SUMMARY! This week, “the Cybersecurity Tech Accord endorses the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS<https://www.manrs.org/>), an initiative launched in 2014 by a group of network operators and managed by the Internet Society. The Cybersecurity Tech Accord is a commitment among more than 40 global companies to protect and empower civilians online and to improve the security, stability and resilience of the Internet.”
On digital cooperation, “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it will bolster collaboration with the private sector to defend the nation against cyber attacks by working more closely with industry to combat emerging threats.” On privacy and data protection, Internet users must ask for a photographer’s permission before publishing their images, even if the photos were already freely accessible elsewhere online, the European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday.“ The posting on a website of a photograph that was freely accessible on another website with the consent of the author requires a new authorisation by that author,” the EU’s top court said in a statement<https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2018-08/cp180123en.pdf>. More than two months after the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR<https://martechtoday.com/guide/gdpr-the-general-data-protection-regulation>) went into effect, Nieman Labs is reporting<http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/08/more-than-1000-u-s-news-sites-are-still-unavailable-in-europe-two-months-after-gdpr-took-effect/> that more than 1,000 US news websites are blocking European Union (EU) users rather than complying with consent rules<https://gdpr-info.eu/art-7-gdpr/> under the new European legislation. "A Paris court on Thursday ordered Twitter to change its smallprint, according to a consumer group which accused the tech giant of having "abusive" clauses in its terms and conditions." "A German appeal's court has rejected a bid from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), to force a domain name registrar in the country to collect additional personal data" On freedom of expression, authorities have shut off Internet access in eastern Ethiopia amid an outbreak of violence there, residents said on Wednesday. On child online protection, "a German court has jailed a couple for repeatedly sexually abusing their young son and selling him to paedophiles online for more than two years". Below, more informations and sources for those subjects and events. Report: 1/3 of top US new sites block EU users rather than comply with GDPR https://martechtoday.com/report-1-3-of-top-us-news-sites-block-eu-users-rather-than-comply-with-gdpr-219393 U.S seeks more cooperation with private sector to fight cyber attacks https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/08/01/496636.htm EU Court rules online photos can't be used without permission http://www.divephotoguide.com/underwater-photography-scuba-ocean-news/eu-court-rules-online-photos-cannot-used-without-permission/ French court orders Twitter to change smallprint after privacy case http://www.france24.com/en/20180810-french-court-orders-twitter-change-smallprint-after-privacy-case ICANN loses injunction bid to in dispute after WHOIS data in Germany https://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2018/august/icann-injunction-bid-loss-whois-germany/ German Couple jailed for selling son to pédophiles on darknet https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2018/0807/983567-german-darknet-child-abuse/
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