Human Rights Watch Urges the of End Internet Shutdowns to Manage COVID-19 crisis
Intentionally shutting down or restricting access to the internet violates multiple rights and can be deadly during a health crisis
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COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak takes ICANN 67 Online and Remote
The ICANN 67 Public Meeting has been moved to an online event due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. The Internet
Read MoreHuawei faces expanded lawsuit for stolen trade secrets such as source code and robot tech
The US has expanded its lawsuit against Huawei, accusing the Chinese telecoms giant of a “decades-long” plan to steal technology
Read MoreNetherlands Internet Society (ISOC) chapter denounces the move to sell .Org Registry
Early this month Internet Society (ISOC) announced that Private equity firm Ethos Capital had acquired the Public Interest Registry (PIR),
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Suspicionless searches of travelers’ electronic devices by Feds at U.S. ports of entry unconstitutional
BOSTON—In a major victory for privacy rights at the border, a federal court in Boston ruled today that suspicionless searches
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Tech CEO’s from Amazon, AT&T, IBM, Salesforce among 51 companies pushing congress for data privacy law
The chief executive officers (CEOs) of 51 tech companies including Amazon, AT&T, Dell, IBM, Qualcomm, SAP, Salesforce, Visa, Mastercard, JP
Read MorePrivacy: Microsoft’s Windows 10 telemetry data collection under scrutiny for GDPR violation
Microsoft could face a GDPR penalty after the Netherlands’ data-protection office asked its Irish counterpart to investigate new aspects of
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Social media taxes may widen digital divide between those with and those without digital skills
Today, Africa lags behind other continents in internet connectivity. One of the greatest barriers to getting people online in Africa
Read MoreGDPR bites: proposed British Airways £183m record fine a wake-up call for other organisations
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has declared that it intends to fine British Airways a record total of £183.4m because of a
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US senators draft Bill to force tech companies to disclose the user data they collect and how its monetized
Two US senators have proposed on Monday a bill in Congress to force tech companies to disclose what data they
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