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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>SUMMARY</u></b></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This week;
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span><span style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday urging all countries</span><span><span style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
"to act cooperatively to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons" including via the internet or social networks. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
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Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (GIFCT) set up by Facebook, Microsoft,
Twitter and YouTube to counter the threat of terrorist content online hold its first meeting on 01 August in San Francisco.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<p><span class="main-article-info"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The 22-year-old British security
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">researcher who discovers the "kill switch" that stopped the outbreak of theWannacry ransomware
</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">has been reportedly arrested in the United States after attending the Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas.</span></span><u><br>
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<div><span style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Data released by ITU show that 830 million young people are online, representing 80 per cent of the youth population in 104 countries. ITU’s
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ICT Facts and Figures 2017</span><span style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> also shows a significant increase in broadband access and subscriptions
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</span><span><span><span style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The African Union and China are seeking to deepen collaboration on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development especially
in the building of a secure, open and peaceful cyberspace while t</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">he European Commission's vice president and EU digital chief, Andrus Ansip, wants to set up a new cybersecurity centre in a bid to certify the security level
of technology products.</span><br>
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<p><span><span><span style="font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On digital economy, BRICS
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">reached a consensus specifying emerging industries characterized by the internet, digitization and intelligence have deeply changed traditional business model</span></span>.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span><span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On access, Russian president Vladimir Putin formally signed a law
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">that prohibits the use of virtual private networks (VPNs) and other internet proxy services while
</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Apple remove VPNs</span> from APP store in China.<br>
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</span>On artificial intelligence, "Just days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk pointed out that Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be a potential risk to humanity, Facebook decided to pull the plug on one of its AI systems that started to speak in their own language".
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<p><span>On net neutrality, "<span>Democrat senators are urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to extend the public comment period on its proposal to scrap the net neutrality rules".</span></span></p>
<p><span><span>On Internet of Things, "<span><span>the Senate introduced the “Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017”, which aims to bolster the security of government-acquired IoT devices".</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>On Fake news, "Facebook is to step up its efforts to fight fake news by sending more suspected hoax stories to fact-checkers and publishing their findings online".</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>On events, we note LACIGF 2017.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span><span><span><span><span>Below, informations on thoses subjects and events as well as documents ICANN, domain name, encryption..</span></span></span></span></span><br>
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See review in full here<br>
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