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A group of human rights organizations on Saturday, wrote an open letter urging top Armenian officals to oppose a proposed law that would restrict access to internet services, thus limiting the population’s freedom of expression. The letter, addressed to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan, states: Nations across Eastern Europe and [...]

The Montana House of Representatives Friday passed a bill that would ban the use of social media app TikTok within the state in a 54-43 vote. The bill will now be submitted to Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, who must sign the bill for it to become law. The move comes amid increasing scrutiny of the [...]

Police in the Russian city of Kazan Wednesday arrested a publicly out gay couple, Haoyang Xu and Gela Gogishvili, for their alleged breach of the country’s “gay propaganda” law. According to a statement from their lawyer, the two men are accused of violating the propaganda law because of videos uploaded to the couple’s YouTube and [...]

The Australian federal government Tuesday banned TikTok on government devices following advice from national intelligence agencies. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced that the viral media platform will be prohibited on devices issued by Commonwealth departments and agencies. “After receiving advice from intelligence and security agencies, today I authorised the Secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department to issue [...]

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Tuesday issued TikTok a £12.7 million fine for its breach of UK General Data Protection Regulation, including TikTok’s illegal use of children’s personal data. UK data protection law mandates companies obtain consent from parents or guardians of children under the age of 13 in order to use personal data when offering information [...]

Italy’s Data Protection Authority (DPA) Friday issued a statement banning further use of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chat platform, within the country. They noted that ChatGPT has no age verification system in place for children users and unlawfully collected users’ personal data. The DPA found that there is “no legal basis underpinning the massive [...]

TikTok CEO Shou Chew Thursday testified before the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Lawmakers questioned Chew on TikTok’s consumer privacy and data security practices amid growing national security concerns from lawmakers and the Biden administration. Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) opened the hearing by stating, “Mr. Chew, you are here because the [...]

Chairman of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Mark Warner (D-VA) Sunday announced plans to introduce a bipartisan bill that would allow foreign technologies entering America to be banned. Warner’s announcement has generated attention since it explicitly mentions that the popular app TikTok could be subject to the ban. In an interview with Fox [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Monday urged Congress to vote against a piece of legislation that would ban TikTok in the US. In a letter of opposition, the ACLU branded the legislation as “vague and overbroad,” stating that a complete ban on TikTok would violate the US Constitution’s First Amendment right to freedom of [...]

Canada’s President of the Treasury Board, Mona Fortier, released a statement Monday announcing that Canada will ban TikTok on government-issued mobile devices effective February 28. Fortier reiterated the Government of Canada’s commitment to maintaining the security of government information through this ban. While the Canadian government does not have evidence that government information was compromised [...]