The final treaty of the World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai includes a new provision that does not address content-related aspects of telecommunications, but retains a controversial proposal on fostering the growth ...
President Obama and Mr. Romney, during the 2012 US Presidential election campaign the world is listening, and the children, women and men exploited in modern-forms of slavery await your leadership. On this Anti-Slavery Day, the Cotton ...
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The U.S. on Thursday said it ordered sanctions against Iran's Minister of Communication and Information Technology, Reza Taghipour, and other entities and persons responsible for engaging in censorship in their country. Taghipour is ...
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Internet freedom could be at stake at a secretive meeting of governments that begun on Monday in Dubai. The United Nations International Telecommunication Union will negotiate new international telecom regulations, including Internet ...
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The lack of an international agreement on cybercrime and terrorism is thwarting efforts to bring terrorists to justice,said a report released this week by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC). Nations should consider a ...
Negotiations on the future governance of international telecommunications will continue through the night at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai. The international conference is attempting to revise ...
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CSC customers are being urged to boycott the supplier over allegations that it took part in illegal CIA rendition flights in the US "war on terror". CSC has been linked in court documents to the rendition of German citizen Khaled ...
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The hactivist group Anonymous reacted angrily to the?Internet shutdown this week in Syria, an act attributed to the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the civil war there. Anonymous declared war on the Syrian regime, ...
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The final treaty of the World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai includes a new provision that the treaty does not address content-related aspects of telecommunications, but retains a controversial proposal on fostering ...
Reuters reported Myanmar's president asked opposition leader Ms Aung San Suu Kyi to head an investigation into the planned expansion of a copper mine that has led to evictions and protests that were forcibly put down by riot police this ...
Legislation designed to deal with internet trolling could have a"chilling effect"on online freedoms,MPs and Lords have warned. The Joint Committee on Human Rights(JCHR)has published its report on the upcoming Defamation Bill ahead of its ...
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Speech by the Chairman of the Autonomous Region Located in the southwest frontier of the People's Republic of China, Tibet serves as an important gateway to South Asia. Tibet is an ethnic minority autonomous region where the Tibetan ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) welcomed the announcement by the Obama Administration that it will begin the process of lifting sanctions against Burma (also known as Myanmar), including a ban on U.S. imports from that ...
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The World Congress on Information Technology(WCIT)has opened today,but has been overshadowed by allegations that the International Telecommunications Union(ITU)is plotting to take control of the internet at the behest of states like ...
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IDG News Service-Syrians are turning to satellites to communicate as the country's Internet connections are shut down,but instances of jamming are making even that challenging.Google is also allowing people who can find a working phone ...
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