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<p style="margin:0px; text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; line-height:115%; font-family:""",serif; font-size:12pt">This week, The World Bank has priced the world’s first public bond created and managed using only
blockchain in a A$100 million ($73.16 million) deal designed to test how the technology might improve decades-old bond sales practices.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-size:12pt"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; line-height:115%; font-family:""",serif; font-size:12pt">Over 30 officials from the Group of 20 (G20) met Thursday in Argentina to discuss the digital economy.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-size:12pt"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-size:12pt">The EU’s new data privacy law has put a small army of tech firms that track people online
in jeopardy and is strengthening the hand of companies such as Google and Facebook in the €173bn global digital advertising industry.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; line-height:115%; font-size:12pt">
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<p style="margin:0px; text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:black; line-height:115%; font-family:""",serif; font-size:12pt">Russian telecoms operators have proposed legislation that would oblige foreign Internet
companies to share the financial burden of a new law on storing data in the country, a draft bill seen by Reuters shows.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:black; line-height:115%; font-family:""",serif; font-size:12pt">On artificial intelligence, “The Israel-India Industrial R&D and Technological Innovation
Fund (I4F) has announced its first project. This India-Israel fund will provide $40 million for joint projects over the next five years. </span></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:black; line-height:115%; font-family:""",serif; font-size:12pt">On fake news, Google has deleted 58 accounts with ties to Iran from YouTube and other
sites, the company said in a blog post.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:black; line-height:115%; font-size:12pt"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:black; line-height:115%; font-family:""",serif; font-size:12pt"></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:black; line-height:115%; font-family:""",serif; font-size:12pt">Facebook and Twitter have taken down hundreds of fake accounts and pages linked to Iran
and Russia after finding a series of campaigns aimed at meddling in UK and US politics</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:black; line-height:115%; font-family:""",serif; font-size:12pt">According to the Chinese government, 802 million people are now actively using the internet, 57.7
percent of the population. By comparison, the United States has an estimated 300 million internet users.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:black; line-height:115%; font-family:""",serif; font-size:12pt">WhatsApp has rejected India's demand for a solution to track the origin of messages on
its platform saying building traceability would undermine end-to-end encryption and affect protection for users.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px; text-align:justify; line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="margin:0px; color:black; line-height:115%; font-family:""",serif; font-size:12pt">Below, find
sources and more informations on those topics and events.</span></span><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">World Bank launches word first blockchain bond</p>
<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><a class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk182718" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-worldbank-cba-blockchain/world-bank-launches-world-first-blockchain-bond-idUSKCN1L80DP" previewremoved="true">https://www.reuters.com/article/us-worldbank-cba-blockchain/world-bank-launches-world-first-blockchain-bond-idUSKCN1L80DP</a><br>
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<p style="">G20 delegates meet in Argentina to discuss digital economy<br style="">
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<p style=""><a class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk391130" style="" href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/24/c_137415312.htm" previewremoved="true">http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-08/24/c_137415312.htm</a><br style="">
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Google deletes 58 accounts with ties to Iran from YouTube and other sites</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><a class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk852736" href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/23/google-deletes-58-accounts-with-ties-to-iran-from-youtube-and-other-sites.html" previewremoved="true">https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/23/google-deletes-58-accounts-with-ties-to-iran-from-youtube-and-other-sites.html</a><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Facebook and Twitter delete hundreds of fake accounts linked to Iran and Russia</p>
<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><a class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk233020" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/08/22/facebook-twitter-delete-hundreds-fake-accounts-linked-iran-russia/" previewremoved="true">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/08/22/facebook-twitter-delete-hundreds-fake-accounts-linked-iran-russia/</a><br>
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India-Israel foster Tech ties</p>
<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><a class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk138621" href="https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/regional/india-israel-fund-fosters-robotics-geopolitics/" previewremoved="true">https://www.roboticsbusinessreview.com/regional/india-israel-fund-fosters-robotics-geopolitics/</a><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Russia telcos press for foreign internet companies to pay for data storage</p>
<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><a class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk557622" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-technology-dataprotection/russian-telcos-press-for-foreign-internet-companies-to-pay-for-data-storage-idUSKCN1L71SG" previewremoved="true">https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-technology-dataprotection/russian-telcos-press-for-foreign-internet-companies-to-pay-for-data-storage-idUSKCN1L71SG</a><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">Chian now boasts more than 800 million on internet users and 98 % of them are mobile</p>
<p style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0"><a class="x_OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk482274" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2018/08/23/china-now-boasts-more-than-800-million-internet-users-and-98-of-them-are-mobile-infographic/#10fa66917092" previewremoved="true">https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2018/08/23/china-now-boasts-more-than-800-million-internet-users-and-98-of-them-are-mobile-infographic/#10fa66917092</a><br>
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</i></span></span></span></font>Mamadou LO</b><br>
Chef du D??partement Communication et Information Documentaire<br>
Head of Communication and Information Department<br>
Cr??dit Agricole S??n??gal<br>
Tel : 221 77 645 59 57<br>
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