Europe needs swift action in regulating data-gathering smart cars

Written by Wendy Chang

To avoid a repeat of the 5G debacle with EVs, European lawmakers should get serious about creating a framework to evaluate their potential data security and cybersecurity risks, before foreign EVs hit the road in large numbers. Policymakers should establish guidelines for which data smart cars can collect, where it ought to be stored, and how it can be reviewed.

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Farmers, Facebook, and Myanmar’s coup

Written by Hilary Faxon, Kendra Kintzi, Van Tran, Kay Zak Wine & Swan Ye Htut

Consistent with broader trends across Facebook in Myanmar, in the days and weeks that followed the coup, farming groups erupted with political news and calls to support the Civil Disobedience Movement.

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Chinese public databases leaks reveal growing dissatisfaction with authorities

Written by Antonia Hmaidi

Chinese hackers, who until recently firmly sided with or at least tolerated the Communist Party of China (CCP), are now increasingly leaking government data.

Cyberspace and the DPRK: Evolving cyber strategy

Written by Abhishek Sharma

The DPRK’s targeting of US public and private organisations shows how far it will go to challenge the US. The (geo)political divide in technology will only make it more problematic.

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India’s delayed cyber security policy

Written by Subimal Bhattacharjee

While the government understands the centrality of cyber security within its national security strategy, India’s cyber vulnerabilities make it imperative to announce an updated national Cyber Security Policy sooner rather than later.

China’s tech clampdown signals push for ideological security

Written by Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu

In the case of Didi and China’s wider technological crackdown, it is then ideology, above all else, that is at the centre. Recognising and internalising this fact will help foster a better global understanding of China, and a better ability to anticipate what else is to come.