Hi all! For your documentation, kindly find our weekly web review on Internet Governance<https://gouvernanceinternet.wordpress.com/2019/10/11/internet-governance-weekly-brief-cryptocurrency-content-privacy-data-protection-cybercrime-surveillance-cyber-geopolitics-blockchain-infrastructure-internet-resources-digital-ident/> with some main titles featured below. Cordially =================================================================== CRYPTOCURRENCY • UNICEF launches Cryptocurrency Fund • Paypal pulls out of Facebook Libra’s cryptocurrency • Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Congress on Facebook’s libra cryptocurrency • Central bank says Libra must operate like a bank if it’s to launch in UK CONTENT • Europe : Commission launches call to create the European Digital Media Observatory" • Fighting Terrorism Online: EU Internet Forum committed to an EU-wide Crisis Protocol • Russia and China to Sign Agreement on Combating Illegal Online Content • Russian and North Korean state media join forces to fight 'fake news' • Halle gunman posted video on Twitch livestream platform • China and Taiwan go to war over Wikipedia edits as hundreds of changes to description of the island territory are uncovered • Egypt Curbs Online Dissent With Street Searches: ‘He Asked to See My Phone’ • Thailand arrests man amid #royalmotorcade controversy PRIVACY – DATA PROTECTION • First Data Access Agreement under the CLOUD Act signed by UK and US • Twitter apologises for using personal information to advertise to users • Apple pulls Hong Kong police-evasion map from its app store, in latest corporate bow to China CYBERCRIME • European Union Finds Ransomware Is Top Cybercrime • FBI investigating if attempted 2018 voting app hack was linked to Michigan college course • US to help secure Baltic energy grid against cyber-attacks • MITIGATING RECENT VPN VULNERABILITIES • Iranian hackers targeted US 2020 campaign, says Microsoft • Qatar affirms commitment to combating cybercrimes SURVEILLANCE • FBI’s Foreign Surveillance Program Violated Americans’ Civil Liberties, FISA Court Finds CYBER GEOPOLITICS • Russia used social media to support Trump in 2016 at direction of Kremlin, Senate intelligence report says • “Five US Republican Senators have written Microsoft President Brad Smith to telling him he's underestimating the security threat • “Nordic countries deepen collaboration with Estonia-based cyber security operation” • EU and Cuba agree to collaborate more in favor of women’s rights and access to Internet BLOCKCHAIN • “EU publishes report on latest trends in blockchain technology” INFRASTRUCTURE • Member states publish report on EU-coordinated risk assessment of 5G network security INTERNET RESOURCES • Australian-based EU citizens to get access to .eu domains DIGITAL IDENTITY • US : New Department of Homeland Security biometrics system will identify people by scars, tattoos and palm prints
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