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Kazakhstan to restrict social media sign-ups for children under 16
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (208+ words) The Kazakh Government has drafted amendments to current legislation on how users under 16 register on online platforms, Qazinform News Agency reports. Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov announced this in response to a parliamentary inquiry. He said Qurultay deputies are now reviewing…...
DICT, Discord securing platform
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (1413+ words) THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said it is working with Discord for the implementation of safety measures to monitor and address nihilistic violent extremists on the platform. In a media release on Wednesday, the agency said Philippine…...
Missed phone calls ‘have cost local businesses nearly £3,000 this year’
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (424+ words) Business owners in Northern Ireland spend an average of one hour and 42 minutes a day personally dealing with customer calls – more than any other UK region. Yet they still miss eight calls a day they believe has cost them business,…...
ICASA Pauses inquiry into OTT services such as Netflix, WhatsApp
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (257+ words) ICASA is investigating the impact of OTT services on South Africa’s telecommunications and broadcasting sectors. In early September 2026, South Africa’s communications regulator ICASA announced plans to probe the impact of over-the-top (OTT) services such as Netflix and WhatsApp. The move,…...
I launched a free GDPR-compliant toolkit for European users in 48 hours — here's the full technical breakdown
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (343+ words) 30+ tools running 100% in your browser. No file uploads. No server processing. No signup. GDPR compliant from day one. Every major online tool (Smallpdf, ILovePDF, TinyPNG) uploads your files to their servers. For European users dealing with GDPR, this is a…...
A popular VPN is seeing a 1,400% spike in signups as the UK's age verification law takes effect
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (196+ words) New age checks for websites with explicit content continue to send users flocking to Proton VPN. The popular virtual private network (VPN) is reporting a 1,400 percent hourly increase in signups over its baseline so far on Friday, July 25, the day…...
Bitchat Removed From India App Store: Apple Cites MeitY Demand Under Section 69A
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (421+ words) Apple has removed Bitchat, an offline messaging application backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, from its India App Store following a takedown demand from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The development came to light after Dorsey posted…...
Government Warns Apple Users In India Over Security Flaws
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (38+ words) News Mobile Checking your browser before redirecting. You are seeing this because the administrator of this website has set up a firewall to protect the server against automated traffic....
Our Permissions-Policy denies geolocation, and the pricing page still knows what country you are in
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (539+ words) The pricing page shows you a price in your own currency. It knows roughly where you are. And the document it serves you denies itself permission to ask where you are. Both of those are true because the country never…...
PTA Says It Cannot Ban Social Media for Under-16s
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (378+ words) Authority cites legal and technical limits, says new framework needed for age verification ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has told the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that existing laws do not empower it to ban social media access for children…...