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The watchdog’s longest-serving boss says foreign companies will face big fines if they ignore Australia’s consumer protection laws.

Media freedoms in Pakistan remained vulnerable to regulatory pressures, threats and intimidation.

The year 2021 began with a rather chaotic legacy handed over by 2020. In the aftermath of the TRP Scam, TV ratings for the news genre remained suspended throughout the year.

Setting competition aside, a group of 13 telco CEOs have called on the US tech giants like Netflix, Facebook and Google to contribute to Europe’s ongoing network expansion.

The Digital Agency is a ministry established within Japan, but its name is often understood and accepted beyond the boundaries of the country. 

The trend towards digitisation continues apace, with COVID-induced lockdowns having forced almost every business to consider their online presence, and technological advances making new forms of content and delivery possible.

Industry leaders have opined that regulations such as new tariff order 1 and 2 have not addressed interests of any of the stakeholders

The media and entertainment industry, and Over The Top (OTT) platforms in particular, will fuel economic and job growth in the next few years and government encourages this trend by allowing OTT platforms to self-regulate, information and broadcasting and sports minister Anurag Thakur said at the Times Now Summit on Thursday.

A new survey from Deloitte shows that consumers want more than just entertainment and that media companies face tough competition from social media and gaming.

The Australian government’s recent warning to Facebook over misinformation is just the latest salvo in the seemingly constant battle to hold the social media giant to account for the content posted on its platform.

A new internet-regulation bill could spark even more outrage than C-10, according to none other than Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault

ISRO's commercial arm, NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) on Friday announced its first "demand-driven" communication satellite mission as part of Space reforms announced by the Government in June last year.

The content of the 2021 rules became the subject of immediate controversy. Many digital rights organizations and media houses criticized the rules for, among other things, being undemocratic, encouraging self-censorship and undermining privacy.

A widespread lack of awareness about digital regulation could threaten future innovation and increase fragmentation of this globally vital sector.

With copious amounts of content proliferating across a growing number of platforms and websites, it is an ongoing challenge for advertisers and platforms to ensure that digital ads are not placed next to harmful content.

The next digital revolution carries great promise for the country and its people, but also great peril.

Two years after it was constituted, the Joint Parliamentary Committee constituted by Parliament to examine the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 finally tabled its report before Parliament on December 16, 2021.

On the heels of a handful of developments across the globe, including new data protection bills signed into law by both China and Saudi Arabia, experts speculate on how the data privacy legislative landscape will shape up in the coming year and beyond.

The New York Times on Nov.3 analyzed Korean pop culture's global success in the article "From BTS to 'Squid Game': How South Korea Became a Cultural Juggernaut.

In a society that is fraught with issues related to domestic violence, the country’s media regulator is giving a wrong message by censoring on-screen affection.

It sounds well to have a new legal and regulatory framework to reform any sector of the economy or any institution for general welfare of the public, to respond to technological advancements and compete in the global community. But it gets spoiled, when such measures are taken without following due process as followed in the democratic jurisdictions.

A bid to protect journalistic content online could turn into a disinformation disaster, experts warn.

The UK’s information commissioner has told MPs that digital economy regulators need discrete remits backed up by strong information sharing powers to both provide clear focus as well as allow for greater cooperation between their disparate but interlinked regimes.

With streaming accounting for more than a quarter of TV viewing time, Nielsen said it is relaunching its streaming video measurement products and putting them under a Nielsen Streaming Solutions banner.