Twitter released a report on Monday about the user information requests it has received from governments this year and how it responded to them. The data shows that the U.S.government asked for information on far more users than any other ...
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The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) has been dealt another blow as an influential European parliamentary committee rejected its adoption. The International Trade Committee voted against the proposed Acta legislation by 19 votes ...
Three key European parliamentary committees have voted against adopting the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta). The agreement is aimed at setting an international standard for tackling large-scale infringements of intellectual ...
The US is prepared to"press the nuclear button"and walk out of talks in Dubai to establish a new global telecommunications treaty. Further reading ITU agrees deep-packet inspection of internet traffic UN and ITU intensify battle for ...
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The future of internet governance is to be decided this week as rival groups hammer out a new international telecoms treaty. Regulators from 193 countries are negotiating new International Telecommunications Regulations(ITRs)at the World ...
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The International Telecommunication Union(ITU)is hosting the World Conference on International Telecommunications(WCIT)in Dubai this week. Two thousand government regulators from 193 countries are meeting to update the International ...
Secretary of State Clinton announced September 26 that the United States would begin the process of easing restrictions on imports of Burmese(Myanmarese)goods in response to the substantial and significant reforms that have taken place in ...
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IDG News Service-Access to Google services in China appeared to return Saturday morning after they were blocked briefly as the country prepares to appoint new leadership. The blocking appeared to last for about 12 hours,with Internet ...
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Russia has introduced a law ostensibly aimed at sites containing images of child sexual abuse and other illegal material, but it has raised fears of censorship. In July, both houses of Russia's parliament voted in favour of the law that ...
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The UK's Draft Data Communications Bill–aimed at making it easier for authorities to spy on electronic communications–will be useless and quite dangerous if enacted,says Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. "It will force many ...
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that the US Government would ease its imports ban on Myanmar(also called Burma),during her meeting with Myanmarese President Thein Sein,on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session ...
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Iran has blocked access to Google search and Gmail in a move officials say is aimed at improving cyber security. The Islamic Republic has increasingly tightened cyber security after its nuclear programme was targeted by the Stuxnet worm ...
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The website of Domino's Pizza India was hacked,but customers'information was not compromised,the local franchisee Jubilant FoodWorks said on Wednesday. Personal information including names,phone numbers,email addresses,passwords and city ...
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The "core values of Hong Kong" (freedom, democracy, human rights and rule of law) are the most debated topics in many election forums of the upcoming Legislative Council (LegCo) Election, which is scheduled on Sunday (September 9). The ...
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The "core values of Hong Kong" (freedom, democracy, human rights and rule of law) are the most debated topics in many election forums of the upcoming Legislative Council (LegCo) Election, which is scheduled on Sunday (September 9). The ...
Tags: Legco Election, Internet Freedom, Hong Kong, Government IT