EU LAWMAKERS TO GET MOBILE PHONES ‘URGENTLY’ CHECKED ON SPYWARE FEARS

Sat 24 February 2024: Members of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Security and Defence have been asked to have their mobile phones checked for spyware in an internal email from the parliament’s IT department seen by dpa. Traces found in two devices require “special attention,” the European Parliament said on Wednesday. Members and staff of […]

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IRAN UNVEILS PLAN FOR TIGHTER INTERNET RULES TO PROMOTE LOCAL PLATFORMS

Sat 24 February 2024: Tehran, Iran – A new regulatory directive from Iran’s top internet governing body shows how authorities hope to steer Iranians away from foreign platforms and turn them towards local ones. Iran’s top internet policymaking body released a directive earlier this week that stipulates new rules with potentially wide-ranging ramifications for the country’s […]

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U.S. PRIVATE LUNAR LANDER LANDS ON MOON BUT SENDING WEAK SIGNAL

Fri 23 February 2024:  U.S. company Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander touched down on the moon Thursday, marking the first American spacecraft to land on the lunar surface in more than 50 years. The uncrewed lander, named Odysseus, landed at the lunar South Pole at 6:23 p.m. Eastern Time, according to NASA. Intuitive Machines also […]

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INDIAN GOVERNMENT ORDERS X TO BLOCK ‘SPECIFIC’ ACCOUNTS AMID FARMER PROTEST

Thu 22 February 2024: Social media platform X has removed a number of accounts and posts in response to an order from the Indian government. These posts and accounts are allegedly connected to recent farmer protests demanding higher prices for their crops. The site, which was once known as Twitter, stated on Thursday that it […]

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“UNDESIRABLE DISTRACTION”: UK GOVERNMENT BANS USE OF MOBILE PHONES IN SCHOOLS ACROSS ENGLAND

Thu 22 February 2024: On February 19, the UK government announced new regulations banning cell phones from all English schools. The government of Rishi Sunak will assist head teachers in monitoring student use of mobile devices during the school day, particularly during break. The goal of the new policy is to ensure that every school […]

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X FACES RESTRICTIONS IN PAKISTAN AMID PROTESTS OVER ALLEGED VOTE MANIPULATION CONTROVERSY

Wed 21 February 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan: Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, continues to remain inaccessible to users in Pakistan after internet watchdog groups started to report outages on Saturday. NetBlocks, an organisation that monitors accessibility issues on the internet, On February 17 confirmed that a “national-scale disruption” has hit X in Pakistan in […]

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EU OPENS FORMAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST TIKTOK FOR VIOLATING THE DIGITAL SERVICES ACT

Tue 20 February 2024: The European Commission has opened formal proceedings against Chinese social media platform TikTok after preliminary investigation on breaching the bloc’s digital services act.  According to a commission statement, TikTok may have breach the act “in areas linked to the protection of minors, advertising transparency, data access for researchers, as well as […]

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SPACE JUNK REMOVAL SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED BY JAPAN

Tue 20 February 2024: Astroscale Japan announced on Monday that it has successfully launched a spacecraft meant to analyze and perhaps remove man-made space junk from around the Earth. Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) has undertaken an Active Debris Removal program. According to AFP, it will rendezvous with and study a 15-year-old Japanese H2A rocket wreckage in space. […]

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