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The fierce competition between China and the United States of America for control of emerging technologies such as AI and 5G will determine the international balance of power, a new study says. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-international-power-chinese-emerging-technologies.html Political science Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:26:03 EDT news633025561 Free internet access must be considered as a human right, as people unable to get online—particularly in developing countries—lack meaningful ways to influence the global players shaping their everyday lives, according to a new study. https://phys.org/news/2019-11-free-internet-access-basic-human.html Social Sciences Mon, 11 Nov 2019 04:40:14 EST news492669605 President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed into law a "sovereign internet" bill which will allow Russian authorities to isolate the country's internet, a move decried by rights groups. https://phys.org/news/2019-05-putin-controversial-internet-law.html Internet Wed, 01 May 2019 17:10:19 EDT news475949413 Advances in digital technology are challenging our concept of privacy. In today's world, huge volumes of data are being collected, shared and stored in unprecedented ways and at tremendous speeds. Everything we do with our connected devices generates data that can be used or misused without our knowledge. Controlling when and how our personal data is used by others seems impossible, especially since sharing this information is an integral part of our participation in today's society. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-tools-online-misuse.html Internet Mon, 01 Apr 2019 08:30:09 EDT news473325627 A law requiring internet companies in Vietnam to remove content communist authorities deem to be against the state came into effect Tuesday, in a move critics called "a totalitarian model of information control". https://phys.org/news/2019-01-vietnam-draconian-cybersecurity-bill-effect.html Internet Tue, 01 Jan 2019 04:06:03 EST news465537947 Google workers on Tuesday posted an open letter calling on the internet giant to abort plans for "a censored search" service in China or risk setting a dangerous precedent. https://phys.org/news/2018-11-google-workers-china.html Business Tue, 27 Nov 2018 14:08:08 EST news462550080 The UN human rights chief urged Facebook Wednesday to more proactively address hate speech but warned against excessive regulation, after US President Donald Trump accused tech giants' platforms of bias against him. https://phys.org/news/2018-08-urges-facebook-proactively-speech.html Internet Wed, 29 Aug 2018 09:23:24 EDT news454753396 More governments are following the lead of Russia and China by manipulating social media and suppressing dissent online in a grave threat to democracy, a human rights watchdog said on Tuesday. https://phys.org/news/2017-11-media-bots-trolls.html Internet Tue, 14 Nov 2017 02:47:02 EST news429850015 China's leaders and official media are pushing for greater control of the internet and technology products as tensions surrounding a far-reaching Chinese cybersecurity law loom over a gathering this week of the world's leading tech firms and Chinese officials. https://phys.org/news/2016-11-china-internet-tough-law.html Internet Thu, 17 Nov 2016 04:08:25 EST news398578100 China's blocking of Twitter has failed to keep activists, journalists and others from using the messaging platform to connect with the rest of the world, said a study released Wednesday. https://phys.org/news/2015-11-chinese-firewall-twitter.html Internet Wed, 04 Nov 2015 17:37:13 EST news365881031 A coalition including civil liberties and human rights activists urged US lawmakers Tuesday to reject a bill that would require Internet companies to report signs of "terrorist activity" on their networks. https://phys.org/news/2015-08-bill-requiring-carriers-terror-criticized.html Security Tue, 04 Aug 2015 19:09:14 EDT news357934145 It's taken just a few decades for the Internet to sweep the globe as an economic, cultural, and political force. The question now is how and by whom should this border-spanning technology be governed. John Savage, professor of computer science at Brown University, will address the issue of Internet governance at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Jose. https://phys.org/news/2015-02-professor-discuss-multi-stakeholder-internet-aaas.html Internet Fri, 13 Feb 2015 17:24:00 EST news343070634 While there is only one world power on the internet, that situation will not last forever. The internet's underpinning technologies were mostly created in the US, the initial networks were based there – and today the US hosts the majority of the most powerful internet companies. Although the international community has fought minor battles on internet sovereignty for years, the de facto power that stems from this US-centricism has for a long time seemed acceptable. But with the revelations – not even all following from Snowden – about international mass surveillance by the US and its allies, it's inevitable the gloves have had to come off. https://phys.org/news/2014-11-nations-ruler-internet-borders.html Internet Fri, 14 Nov 2014 06:55:41 EST news335170533 As the US steps back from overseeing the group entrusted to essentially run the Internet, states and corporations are grabbing for the reins. https://phys.org/news/2014-10-states-corporations-reins-internet.html Internet Fri, 10 Oct 2014 05:30:01 EDT news332136246 Imagine what the Internet would be like if most major websites had imposed controls preventing the naked photos stolen from Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities from being posted online. https://phys.org/news/2014-09-stolen-photos-stars-safe-harbor.html Internet Thu, 04 Sep 2014 04:20:02 EDT news329022013 Turkey has begun hosting a major UN-backed forum on Internet governance, despite sharp criticism that it is one of world's leading offenders on limiting Internet rights. https://phys.org/news/2014-09-turkey-hosts-internet-forum-online.html Internet Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:59:10 EDT news328881544 There's been a bit of talk recently about getting internet service providers (ISPs) involved in the enforcement of copyright law. The federal Attorney-General and Minister for Communications recently released an Online Copyright Infringement Discussion Paper in the belief that: https://phys.org/news/2014-08-digital-copyright-success-failure.html Internet Tue, 12 Aug 2014 09:00:04 EDT news327048668 Delegates to an international conference on how the Internet should be governed called for a transparent, multi-stakeholder approach. https://phys.org/news/2014-04-web-conference-brazil-multistakeholder-approach.html Internet Fri, 25 Apr 2014 04:10:01 EDT news317615473 Brazil's Congress on Tuesday passed comprehensive legislation on Internet privacy in what some have likened to a web-user's bill of rights, after stunning revelations its own president was targeted by US cyber-snooping. https://phys.org/news/2014-04-brazil-trailblazing-internet-privacy-law.html Internet Wed, 23 Apr 2014 04:00:02 EDT news317442178 A bill of rights should be created to govern the Internet in the wake of revelations about the depth of government surveillance, the inventor of the World Wide Web said on Wednesday. https://phys.org/news/2014-03-web-founder-internet-bill-rights.html Internet Wed, 12 Mar 2014 03:32:36 EDT news313813946 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday he urged Chinese leaders to support Internet freedom and promised to look into whether American companies help Beijing curb access to online material. https://phys.org/news/2014-02-kerry-china-ease-internet.html Internet Sat, 15 Feb 2014 06:19:07 EST news311667535 A new Internet control law in Turkey that has sparked outrage both at home and abroad could breach international human rights rules, the United Nations warned Friday. https://phys.org/news/2014-02-turkey-internet-law-rights.html Internet Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:16:40 EST news311609791 Turkey's president said on Thursday he was trying to iron out problems in his country's new Internet laws that have sparked outrage both at home and abroad. https://phys.org/news/2014-02-turkish-aims-problems-internet-law.html Internet Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:26:45 EST news311531199 French rights groups are to file a criminal complaint Thursday in a bid to uncover the roles played by Internet giants in the widespread spying revealed by intelligence leaker Edward Snowden. https://phys.org/news/2013-07-complaint-france-internet-giants-spying.html Internet Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:10:01 EDT news292773300 A U.S. judge has ruled that Google Inc. must comply with the FBI's warrantless demands for customer data, rejecting the company's argument that the government's practice of issuing such requests to telecommunication companies, Internet service providers, banks and others is unconstitutional and unnecessary. https://phys.org/news/2013-06-google-fbi.html Internet Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:51:27 EDT news289306275 Facebook on Wednesday became a full member of the Global Network Initiative, a non-governmental organization promoting Internet freedom and privacy rights. https://phys.org/news/2013-05-facebook-web-freedom-group.html Internet Wed, 22 May 2013 13:19:06 EDT news288447541 Yahoo's email service in China will close this summer as part of an arrangement worked out with its partner in that country, Alibaba Group. https://phys.org/news/2013-04-yahoo-email-china-august.html Business Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:47:53 EDT news285868068 A US-based group monitoring human rights in North Korea said Wednesday it was hit by a cyber attack that disabled its website for several hours. https://phys.org/news/2013-03-cyber-us-based-nkorea-rights-group.html Internet Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:53:14 EDT news283020786 A US judge has ordered the FBI to stop its "pervasive" use of National Security letters to snoop on phone and email records, ruling Friday that the widespread tactic was unconstitutional. https://phys.org/news/2013-03-fbi-snooping-tactic-unconstitutional.html Internet Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:22:54 EDT news282594168 Hackers have attacked Sri Lanka's media ministry by placing a documentary about alleged war crimes during the island's ethnic conflict on its website, an official said Monday. https://phys.org/news/2013-02-hackers-air-sri-lanka-war.html Internet Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:50:09 EST news280997404