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Spain moves to protect domestic media with new 'Google tax'
The Guardian
Newspapers in Spain will now be able to demand a monthly fee from the search engine before it can list them on Google News. By <strong>Alex Hern</strong>
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Brazil builds internet cable to Portugal to avoid NSA surveillance
International Business Times
The cable will run from Brazil to Portugal. No U.S. help required.
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Germany ponders new data law that could hit US tech firms hard
TNW
Germany may soon require IT companies operating in the country to reveal their software source code and other proprietary data.
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David Cameron says people aren'tradicalized by poverty or foreign policy, but by free speech online, so ISPs agree to censor button
Tech Dirt
A few years ago, we mocked then Senator Joe Lieberman's request that internet companies put "report this content as terrorist...
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The web we have to save
Medium
Seven months ago, I sat down at the small table in the kitchen of my 1960s apartment, nestled on the top floor of a building in a vibrant central neighbourhood of Tehran, and I did something I had…
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Davos 2016 - Issue briefing: Internet fragmentation
YouTube - World Economic Forum
http://www.weforum.org/Learn about existential threats and collaborative solutions to maintaining the integrity of the internet in the “2016 World Economic F...
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A battle rages for the future of the Web
Arstechnica
Should the WWW be locked down with DRM? Tim Berners-Lee needs to decide, and soon.
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The geopolitics behind the cloud data centers
Digital Culturist
A year ago I got interested in the reasons behind the choice of locations of the public cloud data centers, and mainly those outside the US. Microsoft, Amazon, Google (and IBM up to a point) have…
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How the 'Wild West' of the internet will be won
Stratfor
Cyberspace is still the playground of engineers and entrepreneurs. But soon enough they will have to yield to lawyers, compliance officers and auditors.
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Why the alt-right can’t build an alt-internet
The Verge
After the August 12th hate rally in Charlottesville, online platforms that have long tolerated or ignored white supremacists are very publicly kicking them off. The crackdown spans a broad range of...
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A Copyright vote that could change the EU’s internet
Mozilla
On October 10, EU lawmakers will vote on a dangerous proposal to change copyright law. Mozilla is urging EU citizens to demand better reforms. &nbsp; On October 10, the European ...
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Why net neutrality’s peril raises the stakes for future satellite broadband options
Geekwire
The Federal Communication Commission&#8217;s plan to roll back regulations on net neutrality could bring more attention to global satellite internet service.
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NET neutrality: why big corporations support it.
YouTube - StevenCrowder
Steven Crowder breaks down Net Neutrality and the ulterior motives behind big corporations like Google and Facebook supporting it!Want to watch the full show...
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How the end of net neutrality could change the internet
YouTube - Vox
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to repeal the Net Neutrality protections it adopted in 2015. Here's what that means for the future of the int...
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Why Russia is building its own internet
IEEE
The Kremlin has a bold plan to protect itself from “possible external influence”
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For the iranian internet, it's high speed, high control
Stratfor
Iran's online authority is now offering more efficient web services at a cheaper price, but the cost might be too high for reform-oriented users.
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Report shows 'creeping criminalisation' of Russia's internet
France24
Report shows 'creeping criminalisation' of Russia's internet
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Review: The red web by Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan
YouTube - CaspianReport
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Tech giants are battling it out to supply the global internet - here’s why that’s a problem
The Conversation
Tech companies such as SpaceX, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are competing to bring internet to areas without access in the developing world. And that's a problem.
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Bending the nternet: How Governments Control the Flow of Information Online
Stratfor
Every government -- be it autocratic, democratic or somewhere in between -- wants to exploit the internet. The tactics they use depend on their priorities.
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Beijing wants to rewrite the rules of the internet
The Atlantic
Xi Jinping wants to wrest control of global cyber governance from the market economies of the west.
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Former Google CEO predicts the internet will split in two — and one part will be led by China
CNBC
Eric Schmidt does not believe the internet will splinter, but does see us heading toward a 'bifurcated internet, with China leading one part.
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Internet censorship just took an unprecedented leap forward, and hardly anyone noticed
Medium
While most indie media was focused on debating the way people talk about Kanye West and the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an unprecedented escalation in internet censorship took…
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The ‘splinternet’: How China and the US could divide the internet for the rest of the world
CNBC
As the United States and China compete to dominate artificial intelligence technology, the two countries could end up each running 50 percent of the internet in the future.
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The internet civil war
Techonomy
The internet is in jeopardy. A small band of global technology companies have achieved a scale and influence that dwarfs most countries, and an existential split over the internet has emerged between nations. If we are going to retain the internet's extraordinary social, economic, and democratic power, we must push back.
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Is Russia building an internet iron curtain?
Polygraph
Despite attempts at assuring the Russian public that the draft law on the Digital Economy National Program is not intended to “cut off” Russia from the world, critics fear Russia’s own “Great Firewall” is in the offing.
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Putin signs controversial internet law
France24
Putin signs controversial internet law
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As Russian censorship increases, is a decentralized web the answer?
Podium
Amid the furor around the Mueller report, it’s somehow become easy to forget that Russia continues to wage war against the truth through censorship and disinformation. This stands true whether you look at the country’s domestic policy or it
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China's vision of a censored internet is spreading
Bloomberg QuickTake Originals
China is offering a new version of the internet. This new vision combines sweeping content curbs with uncompromising data controls. It’s called Cybersovereig...
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Does the internet need more or less regulation?
Stratfor
Imposing a system of norms on largely unregulated internet giants would require an effort beyond the power of individual countries to successfully manage.
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European court ruling raises questions about policing speech
Facebook
Organizations around the world have expressed fears about this ruling and its impact on freedom of speech.
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The rising threat of digital Nationalism
The Wall Street Journal
As the internet turns 50, the global vision that animated it is under attack. What can be done?
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Authoritarian governments blocking internet is new Berlin Wall, says US ambassador to Germany
Fox News
The Western world has to "remind ourselves" that government censorship still exists in many countries even today, U.S. Ambassador to Germany Ric Grenell said Saturday.
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Singapore tells Facebook to correct user's post in test of 'fake news' laws
Reuters
Singapore instructed Facebook on Friday to publish a correction on a user's social media post under a new "fake news" law, raising fresh questions about how the company will adhere to government requests to regulate content.
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Belarus turned off the internet. Its citizens hot-wired it.
Gizmodo
In early August, Belarus—sometimes called Europe’s last dictatorship—went almost entirely offline for 72 hours. On Wednesday, Aug. 26, for approximately one hour, Belarus shut down key parts of the capital’s internet once again; allegedly, the order had come directly from official state bodies.
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Big Tech platforms could face new major EU limits on targeted political ads
Politico
Aim is for stricter rules to be in place before the 2024 European Parliament election.