Japan records most tweet removal requests in 1st half of 2021: Twitter
Jan 31, 2022 22:07 pm UTC| Economy Business Law
Japan registered 18,518 of all legal demands to have tweets removed from across the world in the first half of 2021, or 43 percent of the total, to be the top requestor to Twitter Inc. in that period. According to the...
The policing bill will criminalise Gypsy and Traveller families - but there is a solution
Jan 26, 2022 04:50 am UTC| Law
The policing bill making its way through UK parliament has sparked controversy over its draconian proposals to expand police powers and curb protests. The bill will also have a detrimental impact on Gypsy and Traveller...
Jan 26, 2022 04:33 am UTC| Law
On Jan. 14, as part of the Canada-wide early learning and child care agreement, Nova Scotia announced a reduction in child-care fees by 25 per cent retroactive from Jan. 1, 2022 and other related changes that are part of a...
Seoul city councilperson seeks ban of dog meat consumption
Jan 24, 2022 23:54 pm UTC| Economy Business Law
Seoul municipal councilperson Yang Min-gyu has proposed an ordinance bill calling for a long-term plan to ban dog meat consumption. According to Yang, who is part of the ruling Democratic Party, pets are now being...
Jan 24, 2022 23:40 pm UTC| Economy Business Law
The number of buildings in South Korea put up for court auction has increased since October of last year following the governments introduction of stricter regulations for loans and higher interest rates. The number of...
Japan's Supreme Court favors website owner over nonconsensual bitcoin mining case
Jan 22, 2022 17:29 pm UTC| Law Economy Digital Currency
Japans Supreme Court absolved web designer Seiya Moroi, 34, of using cryptocurrency mining software Coinhive on unsuspecting visitors to his website after a four-year legal battle. According to the Supreme Court, there...
Busan court sentences defendant to 8 months in prison for flying drones to spy on others
Jan 18, 2022 23:23 pm UTC| Law Economy Technology
The Busan District Court Eastern Branch sentenced a 39-year-old man to eight months in prison last week for flying a drone from an apartment in July to illegally video record four adult men and women shirtless inside the...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects