[AfrICANN-discuss] Internet Governance Weekly Brief : UNDP joins the Partnership on AI; Russia-ASEAN security cooperation; EU to combat voter manipulation; Google back to China; Apple one trillion $ valuation; SACS & SAIL undersea cables

[Mamadou LO]

SUMMARY

UNDP joins the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (AI), a consortium of companies, academics, and NGOs working to ensure that AI is developed in a safe, ethical, and transparent manner

Russia and ASEAN have agreed to build cyber security cooperation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters following the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) events in Singapore on Thursday.

Brussels is to launch an EU-wide initiative to combat voter manipulation through social media, as concerns grow about the issue ahead of elections to the European parliament next May.

On infrastructure, by this autumn, two new undersea cables - SACS and SAIL - will connect Africa to South America and the USA

On Internet economy, Google is reportedly planning to get back into China, a lucrative market where it has a long history of tangling with authorities.

On cyber geopolitics, after allegedly 'meddling' with the 2016 US Presidential Election, Russian hackers may soon make their way to the upcoming general elections in India, an Oxford University internet studies professor says.
Apple has become the first ever company to reach a market valuation of one trillion dollars, an achievement that has seen it edge out several other tech giants vying for that historical record.

Below, informations and sources on these subjects and events.



Russia-ASEAN cyber cooperation

http://tass.com/economy/1015832<http://tass.com/economy/1015832>


Brussels in EU wide drive to combat voter manipulation

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/03/brussels-in-eu-wide-drive-to-combat-voter-manipulation-online<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/03/brussels-in-eu-wide-drive-to-combat-voter-manipulation-online>


Google might return to China. Here's why that's so controversial

https://money.cnn.com/2018/08/02/technology/google-china-censorship/index.html

After US, Indian elections may be the next target of Russia: Oxford Professor

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/russia-now-targeting-elections-in-india-brazil-oxford-expert-tells-us-lawmakers/articleshow/65245913.cms

UNDP joins tech giants in partnership on AI

http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2018/undp-joins-tech-giants-in-partnership-on-ai.html


Apple is the first trillion dollar company : what was the first billion dollar valuation?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/apple-valuation-shares-trillion-billion-latest-money-tech-google-alphabet-amazon-a8472026.html

Africa : Two New Africa-south America undersea cables to open

https://allafrica.com/stories/201808020704.html


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