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Xi Slams "Double Standards," Advocates Shared Future in Cyberspace
Dec 17, 2015Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the 2nd World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province on Wednesday, December 16 2015. [Photo: Xinhua] Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday lashed out at ...
Tags: Cyberspace, WIC, Double Standards
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Xi Urges Internet Expansion, Int'l Cooperation, "Order"
Dec 17, 2015Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for Internet access to be expanded worldwide and for more international cooperation to manage content and ensure legality online. "More nations and people should be given the chance to ride the fast ...
Tags: Internet, Int'l Cooperation, Cyberspace
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Highlights of Xi's Internet Speech
Dec 17, 2015Chinese President Xi Jinping laid out his vision for the future of the Internet while delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the Second World Internet Conference (WIC2015) on Wednesday. Xi, as the leader of the country with the ...
Tags: Internet, cyber security, cyber sovereignty
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China Allows No Compromise on Cyberspace Sovereignty
Dec 17, 2015At the opening of the second World Internet Conference on Wednesday, China made sure its voice was heard: Every country has the right to create its own Internet governance model, and the cyber sovereignty of all nations should be respected. ...
Tags: cyber sovereignty, Internet
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President Xi Calls for Community of Shared Destiny in Cyberspace
Dec 17, 2015Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech at the 2nd World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province on Wednesday, December 16 2015. [Photo: Xinhua] Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged all countries to ...
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ICANN Leaders Said During a Conference Call That The Move by The US Was a Sign
Mar 17, 2014The US government announced Friday it was giving up its key role overseeing the Internet's technical operations, handing over those functions to "the global multi-stakeholder community." The move "marks the final phase of the ...
Tags: Internet, domain name system, Computer
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The Commonwealth Cybergovernance Model Adopted by ICT Ministers
Mar 9, 2014The Commonwealth Cybergovernance Model adopted by ICT ministers from the 53-country Commonwealth of Nations this week could encourage African nations to move forward on controversial proposals to combat cybercrime and develop common ...
Tags: Computer Products, IT, Online Security
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ICANN's CEO and President Was at The Group's Multistakeholder Internet Governance Meeting
Mar 12, 2013ICANN’s CEO and President, Fadi Chehadé, was at the group’s Multistakeholder Internet Governance meeting in Africa this week with the message that it is a new season at ICANN and Africa has a big role to play. ICANN ...
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New Legislation in Congress Would Establish a Government Task Force
Mar 7, 2013New legislation in Congress would establish a government task force to monitor domestic and overseas policy proposals that could threaten Internet freedom. The Global Free Internet Act, introduced Tuesday by Rep. Zoe Lofgren and three ...
Tags: Internet freedom, legislation, US
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Countries Will Not Quit After a Partial Victory at an Itu Meeting in December
Feb 17, 2013Countries pushing for international regulation of the Internet through the U.N. International Telecommunication Union will not quit after a partial victory at an ITU meeting in December, some Internet government experts told U.S. lawmakers. ...
Tags: U.N.International Telecommunication Union, ITU meeting, Internet
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Public Policy Formulation in All Domains Is The Sovereign Right of Member States
Feb 4, 2013Public policy formulation in all domains, including the Internet, is the sovereign right of member states, said ITU Secretary General Hamadoun Toure on Wednesday, suggesting that a debate over control of the Internet is far from over at the ...
Tags: Internet Policy, ITU Secretary General Hamadoun Toure, internet
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Google Joined US Government Concerns That ITU Could Get Control of The Internet
Dec 26, 2012Google has joined US government concerns that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) could get control of the internet through its coming revision of telecoms rules. The UN agency is updating its International Telecommunication ...
Tags: UN, Google, Internet, Computer Products
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US Confirmed It Resists Efforts by China to Put Internet Under Control of United Nations
Dec 21, 2012The US has confirmed it will resist efforts by China, Russia and their allies to put the internet under the control of the United Nations. The confirmation came in a statement issued by the US Department of State on US proposals to be ...
Tags: internet, telecommunications, network, IT industry
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The UN Agency Is Updating Its ITRs at The World Conference on International
Dec 21, 2012European MPs are the latest grouping to voice concerns that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) could get control of the internet through its coming revision of telecoms rules. The UN agency is updating its International ...
Tags: International Telecommunication Union, internet, telecoms rules, Google
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Wikipedia Was out of Action Again on Monday,out of Protest,as It Has Been in The Past
Dec 21, 2012Wikipedia was out of action again on Monday, but not intentionally, out of protest, as it has been in the past. This time, the user-generated online encyclopaedia was knocked offline because two fibre cables connecting its datacentres in ...
Tags: Wikipedia, online encyclopaedia, offline, fibre cable