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By Gabriel Stargardter and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) -A French judge put Telegram boss Pavel Durov under formal investigation on Wednesday in a probe into organized crime on the messaging app, but granted the entrepreneur bail on condition he pays 5 million euros, reports twice a week to police and does not leave French territory. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement the judge found there were grounds to formally investigate Durov on all […]
JAKARTA, Dec 11, 2023 (AFP) – Chinese-owned short video app TikTok on Monday announced a $1.5 billion investment in GoTo group in a deal that would allow it to restart its online shop in Indonesia, the companies said in a statement. Under the deal, TikTok Shop will be merged into GoTo’s Tokopedia, and TikTok will have a controlling stake in that entity. “TikTok has committed to invest over US$1.5 billion in the enlarged entity over […]
BRUSSELS, Dec 1, 2023 (AFP) – The EU on Friday demanded Instagram-owner Meta provide more information about measures taken by the company to address child sexual abuse online. The request for information focuses on Meta’s risk assessment and mitigation measures “linked to the protection of minors, including regarding the circulation of self-generated child sexual abuse material (SG-CSAM) on Instagram”, the European Commission said. Meta must also give information about “Instagram’s recommender system and amplification of […]
BRUSSELS, Nov 13, 2023 (AFP) – People applying for visas to visit Europe’s Schengen area will soon do so via an online platform, under a change adopted by EU foreign ministers on Monday. The shift towards digitalisation of the visa process will also do away with the need for applicants to get a sticker in their passport, meaning no more appointments at consulates or service providers’ offices. The change, unveiled after a months-long legislative process, […]
OTTAWA, Sept 1, 2023 (AFP) – Ottawa on Friday spelled out how a new law requiring digital giants to pay publishers for news content will work in practice, including how much it could cost Meta and Google. The bill aims to support a struggling Canadian news sector that has seen a flight of advertising dollars and hundreds of publications closed in the last decade. Effectively it targets only Google and Meta — which control about […]
BATAM, Indonesia, Aug 30, 2023 (AFP) – Dozens of Chinese nationals were arrested in Indonesia on suspicion of running an online love scam syndicate that ensnared hundreds of victims in China, police said Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off from their Chinese counterparts, Indonesian police arrested 83 men and five women at an industrial park in Batam city in Riau Islands province on Tuesday. Police said the syndicate blackmailed hundreds of victims in China, many of […]
YANGON, Aug 24, 2023 (AFP) – Myanmar authorities have handed over seven people suspected of involvement in online scams targeting Chinese citizens to Beijing authorities, state media reported Thursday. Criminal syndicates are accused of kidnapping or luring citizens of China and other countries to lawless enclaves along Myanmar’s northern and eastern borders and forcing them to work as online scammers. The scammers typically target their compatriots and groom them for weeks before cajoling them into […]
SINGAPORE, May 8, 2023 (AFP) – A bill which will allow Singapore authorities to remove apps was introduced in parliament Monday to provide police with broad powers to combat malicious online crime and scams. If passed, the “Online Criminal Harms Bill” could among other things require app stores to remove an app from Singapore storefronts as well as demand online service providers to disable specified content. Such orders could be given “when there is […]
Singapore, Singapore (AFP) Social media sites could be blocked or fined in Singapore if they fail to stop users in the tightly-controlled country from accessing “harmful” content under a proposed law introduced in parliament on Monday. Under the bill, regulators can order social media platforms to block “egregious content” including posts advocating violence and terrorism or depictions of child sexual exploitation. Content that poses a public health risk or that is likely to cause […]
(Eagle News) – An official of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) advised the public to exercise due diligence when transacting with crypto or online platforms, including those involving play-to-earn platforms such as Axie Infinity. SEC Commissioner Kelvin Lee said Axie Infinity for instance did not register as a business entity here in the country with the SEC, nor did it register to conduct investment solicitation. “Base po sa verification ng records po namin […]
by Cecil MORELLA Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Classrooms in the Philippines were silent Monday as millions of school children hunkered down at home for a second year of remote lessons that experts fear will worsen an educational “crisis”. While nearly every country in the world has partially or fully reopened schools to in-person classes, the Philippines has kept them closed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the UN says. President […]
Watch the news and other features in Benguet as reported in the Ilocano dialect, in this online edition of Agila Pilipinas Benguet (Ilokano edition) Here are some of the news in this episode: MT PROVINCE – Tree planting Activity in Gadagad watershed Sapud in the town of Mankayan, Benguet; TUBLAY BENGUET – Ornamental plant industry in Tublay Benguet amid the pandemic; LA TRINIDAD, Benguet: Ice cream, ice candy, tea and and cake made from […]
