[AfrICANN-discuss] Internet Gov Weekly Brief : Putin signs ‘Runet law’ on national DNS; “EU proposal for WTO disciplines and commitments relating to electronic commerce”; Trump, Democrats agree to spend $2 trillion on U.S. infrastructure; UN SG on "hothouses" cyberspace...

[Mamadou LO]

CYBER GEOPOLITICS

«Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law on Wednesday that will tighten government control over the internet. The new law requires<https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-05-01/new-russian-internet-law-stokes-censorship-fears> that internet service providers in Russia unplug from foreign servers. It also calls for the creation of a national domain system that would allow the country to stay online if it was ever cut off from the global internet. The law will go into effect on November 1st, the Financial Times<https://www.ft.com/content/9ba46770-6c36-11e9-80c7-60ee53e6681d> reports…” https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/01/putin-signs-russian-internet-isolation-bill/

Read review in full here : https://gouvernanceinternet.wordpress.com/2019/05/03/internet-gov-weekly-brief-putin-signs-runet-law-calling-for-national-dns-eu-proposal-for-wto-disciplines-and-commitments-relating-to-electronic-commerce-trump/


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