Tag: Internet

Categories Russia

Moscow joins 5G club as ultrafast next-generation internet service arrives at some of Russian capital’s most iconic spots (VIDEO)

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The high speeds of 5G internet can now be experienced at over a dozen of some of the most well-known locations in Moscow, and a number of locals who spoke to RT didn’t seem to share the concerns of skeptics about the technology. … Read More >Moscow joins 5G club as ultrafast next-generation internet service arrives at some of Russian capital’s most iconic spots (VIDEO)

Categories Russia

Tax on Google? To fund country’s IT industry, Russia mulls new levy on foreign internet giants that use citizens’ data to sell ads

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Russia’s largest internet companies are teaming up with the country’s government to introduce a new tax to hit the pockets of their international competitors and funnel cash directly into the domestic market. … Read More >Tax on Google? To fund country’s IT industry, Russia mulls new levy on foreign internet giants that use citizens’ data to sell ads

Categories Documentary

Cyber Censors. What’s the future of the internet? | RT Documentary

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What’s the future of the internet? Digital reality will soon face a tough challenge. A war of platforms is breaking out in the virtual world, and it seems to be beyond the reach of any government. For some time, the three internet giants, YouTube, Google and Facebook, have made their own choices about which news people will see, and which presidential candidate to promote. … Read More >Cyber Censors. What’s the future of the internet? | RT Documentary

Categories Shows

Crosstalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: Purge 2.0

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Internet censorship is happening at an accelerated pace. Conservatives and progressives are being demonetized and deplatformed. More times than not, this censorship is never really explained. We are left to assume when the phrase ‘community standards’ is invoked, we somehow are threatening power. But that is what dissent is all about. … Read More >Crosstalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: Purge 2.0

Categories Russia

Russia breaks ground on massive internet network across thawing Arctic, bringing high-speed connection from under the ice caps

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The Russian government has announced that construction is underway on a massive high-speed communications line that will span the Arctic and join together the extremes of the world’s largest country. … Read More >Russia breaks ground on massive internet network across thawing Arctic, bringing high-speed connection from under the ice caps

Categories EU

EU warns Google CEO Sundar Pichai it won’t allow the web to remain the ‘Wild West’ any longer

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The internet should benefit not only US tech giants, but also smaller European businesses, and new rules being introduced by the European Union will ensure that, a top EU official has told Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. … Read More >EU warns Google CEO Sundar Pichai it won’t allow the web to remain the ‘Wild West’ any longer

Categories Russia

Time for Western media to retire its Russian ‘state TV’ obsession? Russians now overwhelmingly use internet as main news source

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Russians are relying less and less on television as their main news source, with just 23% now saying they see it as the most trustworthy form of media. The box has been pushed out by the internet, including social media (55%). … Read More >Time for Western media to retire its Russian ‘state TV’ obsession? Russians now overwhelmingly use internet as main news source

Categories EU

Top EU court rules member states can’t have unfettered access to phone & internet users’ data in blow to Big Brother tactics

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Governments cannot have unrestricted access to phone and internet users’ data, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has determined, placing limitations on EU states’ ability to legally carry out bulk data collection. … Read More >Top EU court rules member states can’t have unfettered access to phone & internet users’ data in blow to Big Brother tactics