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UK

Rise of the (old) machines: Malfunctioning TV disrupted Welsh village’s Internet connection for 18 MONTHS

Posted on September 23, 2020September 23, 2020By Editor

An internet provider for a rural village in Wales has struggled for a year and a half to find the reason behind an extremely slow broadband connection, before finally tracing it to an old TV that interfered with the whole network. … Read More >Rise of the (old) machines: Malfunctioning TV disrupted Welsh village’s Internet connection for 18 MONTHS

World

No mass snooping, coercion or backdoors: China pokes US in the eye with global digital rules proposal

Posted on September 9, 2020September 9, 2020By Editor

Beijing wants the world community to adopt a set of rules for developing the digital economy, which would endorse national sovereignty over data and oppose mass electronic surveillance in foreign cyberspace. … Read More >No mass snooping, coercion or backdoors: China pokes US in the eye with global digital rules proposal

UK

Internet connection issues reported throughout the UK following fire in Newcastle

Posted on July 25, 2020July 25, 2020By Editor

UK customers of BT, TalkTalk, Plusnet and Three have taken to Twitter to complain about internet outages, which some of the providers said stemmed from a fire in Newcastle. … Read More >Internet connection issues reported throughout the UK following fire in Newcastle

World

Zoom privacy debacle shows the danger of our reliance on Big Tech during coronavirus lockdown

Posted on April 5, 2020April 5, 2020By Editor

Security vulnerabilities with video conferencing app Zoom have revealed the danger of putting blind faith in Big Tech’s coronavirus solutions. Zoom was riddled with privacy issues for years, and its competitors aren’t much better. … Read More >Zoom privacy debacle shows the danger of our reliance on Big Tech during coronavirus lockdown

Russia

Russia’s ‘socially significant’ websites should be accessible to everyone free of charge – Putin

Posted on January 15, 2020June 15, 2020By Editor

Free access to key Russian websites will give people wider opportunities to communicate, learn new things, and be creative; this will give the country a competitive advantage, Vladimir Putin has said. … Read More >Russia’s ‘socially significant’ websites should be accessible to everyone free of charge – Putin

Russia

Russia is prepared to stay online amid global blackout as crucial internet law comes into effect

Posted on November 1, 2019November 1, 2019By Editor

The new measures will make sure the internet does not collapse in Russia even if hostile nations decide to cut it off from the worldwide web completely, lawmakers say. … Read More >Russia is prepared to stay online amid global blackout as crucial internet law comes into effect

Russia

Russia Gears Up for ‘Safe and Stable’ Internet Drills as New Bill Comes Into Effect

Posted on October 25, 2019October 25, 2019By Editor

Russian authorities are preparing to approve a provision on “conducting exercises to ensure the stable, safe and holistic functioning of the Internet and public communications networks in the Russian Federation.” … Read More >Russia Gears Up for ‘Safe and Stable’ Internet Drills as New Bill Comes Into Effect