Facebook has called on regulators and other experts to answer key questions to help it forge its strategy around protecting user privacy while meeting demand for increased data portability, notes Mobile World Live. In a whitepaper, Facebook noted laws such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the US state of California’s… [Read More]
Paper looks at goals of informal regulator networks
A paper in the Journal of Common Market Studies, titled “Networks as ‘first best’? Network entrepreneurship and venue shifting in the establishment of the network of Euro?Mediterranean energy regulators, considers that regulatory networks are usually considered a “second best” instrument of policy integration. “They have no decision?making powers and unclear policy impact. Yet, regulators often… [Read More]
Report finds negative impacts of high spectrum prices on consumers
The GSMA, the mobile operator’s body, has issued a report with the main finding that the negative impacts of high spectrum prices on consumers “can no longer be disputed”. The report, titled “The impact of spectrum prices on consumers”, says that countries with poor spectrum policies – which either inflate spectrum or delay spectrum assignments… [Read More]
APAC Bytes August 2019
Industry news and regulatory updates from the Asia Pacific region are available to read here.
Australian Chapter Event | Governing AI in Australia
Governing AI in AustraliaIs there a case for regulation? 6pm – 8pmWednesday, 30 October 2019Kindly hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills The dawn of intelligent robots. Clouds and deep-learning machines. Big data and black-box algorithms. Artificial intelligence could upend every aspect of our lives. For one billion people with disability in the world, technology can transform… [Read More]
Australia’s Creative Economy Event – Michelle Rowland MP Speech
The following speech was given by Shadow Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland MP at the IIC’s event addressing Australia’s Creative Economy. ***CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY*** Good evening, thank you for joining me, it is a pleasure to be here. I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land upon which we meet, and I pay my… [Read More]