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Keeping the Internet on during Benin’s Presidential Elections With protests intensifying and social media interruptions reported in the weeks leading up to Benin’s presidential elections on 11 April 2021, many Internet and civil rights organizations were growing nervous about the potential for another Internet shutdown. Internet access was cut for almost 24 hours during Benin’s legislative elections in 2019 and there has been a worrying global trend in election-related Internet shutdowns. In 2020, Access Now’s #KeepItOn coalition documented 155 shutdowns in 29 countries, i...

Five competition ministers discuss regulating Big Tech Regulating big tech has become a global preoccupation; how such regulation might affect journalism is less clear. A couple of months after the controversial Australian News Media and Digital Platform Bargaining Code came into force, requiring Google and Facebook to pay for news in the country, competition ministers around the world are considering whether to adapt it and adopt it at home.  In the past, European governments have tried to use copyright law to get Google and Facebook to pay for news; they are continuing down that route with...

Jodie Foster and Tahar Rahim Pursue Justice and Fight For Freedom in The Mauritanian Blu-Ray Giveaway By The Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Code cover for director Kevin Macdonald’s political thriller, ‘The Mauritanian,’ which stars Golden Globe-winning actress, Jodie Foster. The relentless pursuit for justice is one of the most timely and important subjects that’s driving modern American society. Former Guantánamo Bay detainee, Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s decades long fight for freedom while being held in American custody is being chronicled in the political thriller, ‘The Mauritanian,’ ...

Presentation. On December 10, 2020, the Parliament of Benin approved the Law No. 2020-35 amending the Digital Code Act in the Republic of Benin. Through an Amendment Act made of four (04) articles, the legislator modified and completed the provisions of Law No. 2017-20 of April 20, 2018 on the Digital Code in the Republic of Benin. Main changes. The Amending Law has reviewed articles 121, 125 and 464 of the Digital Code, and introduced the following changes :  the reduction of the number of members involved in the Regulatory Authority for Post and Electronic Communications (Article 1) ;  ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Across the globe, an increasing number of international regulators have opened inquiries or adopted new rules and regulations to address competition law concerns about digital platforms and digital markets.  Whilst the spotlight is likely to initially fall on the conduct and business practices of large online platforms – the so-called gatekeepers – we expect international regulators to cast their net more broadly. Businesses looking to expand to new jurisdictions need to navigate these regulations and assess the risk of enforce...