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<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt;"><b><u>SUMMARY</u></b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt;">This week, the European Commission has announced a new series of measures to put artificial intelligence (AI) at the service of citizens
and boost Europe’s competitiveness in the field. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: black; line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;">On cybersecurity, Portugal and Australia are ready to join NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCD COE)
becoming the 21st and 22nd nations to join the center.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt windowtext; border-image: none; color: rgb(49, 49, 50); line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;">On fake news, Tech giants such as Facebook and Google must step
up efforts to tackle the spread of fake news online in the next few months or potentially face further EU regulation, as concerns mount over election interference.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10.66px;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt windowtext; border-image: none; color: rgb(49, 49, 50); line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt windowtext; border-image: none; color: rgb(49, 49, 50); font-size: 12pt;">On
digital economy, Sou</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0cm; border: 1pt windowtext; border-image: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12pt;">theast Asia's expanding digital economy in areas such as online retail and ride-hailing services
is pushing the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to harmonize their policies and rules.</span></p>
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providers like Netflix and Amazon prime Video would be required to dedicate at least 30% of their on-demand catalogs to European content, under a proposed European Union law announced Thursday.</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b><u>EUROPE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE</u></b></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Commisson vows to spend </span><span style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: "Open Sans",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent;">€1.5
billion on artificial intelligence by 2020</span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><font face="Arial"><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk976538" href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/commission-vows-to-spend-e1-5-billion-on-artificial-intelligence-by-2020/" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/commission-vows-to-spend-e1-5-billion-on-artificial-intelligence-by-2020/</span></a></font><br>
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<div><u><b>EUROPE ON STREAMING VIDEOS </b></u></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Draft EU tells Netflix and Amazon Prime Video 30% of their content must come from Europe</span></div>
<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk814584" href="http://www.thedrum.com/news/2018/04/27/draft-eu-tells-netflix-and-amazon-prime-video-30-their-content-must-come-europe" previewremoved="true"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.thedrum.com/news/2018/04/27/draft-eu-tells-netflix-and-amazon-prime-video-30-their-content-must-come-europe</span></a></div>
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<div><u><b>EU ON DESINFORMATION / FAKE NEWS</b></u></div>
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<div><u>Tracking online desinformation : commission proposes an EU-wide code of practice</u></div>
<div><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk533874" href="http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-3370_en.htm" previewremoved="true">http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-3370_en.htm</a></div>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><u>Rise of digital economy pushes ASEAN toward policy coordination</u></p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><u><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk510953" href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Rise-of-digital-economy-pushes-ASEAN-toward-policy-coordination" previewremoved="true">https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Rise-of-digital-economy-pushes-ASEAN-toward-policy-coordination</a></u><b></b><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><b><u>AUSTRALIA TO JOIN NATO CYBER DEFENSE CENTER</u></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><u>Australia joins cyber defense group, opens "pop up" embassy in Estonia</u></p>
<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><u><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk988387" href="https://www.cso.com.au/article/640435/australia-joins-nato-cyber-defence-group-opens-pop-up-embassy-estonia/" previewremoved="true">https://www.cso.com.au/article/640435/australia-joins-nato-cyber-defence-group-opens-pop-up-embassy-estonia/</a></u><b></b><br>
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