Technology

India will cap annual port charges for IP-based telecom interconnection from January 2027, limiting operators’ pricing discretion while allowing lower negotiated rates and introducing financial penalties for specified regu...(read more)

Australia’s proposed digital duty-of-care law could include clearer obligations and definitions of harm to make enforcement easier for the online safety regulator, a top official said. Appearing at a Senate inquiry into th...(read more)

Apple and the US Department of Justice, as well as several state attorneys general and private plaintiffs suing the iPhone maker over alleged antitrust violations, were put on notice over discovery delays by a US magistrat...(read more)

Online safety protections aren’t up for negotiation in trade talks with the US, the UK government said in a statement on Monday, while stopping short of pledging to preserve its freedom to regulate AI. It pointed instead t...(read more)

Online marketplaces Vinted and eBay could be included in the UK’s planned social media ban for under-16s amid concerns that their messaging functions could be used to groom children. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said on Su...(read more)

Digital businesses would be explicitly banned from a range of practices, including fake contact notifications, persistent scarcity messages during checkout and disproportionately complicated opt-out processes, under draft ...(read more)

Digital businesses would have to let consumers switch off features encouraging compulsive or excessive use and obtain their explicit agreement before free trials become paid subscriptions, under a leaked draft of the EU Di...(read more)

TikTok, Meta, YouTube and Snap urged Australian lawmakers on Monday to clarify the proposed digital duty-of-care, warning that vague harm categories and broad obligations could create compliance uncertainty and encourage r...(read more)