Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been the key topic of a political and financial scandal for many months. He just announced that he could ban Facebook and YouTube in Turkey after the municipal elections i.e. on March30th, in a TV interview broadcast on March 7th. Indeed he announced on a private Turkish TV
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American people held on February 11th a day of protest to show their opposition to the permanent and pernicious surveillance set up by their government and the NSA: it is called The Day We Fight Back. This action was initially launched by the group Demand Progress which fights against Internet censorship. This also brought together
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On February 21st, Apple unveiled a huge security hole in its mobile devices software. So if you have used an open WiFi connection in a cafe, a hotel or an airport … someone could sneak into the electronic exchanges you had with your iPhone or iPad and then access to some information which you though
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While being in a deep political crisis, the Venezuelan government has begun to implement a stronger cybercensorship, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. This censorship would apply particularly in areas where the fights between the rebel students and the police are more violent. In a country where the media are controlled by the authorities ,
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Turkish users keep on talking about the Internet censorship. But the most controversial part of the new law about the Internet, which allows specific sites to be blocked without justice’s approval, may be amended. Turkish President Abdullah Gül almost immediately lost 80,000 followers on his Twitter account in protest of the green light he gave
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The overall cost of cyberattacks for businesses in 2013 is estimated to € 300 billion. Here are the 10 key trends in cybersecurity and cybercrime that rose in 2013 and should be closely monitored in 2014. – Governements’ art of espionage A U.S. IT security publisher report in 2013 has lifted the veil on cyber-espionage
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The Dutch justice is to allow two Internet service providers not to block access to P2P website The Pirate Bay . “The Ziggo and XS4All providers cannot be forced to block The Pirate Bay,” said the Court of Appeal of The Hague in a statement: “the Court proceeded on the basis that such a large
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Cyberattacks are increasing, via internet scams are becoming more sophisticated as criminals are refining their attacks like true professionals : Cybercrime has never been so heavy and menacing , while specialists are struggling to determine its extent. “Cybercrime statistics are not operating. Sometimes you multiply these numbers by ten, because people are not aware of
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Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Apple … want to regain their users’ trust and have recently published the number of applications filed by the NSA, a first since Edward Snowden revelations. This comes after U.S. authorities, a week earlier, as desired President Obama, have allowed these companies to disclose more information about monitoring their users by
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The BBC will be offering six simultaneous live streams for you not to miss any of your favorite Winter Olympics Sports. A chance to enjoy the Sochi Games without limits! But… you have to be based in the UK to watch the BBC stream and to enjoy a full coverage of the Winter Olympics Games.
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