Today is a day of action to protect global internet freedom. On December 3rd, the world’s governments will meet to update a key treaty of a UN agency called the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)...
The largest initial public offering by a Russian company since 2010 won't involve an oil and gas conglomerate, a new internet property or a gadget maker. Rather, the hype surrounding the IPO of Russia's MegaFon signals the...
The ITU, at the center of a firestorm over new efforts to regulate the Internet, is preparing a social media campaign to target what it expects will be fierce opposition...
Government requests for so-called "lawful access" to user data are trending in both democratic and non-democratic nations, presenting one of the greatest challenges for the protection of fundamental rights...
After an Android phone app that allows Zambians to participate in the on-going constitution writing process was developed this year, a couple of other apps, Zambia News Daily and The Zambian which collate news about the country from a number of online...
Thanks to social networks, grassroots relief efforts scaled quickly and efficiently in Sandy's aftermath, giving them a bigger presence in many places than even...
A flurry of activity in the US Congress and the Oval Office could alter the privacy rights and cybersecurity of users in the US and abroad for decades to come. It also presents an opportunity to limit the military's growing reach over cyberspace...
Some of us have pledged our allegiance to Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, or Facebook: These vendors are becoming our lords, and we are becoming their vassals. In this "feudal" model of computing, we give up a certain amount of control...
