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In late 2015 Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt posted an article on The New York Times’ website that called for an internet “spell-checker” of sorts, in relation to weeding out violent and malicious content on the internet.
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Morocco has witnessed an unprecedented event as citizens of all ages decided to shut down their phones last weekend, in an unparalleled wave of discontent after a decision by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (well known under its French acronym ANRT) aimed at blocking all software that use Voice over IP (VoIP) technology in the kingdom.
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A 35-year-old citizen of Belarus was to appear in U.S. District Court in Seattle Friday (Jan. 22) following his arrest last year in Vienna, Austria, and extradition to the Western District of Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes.
Alexander Mihailovski was indicted in August 2012 for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, accessing a protected computer in furtherance of fraud, and intentional damage to a protected computer, according to a federal news release.
Mihailovski was to appear initially before U.S. Magistrate Judge John L. Weinberg.
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Hundreds of Russians plug away at keyboards, spreading pro-Kremlin propaganda on social media sites and masterminding online hoaxes every day. They work in what have come to be known as “troll farms”, named after the derogatory nickname used for people who spread hate on the internet.
Continue reading "From Obama to ‘troll farms’: how social media is changing politics" »
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Małgorzata Jankowska-Blank, head of the legal department at Gemius, sums up the most crucial legal issues relevant to the online industry.
2015 abounded in noteworthy judgments, which shows that Europe is committed to an extensive protection of the privacy of Internet users. At the same time, this privacy protection enforcement takes place under the jurisdiction of the relevant Internet user, which means that in the US, it will be possible to sue Google.
Continue reading "Breakthroughs in online industry in 2015 from the legal perspective" »
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