Child protection advocates have questioned Gauteng MEC for Social Development Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko’s proposal to create a safe place for children in every ward, arguing that existing child protection services were already struggling and in need of urgent attention. Speaking a week ago, during the Children’s Walk held as part of Child Protection Month, Nkomo-Ralehoko called...Read More
Published June 11, 2026 8:44pm Add GMA on Google Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. The House Prosecution Panel has asked the Senate and several government agencies to ensure the safety and security of the pieces of evidence it submitted to the Senate for the impeachment trial...Read More
Many cybersecurity teams are struggling to keep up with emerging technologies and the challenges around securing their organizations against them because they don’t have the time to undertake the necessary training, a new study has warned. The research, published by ISC2, asked nearly 1000 cybersecurity leaders from large enterprises around the world how their organization...Read More
Jade-Ruyu Yan is a UK Reporting Fellow at Tech Policy Press and openDemocracy. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers opening remarks ahead of a meeting with senior figures from TikTok, X, Meta and other social media giants at 10 Downing Street, Westminster. Picture date: Thursday April 16, 2026. 84281335 (Press Association via AP Images) There...Read More
Today’s ransomware prevention is defined by operational resilience rather than technical containment. Why do so many attacks still succeed even when organizations patch systems, train employees, and keep backups? And why do small and mid‑sized businesses (SMB) continue to absorb the biggest impact? This article breaks down how modern ransomware actually works today, why traditional...Read More
Summary: Since late 2025, Silent Ransom Group (SRG) has elevated its data theft and extortion attacks against US-based law firms, sending in-person operators to targeted entities’ physical corporate locations in an attempt to impersonate IT support and obtain internal network access. This tactic effectively exploits the gap between cybersecurity and physical security programs, which are...Read More
Canada is set to ban social media for children under 16, in a move similar to Australia’s historic law. Announced by the Canadian government on Wednesday, the proposed Safe Social Media Act (Bill C-34) aims to reduce online harms to children and hold social media and AI chatbot companies responsible for addressing such harms, citing...Read More
Cybersecurity firm Group-IB has revealed that a recent Interpol-led cybercrime law enforcement operation has led to the takedown of an established phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform and the arrest of its main operator developer. The crackdown, dubbed Operation Ramz, ran from October 2025 to February 2026 across 13 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)...Read More
A rising number of court rulings reflect judicial willingness to hold technology companies accountable for choosing platform designs alleged to harm children. That shift reflects a broader reality: As technology shapes nearly every aspect of childhood, safety, privacy, and accountability are no longer discretionary ethical considerations—they are baseline legal obligations. Courts are applying classic product...Read More
The University of Nottingham in the UK has confirmed suffering a data breach after the notorious ShinyHunters hacker collective leaked files stolen from the university’s systems. The University of Nottingham is a major research university in the UK, ranked among the world’s top 100 institutions and home to more than 35,000 students on its UK...Read More
