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US Needs 'Comprehensive Legislation' to Address AI Risks, Says Senate Majority Leader Schumer
US Senate Majority Chuck Schumer on Wednesday called for "comprehensive legislation" to advance and ensure safeguards on artificial intelligence (AI) and will hold a series of forums in later this year. "If the government doesn't step in, who will fill its place? Individuals and the private sector can't do the work of protecting our country," Schum...
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Governments, Internet Forums Lagging Behind in Regulating Big Tech Firms, MoS IT Says
Governments and Internet forums have lagged behind in setting up rules for Big Tech, according to Minister of State for Electronics and IT Raneev Chandrasekhar. The minister stated that safety and trust are core issues for the government to address because 1.2 billion Indians are going to use the Internet, adding that the government is slowly and s...
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IIT Gandhinagar Hosts Pre-Event Of India Internet Governance Forum 2022, Emphasizes On Multilingual Internet
The event included talks on internet governance, multilingual internet, and Universal Acceptance (UA) by subject experts.
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IIT Gandhinagar To Host Pre-Event Of India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) On December 2
The IIT Gandhinagar virtual and open-for-all event is lined-up with many scholarly talks by eminent subject experts of Computer Science and Engineering, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) from industry and academia.
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Credits Advanced Cyber Capability for Identifying Russian Activities Against Ukraine
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said advanced cyber capabilities helped identify the Russian activities on the Ukranian infrastructure long before the attack. Speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, he mentioned how these signals helped the Ukrainian government in a significant way.
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India Joins Big Tech Companies As They Announce Expansion of Green Technologies at World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum and leaders of some of the world’s largest businesses have announced to expand a partnership to promote green technologies. Sweden, India, Japan, Denmark, the United Kingdom and other countries also joined the initiative.
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Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat Join World Leaders to Issue Global Call to Protect Children Online
Internet giants, including social media apps Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat, joined several world leaders to issue a global call to better protect children online at a Paris summit on Thursday.
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COVID-19 Misinformation at US Public Forums Vexes Social Media Platforms, Big Tech
Videos of local government meetings have emerged as the latest vector of COVID-19 misinformation, broadcasting misleading claims about masks and vaccines to millions and creating new challenges for Internet platforms trying to balance the potential harm against the need for government openness.
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State-Actors Likely Behind Singapore Cyber-Attack: Experts
Singapore's health minister said the strike was "a deliberate, targeted, and well-planned cyber-attack and not the work of casual hackers or criminal gangs".
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Quick Heal Says Data of Over 6,000 Indian Firms Is Up for Sale on the Internet
The organisations whose services may be at risk are: UIDAI (Aadhaar), Idea Telecom, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Flipkart, and DRDO, among others.
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Reddit Change Sparks Concerns About US Government Spying
A change in the forum's transparency report suggests it may have been asked to give customer data to FBI investigators under a secretive government authority.
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States and Corporations Grab for Reins of the Internet
Governance of the Internet will be a high-profile topic at the ICANN 51 meeting that will continue through October 16 in Los Angeles.
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan Approves Law Tightening Internet Controls
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan approved a law tightening government control of the Internet and expanding the powers of the telecoms authority late on Thursday, part of the first legislative package he has effected as head of state.
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NSA leaker Edward Snowden says no chance of fair trial in US
Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who exposed the U.S. government's secret phone and Internet surveillance programs, said in an online forum on Monday that he could not get a fair trial in the United States.
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Al Qaeda leader calls for Arab Spring-style revolt in Pakistan
Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Pakistanis to revolt against their government and military in a video posted on the Internet on Friday, US monitors said. In a 10-minute speech uploaded to jihadist forums, Mr Zawahiri argued that the Pakistani authorities only represented US interests, according to a statement from SITE Intelligence G...
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US Needs 'Comprehensive Legislation' to Address AI Risks, Says Senate Majority Leader Schumer
US Senate Majority Chuck Schumer on Wednesday called for "comprehensive legislation" to advance and ensure safeguards on artificial intelligence (AI) and will hold a series of forums in later this year. "If the government doesn't step in, who will fill its place? Individuals and the private sector can't do the work of protecting our country," Schum...
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Governments, Internet Forums Lagging Behind in Regulating Big Tech Firms, MoS IT Says
Governments and Internet forums have lagged behind in setting up rules for Big Tech, according to Minister of State for Electronics and IT Raneev Chandrasekhar. The minister stated that safety and trust are core issues for the government to address because 1.2 billion Indians are going to use the Internet, adding that the government is slowly and s...
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IIT Gandhinagar Hosts Pre-Event Of India Internet Governance Forum 2022, Emphasizes On Multilingual Internet
The event included talks on internet governance, multilingual internet, and Universal Acceptance (UA) by subject experts.
-
IIT Gandhinagar To Host Pre-Event Of India Internet Governance Forum (IIGF) On December 2
The IIT Gandhinagar virtual and open-for-all event is lined-up with many scholarly talks by eminent subject experts of Computer Science and Engineering, Data Science, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) from industry and academia.
-
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Credits Advanced Cyber Capability for Identifying Russian Activities Against Ukraine
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said advanced cyber capabilities helped identify the Russian activities on the Ukranian infrastructure long before the attack. Speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, he mentioned how these signals helped the Ukrainian government in a significant way.
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India Joins Big Tech Companies As They Announce Expansion of Green Technologies at World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum and leaders of some of the world’s largest businesses have announced to expand a partnership to promote green technologies. Sweden, India, Japan, Denmark, the United Kingdom and other countries also joined the initiative.
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Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat Join World Leaders to Issue Global Call to Protect Children Online
Internet giants, including social media apps Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat, joined several world leaders to issue a global call to better protect children online at a Paris summit on Thursday.
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COVID-19 Misinformation at US Public Forums Vexes Social Media Platforms, Big Tech
Videos of local government meetings have emerged as the latest vector of COVID-19 misinformation, broadcasting misleading claims about masks and vaccines to millions and creating new challenges for Internet platforms trying to balance the potential harm against the need for government openness.
-
State-Actors Likely Behind Singapore Cyber-Attack: Experts
Singapore's health minister said the strike was "a deliberate, targeted, and well-planned cyber-attack and not the work of casual hackers or criminal gangs".
-
Quick Heal Says Data of Over 6,000 Indian Firms Is Up for Sale on the Internet
The organisations whose services may be at risk are: UIDAI (Aadhaar), Idea Telecom, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), Flipkart, and DRDO, among others.
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Reddit Change Sparks Concerns About US Government Spying
A change in the forum's transparency report suggests it may have been asked to give customer data to FBI investigators under a secretive government authority.
-
States and Corporations Grab for Reins of the Internet
Governance of the Internet will be a high-profile topic at the ICANN 51 meeting that will continue through October 16 in Los Angeles.
-
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan Approves Law Tightening Internet Controls
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan approved a law tightening government control of the Internet and expanding the powers of the telecoms authority late on Thursday, part of the first legislative package he has effected as head of state.
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NSA leaker Edward Snowden says no chance of fair trial in US
Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who exposed the U.S. government's secret phone and Internet surveillance programs, said in an online forum on Monday that he could not get a fair trial in the United States.
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Al Qaeda leader calls for Arab Spring-style revolt in Pakistan
Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Pakistanis to revolt against their government and military in a video posted on the Internet on Friday, US monitors said. In a 10-minute speech uploaded to jihadist forums, Mr Zawahiri argued that the Pakistani authorities only represented US interests, according to a statement from SITE Intelligence G...
