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Japan court finds law requiring gender-affirming surgery to change state gender identification unconstitutional – JURIST

A family court in Japan declared it unconstitutional to require an individual to undergo gender-affirming surgery to obtain identification in line with their gender. The Shizuoka Family Court in Central Japan struck […]

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Banks

Change, Disruption, Opportunity: Digital Retail Banking in 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) took the world by storm in 2022 and 2023, spearheaded by OpenAI‘s ChatGPT. As the banking sector looks to get ahead of the curve, ebankIT explores which emerging […]

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Australian regulator fines X for failing to cooperate with child sexual abuse practices – JURIST

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner issued social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) with an infringement notice today for $610,500, for falling short in tackling child sexual abuse and cooperating with a probe […]

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Banks

Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Are PSPs Ready for Reform?

After the Financial Services and Markets Bill received royal assent on 29 June 2023,  the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) obtained new powers to direct Payment Services Providers (PSPs) using Faster Payments to […]

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Security

BYOD has been Around for Ages, so How Come Nobody is Ready?

By Suzan Sakarya The concept of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is hardly new. In the last decade, it has gained immense traction as businesses started to enable employees to work seamlessly […]

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Germany expert commission releases report recommending legalization of early-stage abortion and amended laws for later-term pregnancies – JURIST

The Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine in Germany on Monday submitted a final report recommending the legalization of abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy in the country.The German […]

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Australia judge rules in defamation trial that former government adviser raped a colleague in parliament – JURIST

Australia Federal Court Justice Michael Lee found that former government adviser Bruce Lehrmann raped a colleague in a Parliament House office on Monday. The judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit Lehrmann brought against […]

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Poland classifies attack on humanitarian aid workers as murder, demands Israeli cooperation in investigation – JURIST

The Polish government on Friday labeled the death of Polish aid worker Damian Soból as murder, following the deaths of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) serving in […]

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Amnesty International urges immediate investigation into war crimes in Merawi, Ethiopia – JURIST

Amnesty International asserted Friday that African and global human rights bodies must urgently investigate alleged war crimes committed by the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in the town of Merawi, Amhara region, […]

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