INSTAGRAM FINED €405M BY IRELAND FOR MISHANDLING CHILDREN’S DATA

Tue 06 September 2022: Instagram was penalized €405 million by Irish authorities for violating children’s privacy. The ongoing issue centered on children’s data, notably their email and phone numbers. Some reportedly upgraded to business accounts to access analytics tools such as profile visits, without realising this made more of their data public. The company that […]

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RUSSIA BLACKLISTS 25 US CITIZENS INCLUDING SEAN PENN AND BEN STILLER

Tue 06 September 2022: Russia has blacklisted 25 more US citizens “in response to the Biden administration’s constant sanctions against Russian citizens,” the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in Moscow on Monday. Political, cultural, and business leaders like actors Ben Stiller and Sean Penn are among those who are banned. Due of their political […]

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‘NO’: PRESIDENT BIDEN ON DESIGNATING RUSSIA AS STATE SPONSOR OF TERROR

Tue 06 September 2022: The US president Biden, declared said on Monday that Russia should not be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, a designation that Ukraine has lobbied amid Moscow-Kyiv war, while Russia warned that such a designation would sever US-Russia ties, Reuters reported Asked if Russia should be designated a state sponsor […]

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‘THIS IS IT FOLKS’: UK’S JOHNSON BOWS OUT; LIZ TRUSS TO BE APPOINTED BY QUEEN

Tue 06 September 2022: Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has departed Downing Street for the final time before heading to Scotland to formally tender his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II. The British prime minister, who declared his intention to step down two months ago, is set to meet with Queen Elizabeth […]

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RUSSIA TO LEGALIZE USE OF CRYPTOCURRENCY IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE: REPORT

Tue 06 September 2022: The Bank of Russia and the country’s Ministry of Finance have reconsidered their positions toward cryptocurrency, acknowledging it to be necessary to legalize the use of cryptocurrencies in cross-border settlements, per a report by local news outlet TASS. According to TASS, the two government bodies have agreed that “it is impossible” to […]

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OVER 150,000 MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN DENIED ENTRY TO GREECE THIS YEAR

Mon 05 September 2022: Greece prevented 150,000 migrants from entering the country since the beginning of the year, the minister of migration announced yesterday. Notis Mitarachi told Eleftheros Typos newspaper that Greek forced “prevented 154,102 irregular immigrants entering since the beginning of the year. While 50,000 immigrants have tried to enter Greece in the month of August only.” Border control is considered one […]

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FRENCH MINISTER VISITS TURKIYE TO DISCUSS RUSSIAN SANCTIONS EVASION

Mon 05   September 2022: France’s Foreign Minister heads to Turkiye on Monday to emphasise to Ankara the importance of its firms not circumventing Western sanctions on Russia, after the United States said Turkish businesses faced the risk of sanctions, Reuters reports. NATO member, Turkiye, has sought to strike a balance between Moscow and Kyiv by criticising Russia’s […]

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WHATSAPP MAY LET BUSINESSES MANAGE CHATS FROM THEIR LINKED DEVICES

Mon 05   September 2022: Following the release of a number of new features, WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, is probably developing a new feature for businesses that will allow them to manage chats from their connected devices in an upcoming subscription service from WhatsApp for businesses. According to WABetaInfo, users will be able to […]

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