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20 stories about Regulation

חברות הטכנולוגיה הגדולות אפל גוגל פייסבוק אמזון

Regulatory storm looms: Europe and the US challenge tech giants' dominance

11.09.23|Omer Kabir

Behemoths like Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and others have to date operated in a market almost completely free of regulatory restrictions. However, a global shift in regulatory attitudes now threatens their unbridled power

אפל חנויות אפליקציות אפליקציה

How EU's Digital Services Act is revolutionizing online platforms

23.08.23|Omer Kabir

Turning point for the tech sector: Unpacking the impact of the Digital Services Act on Meta, Amazon, TikTok, Apple, Google

איור ציור יונתן פופר

How Europe is successfully battling tech giants on privacy

24.07.23|Viki Auslender

European regulators are fighting against global platforms such as Meta, Google, Amazon and TikTok, in order to protect the privacy of citizens

Lior Shlomi Databricks

“From a responsibility point of view, I think open source AI is the future”

13.06.23|James Spiro

Databricks joined CTech to discuss LLMs and how they can be harnessed safely in the future

רוני אלשיך ו קובי שבתאי מפכ"לי ה משטרה מיין רחב

Marari report: "Police exceeded its authority. Failings in the use of tapping systems"

02.08.22|Tomer Ganon

The Marari report, which investigated the use of spyware by police, including NSO’s Pegasus, found that information was extracted from mobile devices in violation of the law, as well as serious failures in supervision and control procedures by police

ועידת פינטק תומר בראל COO Melio וידאו

“Don’t be swayed by funding or valuations,” says Melio COO

26.04.22|Viki Auslender

“We feel comfortable with the rounds we’ve already raised, but are now focused on our business and don’t see a slowdown. Fintech is a huge industry, and there are great opportunities,” added Tomer Barel, Melio’s COO, during Calcalist and Bank Hapoalim’s fintech conference

PlantArcBio הצוות של מימין ד"ר דרור שליטין ד"ר נועם גרעמברג ד"ר ערבה שתיל כהן ד"ר אביבה כץ

PlantArcBio’s herbicide-tolerant gene for soybean and cotton receives regulatory exemption

06.01.22|Hezi Sternlicht

The Israeli ag-biotech company is engaged in research and development in the field of gene discovery and biological components to improve plant traits

טל וויזר פינסטרה

Open banking is conquering the world, but in Israel there is still a long road ahead

03.01.22|Tal Weiser

"Open banking is a huge economic opportunity that offers regeneration and the building of new sources of income for banks and commercial companies," writes Tal Weiser of Finastra

Is space mining legal?

21.12.21|Dov Greenbaum

"If we want space mining to have a happy ending, its important that we adequately resolve the open legal questions while also creating new laws and regulations that will both incentivize beneficial mining," writes Dov Greenbaum

Does the Metaverse need restrictive regulation?

04.12.21|Dov Greenbaum

“If content creators were a liability for the early internet, this will be exacerbated in the Metaverse. Creators will be even more busy creating legal-but-offensive content in the Metaverse,” writes Dov Greenbaum

כנס ליברליות בהייטק סבינה לויטהויזר-שנארנברגר

Online regulation is “a question of humanism”, says German MP

30.11.21|James Spiro

As relationships between governments and tech companies tense up, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Member of Parliament for the Free Democratic Party in Germany, outlines some ideas on how to fix it

מוסף שבועי 24.10.19 מרגרטה וסטגר נציבת התחרות של האיחוד האירופי

"I'm not an enemy of tech companies, I'm an enemy of bad behavior"

14.11.21|Roni Dori

Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition, is the only regulator in the world to curb the aggressive appetite of tech giants. Now, with a second term and an expanded role as regulator of the EU's digital economy, she is free to craft the rules that would limit Facebook's AI and virtual currency, and is unmoved by Trump's attacks on her

SEC Commissioner: Firms must be prepared for cyberattacks

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is stepping out of its traditional role, and requires firms to implement and monitor internal controls for cyber risks

The rule of law? More like the code of law

21.10.21|Dov Greenbaum

We could imagine a world where the law is code, and that code is available to everyone on our smartphones such that we could know how to act legally regardless of the situation before us, writes Dov Greenbaum

מימין שר האוצר ישראל כץ ויו"ר הרשות לניירות ערך ענת גואטה

Israeli Securities Authority to supervise fintech companies in the payments sector

27.05.21|Irit Avisar

Finance Minister Israel Katz adopted the ministry’s recommendations to have the Authority supervise innovative payment financial services as well as open banking. Large fintech bodies and digital wallets will remain under the Bank of Israel’s supervision

מטה בזק מגדלי עזריאלי תל אביב

Israeli telco Bezeq fined over $2 million for misleading consumers about internet speeds

08.04.21|Avior Abou

Consumer Protection and Fair Trade Authority found Bezeq guilty of providing customers internet service at speeds significantly lower than they had been promised

צ׳אד ברונשטיין אריק שני ואריסטוטל לומיס

Fyllo raises $30 million to expand digital marketing and compliance solutions beyond cannabis industry

06.04.21|Meir Orbach

Some 60% of the funds raised in the Series B came from outside of the cannabis sector, validating the Israeli company's potential to scale beyond the endemic market

מימין ג'ק מא יו"ר ומייסד עליבאבא ו ג'ף בזוס בעל השליטה ב אמזון

Israel is lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to e-commerce regulations

24.02.21|Omer Kabir

The Ministry of Justice has started formalizing the relations between Israeli consumers and foreign e-commerce sites, with the big question being will Israeli laws protect them?

עו"ד ורד זליכה משרד ליפא מאיר ושות'

Cybersecurity policies to undergo significant changes in 2021, says tech lawyer

20.02.21|Allon Sinai

"I expect this year to bring new strategies, regulations, and partnerships in the U.S., including with the private sector to bolster cybersecurity," noted Vered Zlaikha, a partner and the head of Cyber Affairs & Artificial Intelligence practice at Lipa Meir Law firm

אלדד שמש מנכ"ל קארדיאקסנס

Israel’s CardiacSence receives CE Mark for medical-grade watch

10.02.21|Meir Orbach

The watch will be distributed throughout the European Union and used as a medical device for continually measuring heart rate and arrhythmias