[AfrICANN-discuss] Internet Governance Weekly Brief : UN on multilateralism; UEFA deploy Blockchain; Brazil sign data protection bill; Pentagon's artificial intelligence program; 339.8 Million Domain Name Registrations; Australia on encryption; Child online protection...

[Mamadou LO]

SUMMARY

This week, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has successfully deployed a new ticketing system via mobile phones based on blockchain technology, according to an August 16 press release.

As the world’s problems grow, multilateralism represents to best path to meet the challenges that lie ahead, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said in his annual report.

On data protection, brazilian president Michel Temer has signed a data protection bill into law this week. The new rules, which will be enforced in 18 months, aim to protect data about individuals and businesses online and prevent the commercial use of information such as names, telephone numbers and addresses without consent of the user in question.

On domain name, almost 400 million domain names were registered across all top-level domains (TLDs) in Q2 2018, according to a Verisign report. Verisign’s Domain Name Industry Brief showed that there has been an increase of six million (1.8 percent) domain registrations compared to the first quarter for the year. Domain registrations have grown overall by 2.4 percent, year-over-year.

On Encryption, the Australian government is proposing new laws that would require international tech giants like Facebook, Google and Apple to provide access to encrypted communications to law enforcement for policing crime.

On child online protection, a paedophile with a twisted interest in babies and toddlers has been jailed after being found with more than 630,000 child abuse images

 On artificial intelligence, the controversial Project Maven received a 580% funding increase in this year’s bill. As AI and machine learning algorithms are integrated into defense tech, spending is only going to increase in years to come.


The parent company of two popular Russian social network sites has asked the government to stop prosecuting social media users under anti-terrorism laws, and offer an amnesty for people already convicted.

Facebook has admitted being too slow in combating the use of its platform to perpetuate violence in Myanmar.

Below, sources and more informations on topics and events..


UN chief says Multilateralism only the path to address world's troubles

https://www.brecorder.com/2018/08/15/434082/un-chief-says-multilateralism-only-path-to-address-worlds-troubles/


Facebook admits being too slow in dealing with Myanmar violence role

http://fortune.com/2018/08/16/facebook-myanmar-rohingya-hate-speech/


Brazilian president signs data protection bill

https://www.zdnet.com/article/brazilian-president-signs-data-protection-bill/


UEFA implements blockchain based ticketing system

https://cointelegraph.com/news/union-of-european-football-associations-implements-blockchain-based-ticketing-system


Facebook Google WhatsApp in the firing line as Australia reveals encryption law

https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-google-whatsapp-in-the-firing-line-as-australia-reveals-encryption-laws/

Vkontake's parent company asks russians officials to decriminalize harmless internet content

https://meduza.io/en/news/2018/08/15/vkontake-s-parent-company-asks-russian-officials-to-decriminalize-harmless-internet-content


Domain name registration boom continues, according to Verisign report

http://www.ipprotheinternet.com/ipprotheinternetnews/article.php?article_id=6150


Pentagon's artificial intelligence program get huge boost in defence budget

https://www.fastcompany.com/90219751/pentagons-artificial-intelligence-programs-get-huge-boost-in-defense-budget


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