Following discussions held in the context of its 61st meeting,the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that it will continue to work on its proposed 'Interim Model for Compliance with ICANN Agreeme...
Airbnb has agreed tocollaborate with the government of Malaysia to collect a new tourism tax of$2,55 per night for Airbnb members who rent out at least five rooms. Some expect that Malaysia will widen the agreement to include Airb...
After its approval by theUS House of Representatives, a controversial online sex trafficking bill has now been approved by the US Senate. The bill is seen by many an important step in fighting online prostitution of teenagers. At ...
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has ruled that Telegram, a non-profit cloud-based instant messaging service, must share its private encryption keys with Russian state authorities, Bloombergreports. The company previous...
Findings of the American National Election Study, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, suggest that the Internet does not play a significant role in rising indicators of polarisation. The research points out...
The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS)has announced that network neutrality will be among its priorities in 2017, together with monitoring competition on the broadband market and introducing tougher non-discrimination requir...
In apaper published earlier this month, German researcher Dominik Herrmann shows that domain name lookups can reveal not only the websites visited by Internet users, but also the individual pages that they access. According to Her...
Although social media is an important resource for Internet users in the MENA region, over 50% of Internet users support government controls, in spite of concerns about surveillance, privacy and freedom of expression, accordi...
A new report from Amnesty International gives Amnesty's first official position on encryption and human rights, warning that 'Government attacks on the encryption of online communication threaten human rights ...
High tech tools to assist access to the Internet for persons with disabilities are a focus for government under the Caribbean Community (Caricom) Trade and Competitiveness Project (CTCP) which is aimed at contributing to...
During his visit in Cuba, Obama has told reporters that Google will install more WiFi and broadband access in the country. The US President said, 'One of the things that we'll be announcing here is that Google has a deal...
Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has held a meeting with China's propaganda chief, Liu Yunshan, in Beijing. Although Facebook's services are still banned in China, Liu Yunshan told Zuckerberg that he hopes Facebook can share its kno...