During 2017, at least 25 Ugandans faced charges related to freedom of expression online, according to The Observer's Digital freedoms: 25 users face trial over online posts.Dorothy Mukasa, acting chief executive officer of&nb...
After American intelligence agencies concluded that Russia conducted sophisticated campaigns to influence the U.S. Presidential election of 2016, Twitter decided to notify nearly 700,000 users who interacted with accounts defined ...
The European Commission conducted a third evaluation of the Code of Conduct on countering illegal speech online, which was established in 2016. The evaluation showed that 70% of illegal speech online was removed by major IT compan...
The government of Indonesia has started an investigation into Google's tax practices, as it accuses the company of owing the state more than 25 million US Dollars in taxes. Previous discussions between the company and the Fin...
In apost published on the APNIC blog, Microsoft's Principal Network Engineer Markus Keane is explaining that the company plans to move to Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) only as soon as possible, as a way to solve problems with...
Tech incubatorSolaris Lab has been working on artificial-intelligence-based application designed to help users find potentially safer road routes and assess damage in case of accidents. The application relies on aggregated public ...
The Online Civil Courage Initiative has been launched, combining the efforts of several organisations to 'combat online extremism and hate speech through better understanding and the ability to respond to the challenges of ex...
A reportpublished earlier this month by the Remote Control project (within the Oxford Research Group) looks into the 'hostile use of drones by non-state actors against British targets'. The report notes that civilian drones, which...
In its Annual Security Report (downloadable fromhere), Cisco said that a large percentage of the surveyed companies (46%) lack confidence in their ability to defend themselves against a cyber-attack. This is mainly due to the fact...
After YouTube installed a localised Pakistani version last week, Pakistan has lifted the three-year ban on the video-sharing website. The local version would allow the Pakistani government 'to demand removal of material ...
Carnegie Europe has released a new publication,Governing Cyberspace: A Road Map for Transatlantic Leadership, written by Sinan Ulgen. The publication examines areas of convergence between Washington and Brussels in order to 'ident...
Amazon is not only a place to go shopping; it has become a streaming powerhouse, too, thanks to the addition of Amazon Fire technology. With Amazon Fire, you can catch easy, built-in streaming for all of your favorite apps and cha...