Ten years after exposing Africa’s illicit outflows, leaders are pushing for new laws, data tools and a united front in global tax negotiations to stem the losses. Ten years after exposing Africa’s illicit outflows, leaders are pushing for new laws, data tools and a united front in global tax negotiations to stem the losses. African…
Critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, rare earth elements, and platinum group metals are essential for modern technologies. They are key to industries ranging from electronics and telecommunications to renewable energy, defence, and aerospace systems. The global demand for these minerals has been growing, as has the competition for them. The supply and…
Government is looking to develop a register for all drones that are operated, distributed or sold in South Africa. The transport department has published a draft document for public comment proposing that all drones – or remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), as it calls them – must be registered. Currently, the South African Civil Aviation…
Competition Commission deputy commissioner Hardin Ratshisusu Artificial intelligence poses a challenge for competition regulators, which must balance a desire for innovation and economic growth with the possibility that monopolistic, AI-driven markets could develop, leading to the exclusion of some segments of society. If regulators are unable to get this balance right, they could stifle the…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Friday ordered Meta to change its privacy policies after ruling that it trampled the freedom of expression of a porn star by closing her Instagram account. Esperanza Gomez, one of Colombia’s best-known adult content actresses, said she posted photographs of herself in her underwear as part of her job. Gomez, who…
Colombia’s highest court has ruled that Meta violated a porn star’s right to freedom of expression when it deleted her Instagram account. The South American nation’s Constitutional Court said on Friday that the tech firm had removed Esperanza Gómez’s account “without a clear and transparent justification” and without offering similar treatment to other, similar accounts….
The US Supreme Court has ruled sweeping immigration raids in Los Angeles can continue for now, lifting a federal judge’s order that had barred agents from making stops without “reasonable suspicion”. The Monday ruling is a win for President Donald Trump, who has vowed to conduct record-level deportations of migrants in the country illegally. The…
Alphabet’s shares closed over 9% higher on Wednesday, adding about $210 billion to the company’s market value, after a U.S. judge ruled against breaking up the Google parent company. The decision by Judge Amit Mehta allows Google to maintain control of its Chrome browser and Android mobile operating system, while also continuing to make significant…
The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has cautioned South Africa against blindly following EU regulations, saying the country needs its own strategic domestic policies on technology and digital innovation. It cautioned against what it termed the “Brussels effect”, where regulated entities end up complying with EU laws because of the size and attractiveness of that market….
LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration violated a 19th-century law when it mobilized 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles in June. Lawyers representing California argued during a three-day trial last month that President Donald Trump had exceeded his authority by deploying federal…
