Technology RegulationWhatsApp limits users to five message forwards
Written by Sam Varghese
The Facebook-owned messaging application WhatsApp has started limiting to five the number of times a user can forward a message, with the change coming in… France hits Google with €50m fine for GDPR violations
Written by Sam Varghese
Google has been hit with a €50 million (US$56.8 million) fine by the French National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) for violations of the GDPR following… Huawei may face case over alleged theft of trade secrets
Written by Sam Varghese
Chinese telecommunications equipment provider Huawei Technologies could face an indictment over alleged theft of trade secrets from its American business partners, including smartphone-testing technology used… Facebook picks UK charity to check site for fake news
Written by Sam Varghese
British fact-checking charity Full Fact has been chosen by Facebook to reduce the flow of misinformation on the social media site, and will start checking… German court dismisses Qualcomm patent suit against Apple
Written by Sam Varghese
A court in Germany has dismissed a patent lawsuit filed by processor maker Qualcomm against Apple, saying that the patent concerned was not violated by… ACMA hits Primus, iSelect with fines over telemarketing
Written by Sam Varghese
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has fined Primus Telecommunications and iSelect $8400 apiece for telemarketing services to consumers after they had withdrawn their consent.… France to start taxing big tech firms from 2019
Written by Sam Varghese
France will begin taxing Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon in the new year, with the country's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire telling the media on… Google's secret China project appears to have come to a halt
Written by Sam Varghese
Google's attempts to launch a censored search engine in China appear to have been put on the backburner after the company shut down a data… NZ consumers misled over purchases of mobiles, laptops
Written by Peter Dinham
New Zealand retailer Noel Leeming Group has been fined NZ$200,000 for misleading consumers about their rights under the Consumer Guarantees Act in relation to the… Apple bid to beat China court order with software update
Written by Sam Varghese
Apple apparently plans to get around an injunction obtained by Qualcomm, banning the import and sale of some iPhone models, by updating the software on… 
