[AfrICANN-discuss] INTERNET GOV WEEKLY BRIEF : CYBERESPIONAGE; CYBERCRIME; PRIVACY; ENCRYPTION; ACCESS; CONTENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; CHILD ONLINE PROTECTION; BLOCKCHAIN; ICANN NEWS; IETF NEWS; ISOC NEWS.......

[Mamadou LO]

Hi all!

For your documentation, kindly find our weekly web review on Internet Governance<https://gouvernanceinternet.wordpress.com/2019/11/01/internet-governance-weekly-brief-cyber-geopolitics-cyberespionage-cybercrime-cyber-attack-data-protection-privacy-encryption-access-content-infrastructure-child-o/> with some main titles featured below.

Cordially

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CYBER GEOPOLITICS

  *   Russia not the only foreign state threat to U.S. elections in 2020
  *   Facebook removes Africa accounts linked to Russian troll factory
  *   FCC chairman proposes ban on use of funds to purchase Huawei, ZTE products
  *   US Praises Montenegro’s Partnership on Cyber Defence
  *   Edward Snowden Reveals In His Memoir That Aliens Never Contacted CIA
  *   With ISIS leader dead, Donald Trump loves the intelligence community – some of them anyway

CYBERESPIONAGE

  *   WhatsApp sues Israeli firm NSO over cyberespionage
  *   Government officials around the globe targeted for hacking through WhatsApp - sources
  *   Civil society once again targeted by spyware attributed to NSO Group

CYBERCRIME – CYBER ATTACK

  *   Japan sets up cybersecurity council to secure the 2020 Olympics
  *   EU cybersecurity rules: Commission’s report show how Member States have identified “essential services”
  *   Major vulnerability patched in the EU's eIDAS authentication system
  *   Georgia hit by massive cyber-attack
  *   Ransomware Attack Shuts Down City of Johannesburg's Systems
  *   Joburg refuses to pay cyber attack ransom, gets help from 'international partners'
  *   India : Kudankulam nuclear plant denies hacking of its control system, officials say audit found breach
  *   US: Senators introduce bill to strengthen cybersecurity of local governments

DATA PROTECTION – PRIVACY

  *   Facebook agrees to pay fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal
  *   ENCRYPTION
  *   China adopts law on cryptography
  *   US: NIST Seeking Comments on Cryptography Changes

ACCESS

  *   UN OHCHR calls on India to restore rights to India-administered Kashmir

CONTENT

  *   Facebook, Google, Twitter urged to do more to combat fake news in EU
  *   Social media giant Twitter announces ban on political advertising
  *   Germany announces plans to combat far-right extremism and online hate speech
  *   WhatsApp fake news during Brazil election ‘favoured Bolsonaro’

INFRASTRUCTURE

  *   German Intelligence Chief Signals Distrust of Huawei on 5G
  *   Berlin, Paris want to create a European digital 'cloud'

CHILD ONLINE PROTECTION

  *   China amends minor protection law to include cyberspace

DIGITAL FINANCE

  *   Uber launches financial services unit Uber Money -- partly to streamline payments for drivers
  *   Turkey proposes 7.5 percent digital services tax on large multinationals

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

  *   WIPO celebrates 20 years of UDRP; votes against reform

BLOCKCHAIN

  *   Blockchain endorsement from China’s Xi Jinping could lead to fraud and speculation, technology analysts warn

ICANN NEWS

Read ICANN’s FY19 Annual report

  *   Meeting Our Commitments to Accountability and Transparency: An Information Transparency Initiative Update
  *   The First Message Transmission
  *   ICANN and PTI Publish Audited Financial Statements for FY19

IETF NEWS

  *   Welcoming the new IETF Executive Director

ISOC NEWS

  *   What Scary Movies Can Teach Us About Internet Trust
  *   The Invisible Internet
  *   Summit Seeks to Connect Communities in Africa to the Global Internet

Read review in full here : https://gouvernanceinternet.wordpress.com/2019/11/01/internet-governance-weekly-brief-cyber-geopolitics-cyberespionage-cybercrime-cyber-attack-data-protection-privacy-encryption-access-content-infrastructure-child-o/

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