Internet Governance Update :ICANN 63; United Nations Data Forum; U.N Digital Economy Forum; UK, US to Sign Accord on AI, Cybersecurity; Europe and US on digital tax; Internet access has slowed; Tim COOK backs GDPR; cyber geopolitics

[Akinremi Peter Taiwo]

Thanks Mamadou.
Very interesting piece of work.

Regards.
Peter

On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 5:28 PM Mamadou LO <alfamamadou at hotmail.com> wrote:

> This week, “With 80 interactive discussion panels and more than 400 global
> speakers, the second edition of the United Nations
> <https://www.urdupoint.com/en/latest-news/united-nations.html> Data Forum
> 2018 <https://www.urdupoint.com/en/latest-news/2018.html> discussed
> harnessing the data revolution for sustainable development and improving
> the use of data and statistics to achieve change towards a better future
> for human communities in line with the SDGs 2030”.
> https://www.urdupoint.com/en/middle-east/un-world-data-forum-2018-launched-in-dubai-462042.html
>
> “The United Nations 2018 World Digital Economy Forum was held at the
> United Nations Headquarters in Geneva. UN Secretary-General Guterres,
> current presidents, prime ministers, ministers and other political figures
> from many countries around the world, senior executives of the global 500
> companies, top investors and entrepreneurs attended the summit”.
> https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/plus-token-co-founder-leo-attended-the-united-nations-world-digital-economy-forum-and-met-with-global-blockchain-technology-experts/ Moreover,
> “Investment is needed in hard infrastructure like roads and broadband
> connections in developing countries if they are to prosper in the new
> digital economy and attain the Sustainable Development Goals, speakers said
> at the
>
> World Investment Forum’s Global Leaders Investment Summit
> <http://worldinvestmentforum.unctad.org/session/global-leaders-investment-summit-ii/>on
> 24 October”.
> https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=1895
> On taxation, “Europe has talked long enough about whether to make internet
> giants like Googl e, Apple and Facebook pay more taxes and it is time for
> a decision, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday.
> “Enough of talking. Enough words. Enough excuses!” Le Maire said in an
> interview with Public Senat TV. “What’s getting in the way, as always in
> Europe, is a lack of political will. All the technical issues have been
> resolved.”
> https://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-tax-digital-france/enough-excuses-frances-le-maire-grows-impatient-over-gafa-tax-idUSKCN1MS1AM
> Also, “a new tax on technology giants such as Facebook, Amazon and Google
> could raise £4.4bn a year across Europe, an EU commissioner has said...”
>
> Find review in full here :
> https://gouvernanceinternet.wordpress.com/2018/10/26/internet-governance-update-icann-63-united-nations-data-forum-u-n-digital-economy-forum-uk-us-to-sign-accord-on-ai-cybersecurity-europe-and-us-on-digital-tax-internet-access-has-slowed-tim-c/
>
>

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