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India Requires Caller ID Apps to Forward Spam Call Reports to Telecom Operators

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India Requires Caller ID Apps to Forward Spam Call Reports to Telecom Operators

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India amended its commercial communications regulations to require caller identification and call management apps to send users’ reports of spam calls to an anti-spam platform operated by telecom companies. The amendments also regulate automated and AI-powered calls, amid Truecaller’s objections to transferring data it considers commercially valuable.

2026-09-18

King Charles Calls on AI Leaders to Impose Controls “Before It Is Too Late”

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King Charles Calls on AI Leaders to Impose Controls “Before It Is Too Late”

King Charles hosted a private summit in the United Kingdom that brought together leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic and Nvidia, as well as government officials, to discuss the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence. He urged participants to build oversight mechanisms and pursue international cooperation as disagreements intensify over accelerating the development of advanced models.

2026-09-17

U.S. Court of Appeals Rejects Expanding Copyright Liability in AI Model Training Case

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U.S. Court of Appeals Rejects Expanding Copyright Liability in AI Model Training Case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected using Section 1202 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to create a new basis for liability based on the absence of copyright information from the outputs of a new model. The decision ends a legal theory advanced by anonymous GitHub contributors against OpenAI and Microsoft, while other contractual claims in the case remain.

2026-09-16

Cloudflare Separates Search Visibility from Using Content to Train AI Models

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Cloudflare Separates Search Visibility from Using Content to Train AI Models

Cloudflare launched a new setting called Disallow AI Training that allows website owners to prevent their content from being used to train artificial intelligence models while keeping it available to search crawlers operated by organizations that comply with transparency controls. The initiative includes Apple, Google, and Microsoft, with certain crawlers and control over AI summaries remaining subject to separate restrictions.

2026-09-15

EFF Records Reveal Absurd Uses of License Plate Reader Networks

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EFF Records Reveal Absurd Uses of License Plate Reader Networks

An analysis by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) of search records from Flock Safety systems reveals that U.S. police departments used phrases such as “LOL,” “idk,” and “TBD” to justify access to drivers’ movement data. The foundation argues that the new preset lists do not solve the problem because they may replace an actual justification with a superficial option that is not independently verified.

2026-09-14

European Tech Leaders Warn Against Weakening the EU Inc Project 100 Days Before the Target Date

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European Tech Leaders Warn Against Weakening the EU Inc Project 100 Days Before the Target Date

European founders and investors warned that ongoing amendments to the EU Inc project could turn it from a unified framework for establishing companies and operating across the European Union into an additional layer on top of national systems. A letter addressed to policymakers called for preserving five pillars, including the unified European register, stock option rules, and company headquarters rules.

2026-09-10

New Listening Features in Apple Watch Put Conversation Privacy to a New Test

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New Listening Features in Apple Watch Put Conversation Privacy to a New Test

Apple is adding features to its watches that use live audio processing to rephrase what was said or summarize conversations, while emphasizing that raw audio recordings are not saved. But these functions raise practical and legal questions about obtaining others’ consent, the potential use of the resulting transcripts, and the effect of normalizing devices that listen continuously on people’s behavior.

2026-09-09

Digital Sovereignty Between Reducing Dependence and Building a More Open Internet

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Digital Sovereignty Between Reducing Dependence and Building a More Open Internet

The EFF presents an interpretation of digital sovereignty as the ability of individuals, states, and communities to control their data, technologies, and infrastructure, while warning against its transformation into a tool for isolating the internet or expanding government surveillance. The organization believes that the better alternative involves open-source software, data portability, strong encryption, and reducing dependence on closed platforms.

2026-09-09

Data Mapping and Transfer Risk Assessment: Vodafone Egypt’s Practices for Protecting Cloud Data

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Data Mapping and Transfer Risk Assessment: Vodafone Egypt’s Practices for Protecting Cloud Data

Dina Mostafa, Data Protection and Privacy Officer at Vodafone Egypt, explains that compliance does not begin after contracting, but with knowing where data is located, which parties can access it, and the countries to which it is transferred. The practices presented by the company include assessing the impact of data transfers, building a data map, and organizing relationships with processors through clear agreements.

2026-09-07