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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="margin: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; float: none;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">This week, Facebook's Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg spent two days facing scrutiny
from U.S. lawmakers, <span style="margin: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">after the group admitted that Cambridge Analytica used data from 87 million users for political manipulation
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Moreover, m<span style="margin: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">ore than 2.6 billion records were breached
in 2017, which breaks down to 7.1 million lost records every day, nearly 300,000 every hour, nearly 5,000 every minute and 82 every second according to Netherlands-based security firm Gemalto</span></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">In Africa, the African Union Commission has made its foray into the cyber world by officially unveiling its online Knowledge Management
(KM) platform of the African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF). </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; float: none;"></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; word-spacing: 0px; orphans: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">In
Europe, twenty-four <span style="margin: 0px;">EU countries</span> pledged to band together to form a “European approach” to
<span style="margin: 0px;">artificial intelligence</span> in a bid to compete with American and Asian tech giants.
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">Also, the 22 member states signed on April 10, 2018, a declaration to establish a European Blockchain Partnership. In addition,
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">the European Union is set to demand tech giants like Facebook and Google do more to stop the spread of fake news on their websites by the end of the year to avoid possible regulatory
actions, according to a draft document seen by Reuters. </span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">On digital economy, running for the third year, the Internet Economy Summit opened on April 12 attracted entrepreneurs and top-level executives
from various business sectors to explore the global business opportunities brought about by innovation and the digital economy.</span><br id="0.050067828182101426" style="box-sizing: border-box;orphans: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
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A Russian court has ruled that messaging app Telegram must be blocked in the country. The ruling follows months of battles between Telegram and Roskomnadzor, Russia’s telecommunications watchdog.</p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">U<span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">ber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said on Wednesday that the ride-sharing company still believes in the prospects for autonomous transport
after one of its self-driving vehicles was involved in a fatal crash in Arizona last month.
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;">On child abuse, a three-year international investigation into the online sexual abuse of children has resulted in the arrest of over 150 people, including 16 Canadians, police revealed
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Below, informations on those subjects and events as well as documents on cyber politics, hate speech...<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><b><u>2.6 RECORDS BREACHED IN 2017</u></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">2.6 billion records breached in 2017, 5 000 records in minute</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk298720" href="https://247wallst.com/technology-3/2018/04/12/2-6-billion-records-breached-in-2017-5000-records-per-minute/" previewremoved="true">https://247wallst.com/technology-3/2018/04/12/2-6-billion-records-breached-in-2017-5000-records-per-minute/</a></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">2.6 bilion records were stolen, lost or exposed worldwide in 2017, 88% increase from 2016</p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk249420" href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20180412_2_point_6_billion_records_were_stolen_lost_or_exposed_in_2017/" previewremoved="true">http://www.circleid.com/posts/20180412_2_point_6_billion_records_were_stolen_lost_or_exposed_in_2017/</a></p>
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<div><b><u>US CONGRESS FACEBOOK HEARING</u></b></div>
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<div>Zuckerberg survived two days of grilling by congress, but Facebook trouble are not over yet</div>
<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk122661" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/13/after-zuckerberg-congress-hearing-facebook-awaits-further-scrutiny.html" previewremoved="true">https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/13/after-zuckerberg-congress-hearing-facebook-awaits-further-scrutiny.html</a></div>
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<div>The Facebook hearings prove Congress needs needs technology policy experts</div>
<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk638884" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/facebook-hearings-demonstrate-need-technology-policy-experts-congress-ncna865611" previewremoved="true">https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/facebook-hearings-demonstrate-need-technology-policy-experts-congress-ncna865611</a><br>
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Facebook's social responsability should include privacy protection</div>
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<a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk176541" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: auto; display: inline; font-family: Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,"EmojiFont","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px; height: auto; -ms-user-select: text; outline-color: transparent; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: auto;" href="http://theconversation.com/facebooks-social-responsibility-should-include-privacy-protection-94549" previewremoved="true">http://theconversation.com/facebooks-social-responsibility-should-include-privacy-protection-94549</a></div>
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<div><b><u>EUROPEAN UNION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE</u></b></div>
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<div>24 EU countries sign artificial intelligence pact in bid to compete with US & China </div>
<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk89232" href="http://www.novinite.com/articles/189416/24+EU+Countries+Sign+Artificial+Intelligence+Pact+in+Bid+to+Compete+with+US+%26+China" previewremoved="true">http://www.novinite.com/articles/189416/24+EU+Countries+Sign+Artificial+Intelligence+Pact+in+Bid+to+Compete+with+US+%26+China</a></div>
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<div>European countries to pursue joint AI initiative<br>
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<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk685005" href="http://en.rfi.fr/europe/20180410-european-countries-pursue-joint-ai-intiative" previewremoved="true">http://en.rfi.fr/europe/20180410-european-countries-pursue-joint-ai-intiative</a></div>
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<div><b><u>EUROPE ON BLOCKCHAIN PARTNERSHIP</u></b></div>
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<div>European countries in agreeance over blockchain partnership</div>
<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk345178" href="https://btcmanager.com/european-countries-in-agreeance-over-blockchain-partnership/" previewremoved="true">https://btcmanager.com/european-countries-in-agreeance-over-blockchain-partnership/</a></div>
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<div>European blockchain partnership signed by 22 countries</div>
<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk963031" href="https://cryptona.co/european-blockchain-partnership-declaration-signed-by-22-countries/" previewremoved="true">https://cryptona.co/european-blockchain-partnership-declaration-signed-by-22-countries/</a></div>
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<div><u><b>AUC ONLNE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM </b></u></div>
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<div>African Union Commission launches online knowledge management platform</div>
<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk335840" href="http://www.gbcghana.com/1.12001055" previewremoved="true">http://www.gbcghana.com/1.12001055</a></div>
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<div>An online knowledge management platform has been launched by AU</div>
<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk729181" href="https://www.newsghana.com.gh/an-online-knowledge-platform-has-been-launched-by-the-au/" previewremoved="true">https://www.newsghana.com.gh/an-online-knowledge-platform-has-been-launched-by-the-au/</a></div>
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<div>European blockchain partnership declaration </div>
<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk167848" href="https://cryptona.co/european-blockchain-partnership-declaration-signed-by-22-countries/" previewremoved="true">https://cryptona.co/european-blockchain-partnership-declaration-signed-by-22-countries/</a></div>
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<div><b><u>INTERNET ECONOMY SUMMIT</u></b></div>
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<div>Internet Economy Summit opens<br>
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<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk322645" href="http://7thspace.com/headlines/540854/internet_economy_summit_opens.html" previewremoved="true">http://7thspace.com/headlines/540854/internet_economy_summit_opens.html</a></div>
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<div>Speech by CE at Internet Economy summit 2018<br>
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<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk55472" href="http://7thspace.com/headlines/540847/speech_by_ce_at_internet_economy_summit_2018.html" previewremoved="true">http://7thspace.com/headlines/540847/speech_by_ce_at_internet_economy_summit_2018.html</a></div>
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<div><b><u>RUSSIA TO BAN TELEGRAM</u></b></div>
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<div>Russia orders immediate block of Telegram messaging app</div>
<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk643679" href="https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/13/17233112/russia-telegram-ban-court-ruling" previewremoved="true">https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/13/17233112/russia-telegram-ban-court-ruling</a></div>
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<div><b><u>AUTONOMOUS DRIVING</u></b><br>
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Uber still believe autonomous vehicles have a future, says CEO<br>
<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk558282" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-selfdriving/uber-still-believes-autonomous-vehicles-have-a-future-says-ceo-idUSKBN1HI2KI" previewremoved="true">https://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-selfdriving/uber-still-believes-autonomous-vehicles-have-a-future-says-ceo-idUSKBN1HI2KI</a></div>
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<div><b><u>CHILD ONLINE ABUSE</u></b></div>
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<div>16 canadians arrested during international investigation into online child sex abuse</div>
<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk570219" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/project-mercury-sexual-abuse-1.4616773" previewremoved="true">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/project-mercury-sexual-abuse-1.4616773</a></div>
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<div><b><u>UNDERSEA CABLE</u></b></div>
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<div>Entire country taken offline for two days after undersea internet cable cut</div>
<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk761625" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/mauritiana-internet-cut-underwater-cable-offline-days-west-africa-a8298551.html" previewremoved="true">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/mauritiana-internet-cut-underwater-cable-offline-days-west-africa-a8298551.html</a></div>
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