The MHA has formed a Group of Secretaries to review security risks like signal spillage in border areas for Elon Musk's Starlink, Bharti Airtel-backed OneWeb and Jio-SES satellite ventures The post India examines security risks linked to Starlink, OneWeb and SES: Report  appeared first on MEDIANAMA.

UK PM Starmer announces social media ban for under-16s after public consultation. 90% of parents support the ban, AI chatbot sexual features to be restricted, and platforms must verify users' ages. The post Why the UK is banning social media for under-16s: Key takeaways from the public consultation appeared first...

By Juliet Nanfuka | Africa’s digital future is being negotiated away piece by piece – through opaque infrastructure deals, data-sharing arrangements, and political decisions that narrow the space for journalists, … Continue reading Is Africa’s Digital Future Being Bargained Away? The post Is Africa’s Digital Future Being Bargained Away? appeared...

The ban will apply to all “user-to-user platforms, whose purpose is to enable social interaction and which allow users to post material, alongside algorithms,” according to a press release from the government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

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Estonia will require additional security screening for emails sent from Russia’s .ru top-level domain before they reach government officials, according to the country's minister of justice and digital affairs.