<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Colleagues,<br><br></div>Might be of interest to some.<br><br></div>Regards<br><div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Mamadou LO</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alfamamadou@hotmail.com">alfamamadou@hotmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 9:27 PM<br>Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] IG Weekly Brief : Online extremism content; EU's cybersecurity reinforcement; Internet Society Global Report; Raid on .Cat domain; EU to increase tax on Tech firms; InterCommunity 2017; UBER London ban; Baidu to invest on autonomous driving<br>To: "<a href="mailto:fellowships-alumni@icann.org">fellowships-alumni@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:fellowships-alumni@icann.org">fellowships-alumni@icann.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net">africann@afrinic.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net">africann@afrinic.net</a>>, "<a href="mailto:outreach_com_2015@intgovforum.org">outreach_com_2015@intgovforum.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:outreach_com_2015@intgovforum.org">outreach_com_2015@intgovforum.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a>" <<a href="mailto:ncsg-discuss@listserv.syr.edu">ncsg-discuss@listserv.syr.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:igmena@dgroups.org">igmena@dgroups.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:igmena@dgroups.org">igmena@dgroups.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<span>This week, in Europe; leaders of France, Italy and the United Kingdom at the United nations urged social media companies on Wednesday to more swiftly remove “terrorist content” from the internet.
</span><span><span>The European Commission has outlined further details of its proposals to reinforce the EU's cybersecurity capacity a week after EC president Jean-Claude Junkcer
<a href="https://www.telecompaper.com/news/ec-proposes-strengthening-enisa-to-create-european-cybersecurity-agency--1211739" target="_blank">
announced plans</a> to strengthen existing network security agency Enisa by creating a new 'European Cybersecurity Agency'.
<span><span>Uber’s application for a new licence in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/london" class="m_-5622134631461903965u-underline" target="_blank">
London</a> has been rejected on the basis that the company is not a “fit and proper” private car hire operator. The<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> European Commission said on Thursday it may seek to implement tax
reform to raise more revenue from online giants.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<p><span><span><span>"The Internet Society released this week the first-of-its-kind Global Internet Report, "Paths to our Digital Future," aimed at exploring the future of the Internet".</span><br>
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<span><span><span>In China, "Islamophobic" terms used by Chinese internet users to stigmatise Muslims have been blocked by authorities to prevent bias against Islam, official media reported.
</span><span><span><span>Chinese search engine Baidu announced a 10bn yuan ($1.1bn)
<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/topic/self-driving-car" target="_blank">self-driving car</a> fund on Thursday as part of a wider plan to speed up its technical development and compete with US rivals.</span></span></span><br>
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<div>On domain name, the <a href="http://fundacio.cat/ca" target="_blank">.cat Foundation</a>, which manages .cat domain name was forced to block websites with informations on the referendum that the Catalan independence movement hopes to hold October 1.</div>
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<p><span><span>On cyber geopolitics, <span><span><span><span><a href="http://dailydot.com/topics/facebook/" class="m_-5622134631461903965dd-link-internal" target="_blank">Facebook</a>
<a href="https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/09/hard-questions-more-on-russian-ads/" class="m_-5622134631461903965dd-link-external" target="_blank">
announced on Thursday</a> that it has turned over to Congress tens of thousands of ads from the social network believed to be linked to
<a href="http://dailydot.com/tags/russia/" class="m_-5622134631461903965dd-link-internal" target="_blank">Russia</a>‘s attempts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.
<span><span><span>Furthemore, the government of Saudi Arabia has finally lifted the ban on services that offered access to call someone over the internet, which included apps like
<a href="http://wccftech.com/uk-demands-whatsapp-build-backdoor/" target="_blank">WhatsApp</a>, <a href="http://wccftech.com/skype-android-ios-paypal/" target="_blank">
Skype</a>, <a href="http://wccftech.com/disable-mac-facetime-camera/" target="_blank">FaceTime</a>, and others</span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span></span></span><span><span><br>
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<p><span><span><span style="font-weight:400">On net neutrality, a group of Senate Democrats is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to delay its effort to repeal the Obama-era net neutrality regulations.</span><br>
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<p><span><span><span>On infrastructure, Microsoft, Facebook and global telecommunication infrastructure company Telxius today announced the completion of highest-capacity subsea cable to ever cross the Atlantic.
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<p><span><span><span>On artificial intelligence, <span><span><a href="http://companies.bizjournals.com/profile/alphabet/12048509/" target="_blank">Alphabet Inc.-owned</a> self-driving car company Waymo wants rival
<a href="http://companies.bizjournals.com/profile/uber/100242/" target="_blank">
Uber Technologies</a> to pay up to $2.6 billion in damages over a single instance of alleged trade secret theft, Uber’s lawyers revealed in court yesterday.</span></span><br>
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<p><span><span><span>On event, we note Intercommunity 2017.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span>Below, informations on those subjects and events as well as documents on data protection, Blockchain.<br>
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<p><span><span>Read complete review here<br>
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