Tag: internet
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Controversial Russian law to control internet enters force
Moscow, Nov 1 (AFP/APP): A controversial law that would allow Russia to cut internet traffic from international servers came into force Friday, prompting fears from rights activists of online isolation. The law, which President Vladimir Putin signed in May, requires Russian internet providers to install technical devices provided by the authorities to enable centralised control…
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50 years after internet conception, dark side stirs fear
San Francisco, Oct 29 (AFP/APP): On October 29, 1969, professor Leonard Kleinrock and a team at the University of California at Los Angeles got a computer to “talk” to a machine in what is now known as Silicon Valley. The event gave birth to a network that later became known as the internet — hailed…
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UN calls for making ‘digital world’ safer for children
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 02 (APP):Rising Internet connectivity has the potential to transform children’s lives for the better, but also makes them vulnerable to sexual abuse, online harassment and bullying, recruitment by extremist groups, and other risks, according to a new United Nations-backed report. The study by the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development underlines the need…
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Restrictions on social media in the works
ISLAMABAD 28 June: In view of the wrong use of social media, the Ministry of Law and Justice has prepared a draft to introduce amendments in the cybercrime law. Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Farogh Naseem said that new rules regarding cybercrime are being framed and will be presented in cabinet once finalised. He…