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Singapore is advancing a comprehensive bill to strengthen its anti-scam framework, granting authorities broader powers to investigate fraud and imposing hefty penalties on service providers who fail to cooperate.
Australia's eSafety Commissioner has filed civil proceedings against Telegram in Federal Court, accusing the messaging platform of failing to remove terrorist content including videos of mass shootings despite user reports.
A US federal investigation concluded that driver error, not Tesla's autopilot, caused a fatal crash in Texas that killed a 76-year-old woman. The finding comes as regulators continue investigating the self-driving feature across 3.2 million vehicles.
Malaysia has taken a significant step in professionalising its social services sector with the passage of the Social Work Profession Bill 2026 by the Dewan Rakyat, establishing the Malaysian Social Work Profession Council as the regulatory body.
The Dutch central bank has penalised ABN AMRO Bank with an €8.5 million fine for serious gaps in its anti-money laundering safeguards between September 2023 and 2024, highlighting persistent compliance challenges in European banking.
Meta has disclosed that four US states are pursuing $1.4 trillion in penalties in an upcoming trial over claims the company deliberately made its platforms addictive to young users. The figure approaches Meta's market value.
India's tech ministry has instructed Meta to remove all child sexual abuse material from Instagram and Facebook, following a BBC investigation revealing such content in advertisements. The action reflects growing global regulatory scrutiny of social platforms.
Tesla has settled a lawsuit arising from a fatal 2023 crash in Arizona involving its Full Self-Driving system. The case marked the first known pedestrian death linked to Tesla's automation technology and triggered a federal safety investigation.
Australia's government is examining whether to break up the Big Four accounting firms and place them under federal regulation after scandals involving PwC and KPMG eroded public confidence in the sector.
Cryptocurrency companies have emerged as America's dominant corporate political spenders, channelling $189 million into the 2026 midterm elections—more than triple their 2024 investment and representing over one-third of all corporate election funding.