| Sofia COVID-19 Viber Community keeps citizens informed - 02/04/2020 |
| Government of Bulgaria - Sofia Municipality |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Bulgaria |
| Sofia established two 24/7 online main communication channels dedicated solely to COVID-19 outbreak and providing news, information, advise, latest ordinances: a sub-website to the municipal site (https://www.sofia.bg/covid-19) and Sofia Municipality Viber Community (https://vb.me/COVID-19_Sofia). Both platforms are created as public-private partnerships. Regular information in English is provided (...) |
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| Infection tracking is a social issue - 02/04/2020 |
| The office of the Director of Public Health and the Civil Protection Department |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Iceland |
| The Trace COVID-19 script is an important link in the extensive work that is going on with COVID-19. The app helps to identify individual travels and traces with others' travels when an infection occurs or is suspected of transmission. The more people download the app, the better and more efficient the information that can be processed. The app is for both Android and iOS devices and is open to a (...) |
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| Lithuanian Regulator RRT Issues Recommendations to Help Address the COVID-19-Related Challenges - 02/04/2020 |
| Communications Regulatory Authority of the Republic of Lithuania (RRT) |
| TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Europe | Lithuania |
| In Lithuania, in order to address new challenges in the area of telecommunications during the Covid-19 period, the national regulator – Communications Regulatory Authority of Lithuania (RRT) issued a number of recommendations to the providers of electronic communications services on uninterrupted provision of services, safe in-house visits in case of service disruption, recommendations to consumer (...) |
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| Consumers International calls for COVID-19 response to focus on global consumer protection and empowerment - 01/04/2020 |
| Consumers International |
| Technical Community and Civil Society | International |
| Consumers International with its members in 100 countries highlights in a joint statement among other things that: 1) access to trusted online services and information becomes more important than ever when the usual access routes to essential goods and services are suddenly disrupted. Internet access for more people could be secured through subsidised devices and data, increasing data allowances, (...) |
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Perma Link Keywords: connectivity; data protection; internet access; digital divide |
| Data Protection and COVID-19 Resources Library - 01/04/2020 |
| Global Privacy Assembly (GPA) |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| "Data protection authorities across the world stand ready to help facilitate swift and safe data sharing to fight COVID-19, while still providing the protections the public expects." The Global Privacy Agency has gathered the latest guidance and information from GPA members and observers on data protection and COVID-19. |
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| European Commission's initiative on fighting disinformation on online platforms - 01/04/2020 |
| European Commission |
| International and Regional Organizations | International |
| The European Commission has been in dialogue with Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft, the online platforms signatories of the EU’s Code of Practice on Disinformation, who agreed to actively promote authoritative sources, demote fact-checked false or misleading content, and launch new tools that lead users directly to authoritative sources or that provide accurate multilingual information on t (...) |
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