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<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12pt;"><b><u>SUMMARY </u></b></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12pt;">This week, russian President Vladimir Putin
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 12pt;">has told the
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12pt;">BRICS Summit in South Africa</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 12pt;"> that closer partnerships between the group's members
in the digital economy will bring further development.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(49, 49, 50); font-size: 12pt;">Cambodia blocked the websites of some independent media on Friday, a human rights group said, just two days before a general election
in which Prime Minister Hun Sen faces almost no challenge to his 33-year-old rule.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">In India, the Justice Sri Krishna Committee released the much awaited first draft of the
</span><b><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk578089" href="http://meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Personal_Data_Protection_Bill%252C2018_0.pdf" target="_blank" previewremoved="true"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 123, 255); text-decoration: none;">Personal
Data Protection Bill, 2018</span></a></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">. Following a structure which combines Europe’s
</span><b><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk393841" href="https://www.firstpost.com/tag/General%20Data%20Protection%20Regulation" target="_blank" previewremoved="true"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 123, 255);">General
Data Protection Regulation</span></a></span></b><span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px;">and India’s Information Technology Act, 2000, the Bill runs into 112 sections. These include positive features like broader definitions, horizontal application, extra-territorial jurisdiction and steep penalties for violations,
as well as negative features like data localization requirements, many exceptions to state related processing</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-size: 12pt;">Facebook's market value shrank by $119 billion on Thursday after founder Mark Zuckerberg reported slowing audience and sales growth
as the social media pioneer contended with new privacy rules in Europe and </span>
<span style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk483979" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/business/mark-zuckerberg-touts-facebooks-ad-transparency-as-u-s-elections-near" target="_blank" previewremoved="true"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(0, 123, 255);">data-security
concerns</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-size: 12pt;"> closer to home.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); font-size: 12pt;">Twitter’s stock plunged 20.5% by the time the markets closed Friday, the second-biggest loss for Twitter’s stock since the company
went public in 2013. <span style="margin: 0px;">Social media company says fall is linked to action to delete fake accounts and admits it may well continue</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 12pt;">Half a year ago, a controversial new German law came into force with the aim of combating hate speech on social media. On Friday, Youtube
and Facebook published first figures on how often it has been used. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">Massachusetts is proposing a new bill that would name and shame internet service providers that ignore net neutrality or violate consumer privacy.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin: 0px; color: black; font-size: 12pt;">As for events, we note IGF-USA and West African Internet Governance Forum</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><b><u>PUTIN ON INFORMATION SECURITY / BRICS SUMMIT</u></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">BRICS : Putin urges information security</p>
<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk195980" href="https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/international/brics-putin-urges-information-security-16273074" previewremoved="true">https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/international/brics-putin-urges-information-security-16273074</a><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><b><u>INDIA DATA PROTECTION BILL</u></b></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Data protection bill series : quick overview of India's draft data protection law<br>
<a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk50069" href="https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/data-protection-bill-series-quick-overview-of-indias-draft-data-protection-law-4841321.html" previewremoved="true">https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/data-protection-bill-series-quick-overview-of-indias-draft-data-protection-law-4841321.html</a></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><b><u>SHUTDOWN IN CAMBODIA</u></b></p>
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<p style="">Cambodia blocks some independent new medias site</p>
<p style=""><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk147699" style="" href="https://uk.reuters.com/article/cambodia-election-censorship/cambodia-blocks-some-independent-news-media-sites-rights-group-idUKL4N1UN4RU" previewremoved="true">https://uk.reuters.com/article/cambodia-election-censorship/cambodia-blocks-some-independent-news-media-sites-rights-group-idUKL4N1UN4RU</a><br style="">
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<p style=""><b><u>FACEBOOK LOSES MILLIONS DUE TO GDPR</u></b></p>
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<p style="">Facebook pays $116 billion price european, US privacy woes </p>
<p style=""><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk158676" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/business/facebook-pays-116-billion-price-for-european-us-privacy-woes" previewremoved="true">https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/business/facebook-pays-116-billion-price-for-european-us-privacy-woes</a><br>
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<p style=""><b><u>TWITTER TO LOSE MONEY COMBATTING FAKE NEWS</u></b></p>
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<p style="">Twitter stock plunges 20% in wake of 1m user decline</p>
<p style=""><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk123650" href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/27/twitter-share-price-tumbles-after-it-loses-1m-users-in-three-months" previewremoved="true">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/27/twitter-share-price-tumbles-after-it-loses-1m-users-in-three-months</a><br>
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<b><u>NET NEUTRALITY IN MASSACHUSSETS</u></b></p>
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<p style="">Massachussets Net neutrality law would name and terrible ISPs</p>
<p style=""><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk679186" href="https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zmk3jx/massachusetts-net-neutrality-law-would-name-and-shame-terrible-isps" previewremoved="true">https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/zmk3jx/massachusetts-net-neutrality-law-would-name-and-shame-terrible-isps</a><br>
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<p style=""><b><u>SOCIAL MEDIAS ON HATE SPEECH ONLINE</u></b></p>
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Facebook and YouTube publish figures on hate speech law<br>
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<p style=""><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk594514" href="https://www.thelocal.de/20180727/facebook-and-youtube-publish-figures-on-hate-speech-law" previewremoved="true">https://www.thelocal.de/20180727/facebook-and-youtube-publish-figures-on-hate-speech-law</a><br>
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<p style=""><b><u>IGF-USA</u></b></p>
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<p style="">IGF-USA</p>
<p style=""><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk30162" href="https://www.igf-usa.org/" previewremoved="true">https://www.igf-usa.org/</a><br>
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