China’s Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission have introduced a proposed regulation seeking to restrict the activities that privately funded media sources can undertake. The regulation—the 2021 version of the “Negative List of Market Access”—covers activities ranging from agriculture and aviation to education, media, and the financial industry. The regulation classifies [...]

The Sri Lanka Cabinet of Ministers has approved the drafting of two bills to promote cybersecurity as proposed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in his capacity as the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Technology. The first of these, the Defense Cyber Commands Act, shall cover all sectors related to electronic communication to protect national [...]