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Governance

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...

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...

Huawei 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...

Netherlands 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...

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...

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...

Privacy: 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...

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...

GDPR 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...

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...

Skype can be classified as telecoms operator EU court rules

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Microsoft’s internet phone call and messaging service Skype can be...

Shareholders pile pressure on Amazon over controversial facial recognition technology

Facial recognition software is coming under increasing scrutiny from civil liberties groups and...