[fellowships-alumni] IG Weekly Brief : Brazil's IG reform project; Africa-South America submarine cable; Yandex to partner with Sberbank; DRC to slowdown Internet; China's Internet crackdown; UK's data protection law; Talk Talk fined; failures on IoT projects; APIGA Academy

[Olévié Kouami]

Hi !
+1 @Wisdom.
It's certainly a frustration. When it's shutdown, it doesn't work at all.
But in this case, the Internet will properly work in text mode thank in
graphic one.
My 2 cents.
Olévié

Le 12 août 2017 14:31, "Wisdom Donkor" <wisdom.dk at gmail.com> a écrit :

> I will call the slowing down of internet as "internet frustration".
> One will frustrate the internet to make it look as if there is an issue
> with it.
> Government or institution deliberately are tightening the internet pipe to
> frustrate the flow of data.
>
> The shift is now moving away from internet shutdown to internet
> frustration where it doesn't seem like the internet is been shut down
> deliberately.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> On Saturday, August 12, 2017, Yazid AKANHO <000005822b0a832e-dmarc-
> request at listserv.syr.edu> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Mamadou for your report, keep it up.
>> I have a question regarding DRC officials who ordered telecom companies
>> to slowdown internet capacity for social media contents such as images and
>> videos: isn't it also a form of Internet shutdown?
>> Moreover, can slowing down internet access be treated as another form of
>> internet shutdown? As soon as it is particularly difficult for end users
>> to proof that bandwidth has been considerably reduced.
>>
>>
>> -- Prenez soin de vous car chaque jour est une vie. Yazid M. AKANHO
>> Mobile: (+229)97979910 <+229%2097%2097%2099%2010>
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>> blog: http://yakanho.beninois.net
>>
>>
>> Le Vendredi 11 août 2017 17h13, Mamadou LO <alfamamadou at HOTMAIL.COM> a
>> écrit :
>>
>>
>> *SUMMARY*
>>
>> This week, Brazilian telecom authorities reportedly launched a public
>> consultation on potential updates and modernization of the country's
>> internet governance framework with strong opposition from Civil Society.
>> On securtiy, Marcus Hutchins, who found a 'kill switch' for the WannaCry
>> ransomeware, arrested  in Las Vegas airport last week has now been
>> accused of helping to create and distribute the Kronos banking Trojan
>> <https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwi/pr/man-charged-his-role-creating-kronos-banking-trojan>
>> that was designed to steal funds from online bank accounts between July
>> 2014 and July 2015.
>> On infrastructure, the project of deploying the first submarine
>> telecommunication cable in the Sourh Atlantic linking Africa to South
>> America has been launched in Angola's capital Luanda. The project is expected
>> to be completed by the middle of 2018.
>> On access, Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have ordered
>> telecom companies to slowdown internet capacity for social media contents
>> such as images and videos.
>> On e-commerce, Russia's largest lender Sberbank and Internet company
>> Yandex signed a non-binding contract to form a joint venture to develop an
>> e-commerce ecosystem, the companies said in a statement Wednesday.
>> On censorship, China has launched an internet crackdown to stop users
>> bypassing the country's "Great Firewall", "a sophisticated censorship
>> system that blocks Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
>> <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/social-media-bingeing-as-bad-as-junk-food-parents-warned-childrens-commissioner-anne-longfield-a7879066.html>,
>> among other sites". Also, China’s online watchdog has launched an
>> investigation into reports of multiple violations at news services run by
>> Tencent; Baidu and Weibo, as the government continues to tighten scrutiny
>> over internet content.
>> On data protection, The British government has published its statement
>> of intent regarding the country’s data protection laws wich will align
>> with the EU's forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation. Otherwise,
>> TalkTalk has been issued with another fine for failing to look after
>> customers’ data, 10 months after being hit with a record fine of £400,000
>> <http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450400451/TalkTalk-hit-by-record-400000-fine-over-data-breach>
>> .
>> On Internet of Things, new survey by Cisco found that one-third of all
>> completed IoT projects were not considered a success
>> <https://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?type=webcontent&articleId=1847422>.
>>
>> As for event, we note the Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy.
>> Below, informations on those subjects and events as well as documents on
>> Cyber geopolitics, domain name, net  neutrality..
>>
>> See review here
>> http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profiles/blogs/ig-
>> weekly-brief-brazil-s-ig-reform-project-africa-south-america
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> *WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)*
> E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist
> ICANN Fellow / Member, UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member,
> Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member,
> OGP Open Data WG Member, GODAN Memember, ITAG Member
> Email: wisdom.dk at gmail.com
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