On 1 April, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers adopted an Internet Governance Strategy for 2016-2019 which specifically addresses support for human rights, democracy and rule of law as affected by online chall...
Frost & Sullivan has released a report entitled Role of Internet Penetration in Economic Development: How to Prioritize a Collaborative Approach to Bridge the Digital Divide in Emerging Markets?. The report stresses ...
The Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA) has released the2016 Cloud Readiness Index. The index, which ranks 14 Asian countries along 10 parameters, is headed by Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and Japan. According ...
The North Korean government has announced that it is blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and South Korean websites. Although few North Koreans have access to the Internet and can usually only see a 'sealed-off, government-sanction...
Today, Cisco participated in U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' Digital Coalition Roundtable in Lusaka, Zambia to meet with public and private sector leaders and explore pathways to advance digital inclusion and digital connectivi...
Sophisticated? Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images If there's one thing I know about the future, it's that it never looks how I think it will. Look even six months ahead, and the world has a way of twisting itself to bri...
It's a thing. Apparently. H2O You never really know other people. You may think you do but, one day, they'll say or do something that so surprises you, and you'll reimagine your entire view of them. Sometimes, technol...
The European Union Foreign Affairs Council adopted the official contribution to the UN Global Digital Compact (GDC). The document re-affirms dedication to the human-centric approach to digital technologies and a common democratic ...
On 31 March, a bipartisan group of US lawmakers reintroduced a law that would enable news organizations to join in negotiating ad rates with tech giants like Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google. This legislation would enable news broa...
A new version of Russia's foreign policy concept, approved by President Vladimir Putin, was published on Friday. This document defines the priority areas, goals and objectives of the country's international activities, and will se...
The Commonwealth has recently released its first issue of a cybercrime journal to draw attention to policy-influencing articles and commentary by academics, policymakers, practitioners, and experts exploring significant cybercrime...
Japan has announced new restrictions on exports of chipmaking equipment to countries that pose security risks. This will include 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment and these restrictions aim to protect national secu...