can’t police the internet, but boy is the UK government willing to take a crack at it! While the entire proposal itself is…
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UK To Finally Ban All Handheld Devices While Driving!
I would hope that the vast majority of you would acknowledge that when you’re driving a car, the only thing that should ever be in your hands is the steering wheel. Ok, and maybe occasionally the gear stick. The bottom line though is that it’s been well established that attempting…
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UK Parliament to Discuss Anti-Scalping Law
With the latter quarter of 2020 seeing lots of new technological releases, one of the most significant issues that have affected the industry is that despite it all looking more than a little tasty, in most circumstances, you can’t actually buy any of it. AMD Ryzen 5000’s, Nvidia 30XX’s, PS5’s,…
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UK Finally (and Quietly) Drops Plans for Online Porn Age Checks
Late last year, the UK Government proposed changes to the law that would require any access to online pornographic websites to undergo an age verification of the user. Something that seemed likely to happen as the proposals were passed into law shortly after. There was, however, always the (rather basic)…
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UK To Commit £5bn to Achieve Gigabit Internet Roll-Out by 2025
While having access to ‘full-fiber’ internet is nice (particularly with the speeds it can throw your way) the vast majority of UK homes are still largely restricted to a standard broadband connection. A service that generally provides average speeds of around 2-8mbps. While the UK has recently been rolling out…
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Mark Zuckerberg Can Spare 30-Minutes To Talk Regulation
Mark Zuckerberg To Discuss Regulation With UK Since the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke last year, the UK government has been trying very hard to get Mark Zuckerberg into the country to actually answer some questions as to how his social media platform, Facebook, actually operates. To date, he has been very…
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UK Government – Facebook ‘Needs Regulation’
Facebook ‘Needs’ Regulation Social media has, to date, been allowed to largely operate without any notable levels of regulation. Well, at least none beyond that which they impose themselves. As concerns are raised for both the news propagation and how they manage our information are raised, however, it seems pretty…
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Facebook Facing Record Fine Over Privacy Conduct
Facebook Facing Record Fine Last year, the Cambridge Analytica scandal rocked facebook. In it, it was found that Facebook was allowing users data to be sold to third parties without the user’s permission. It was a huge hit to user confidence in the social media site and to date, a number…
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UK Government Seeking Industry Feedback From Gamers
UK Government Asks Gamers For Their Opinion I have been a vocal opponent of how the media tends to treat the gaming industry. Too often ‘violent video games‘ are used as a blanket excuse for when young people behave badly. It seems, however, that the UK government is at least…
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Facebook Introduces ‘Petition’ Feature In America
Facebook Introduces ‘Petition’ Feature Over the last few years, social media has provided groups with an excellent opportunity to rally together to promote causes or events. This has allowed many people the opportunity not only to meet like-minded people but also to actively organise and bring attention to planned public…
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Time Is Running Out For Net Neutrality In America
Time Running Out For Net Neutrality It’s been a little over a year now since the FCC initiated proceedings to revote the Net Neutrality protections put in place by the Obama administration. The protections ensured that internet service providers would not be able to sell (or throttle) particular types of…
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Australian Govt. Calls for “Comprehensive Review” of Loot Boxes
Loot Boxes Under Fire Down Under Almost at the same time as the United States Federal Trade Commission confirmed an investigation will be underway regarding loot boxes, Australia’s government are also calling for a “comprehensive review” for its potential impact on children. The recommendation stems from a 90-page report from…
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Proposal To See Landlords Forced To Allow Full-Fibre Access
Porposal To See Landlords Forced To Allow Full-Fibre Access People in the UK should be aware that there are government proposals in place to see a near full-fibre access throughout the country by 2033. Admittedly, that might seem like a long way off. Despite that, it seems that people living…
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