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www.itu.int www.itu.int
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The Kigali conference revised Resolution 55 on mainstreaming a gender perspective in ITU to enhance women’s empowerment through telecommunications/ICTs to encourage Member States to have gender parity in their delegations to ITU-D activities to help solve the issue of under representation of women
Gender: Revision of Res 55
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SeveralpledgesweremadedirectlyinsupportofITUprojects,including
Pledges by govs and development agencies (GIZ, UK, UAE...)
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Thefirst-everITUPartner2Connect (P2C) Digital DevelopmentRoundtablewas heldon7-9June2022asanintegralpartofWTDC-22.Atthetimeofthiswriting(13June2022),374pledges had been announced, representinganestimatedvalueofUSD24.5billion.Thedriveforuniversalandmeaningfulconnectivityrepresentedinthesepledgesisexpectedtobenefitbillionsofpeoplearoundtheworld,especiallyindevelopingcountries.
Partner2Connect roundtable and Digital Coalition
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The digital divide continues to be a challenge, particularly for the LDCs, LLDCs, and SIDS. In response to this challenge, in September 2021 at the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, ITU launched the Partner2Connect (P2C) Digital Coalition, a multistakeholder alliance to foster meaningful connectivity and digital transformation globally. Launched in close cooperation with the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology, and in line withthe United Nations Secretary General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation, P2C provides a leadership platform to mobilize and announce new resources, partnerships and commitments around four focus areas:
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Interesting that North Africa scores as the least expensive region when it comes to the average costs of 1GB of mobile data. But the ranking is solely based on the costs, without measuring what that cost means relative to incomes within regions.
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A Bolsonaro reelection poses biggest threat to Brazilian press freedom, says RSF
TITLE: Election campaign and online attacks pose threat to Brazilian press freedom
CONTENT: The image of the media by President Bolsonaro as an enemy of the state that must be stopped has always resonated strongly with his support base, which is well-organized on social media, but especially during this election campaign.
Since the campaign's launch on August 16th, RSF has carefully tracked (put this link on ‘carefully tracked’: https://rsf.org/en/press-under-pressure-brazil-rsf-analyzes-online-attacks-against-journalists-during-presidential ) these online attacks and has recorded no less than 2.8 million posts that target and degrade journalists.
In terms of direct assaults, 86% of victims were female journalists. The president's family and government officials, who have millions of followers on social media, have shared the vast majority of this offensive material.
LINK: https://rsf.org/en/bolsonaro-reelection-poses-biggest-threat-brazilian-press-freedom-says-rsf
EXCERPT: RSF has recorded more than 2.8 million posts that target and degrade journalists in Brazil since the beginning of election campaign.
TOPIC: Freedom of the press
DATE: 30.09.
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common sense is not one precise thing, and therefore cannot be easily defined by rules
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Common sense is different from intelligence in that it is usually something innate and natural to humans that helps them navigate daily life, and cannot really be taught.
common sense vs intelligence
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thenextweb.com thenextweb.com
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but research seems to show that combining synthetic data with real data gives statistically sound results
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Synthetic data can give smaller players the opportunity to turn the tables.
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it can reduce biased outcomes
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it can protect privacy and copyright
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he synthetic data comes perfectly labeled
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it’s easier to collect way more of it
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Synthetic data, however it is produced, offers a number of very concrete advantages over using real world data.
advantages of synthetic data
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There are a couple of ways this synthetic data generation happens
How synthetic data is produced.
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www.infosecurity-magazine.com www.infosecurity-magazine.com
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Lazarus-Associated Hackers Weaponize Open-Source Tools Against Several Countries
TITLE: Lazarus hacker group weaponize open-source software against several countries
CONTENT: Legitimate open-source software has been weaponized by threat actors connected to North Korea and is now being used to target personnel in businesses from a variety of industries.
The information was obtained by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC), which on Thursday released a warning about the threat.
The Lazarus Group, also known as the actor Microsoft tracks as Zinc, is said to have carried out the attacks, the technical write-up stated.
According to the advisory, Zinc has successfully compromised numerous organizations in the media, defense and aerospace, and information technology sectors in the United States, United Kingdom, India, and Russia.
EXCERPT: Open-source software has been weaponized by threat actors connected to North Korea. The Lazarus Group, also known as the actor Microsoft tracks as Zinc, is said to have carried out the attacks. Targets include media, defense and aerospace, and information technology sectors in the United States, UK, India, and Russia.
LINK: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/lazarus-group-weaponize-open/
TOPIC: Cyberconflict and warfare, Cybercrime
DATE: 30.09.
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- Sep 2022
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www.eeas.europa.eu www.eeas.europa.eu
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TITLE: 54 countries outline support for human-centric approach at the core of standardisation and connectivity
CONTENT: In a joint statement delivered during the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Plenipotentiary Conference, 54 countries endeavoured to promote 'a human rights-based approach to the whole life cycle of telecommunication/ICT technologies – including design, development, deployment, use and disposal - as part of a human-centric vision of the digital transformation, including in international standard-setting processes'. The countries encouraged the ITU to work with other standard development organisations to develop international technical standards are consistent with exiting international frameworks on human rights and fundamental freedoms. It also called on the organisation to intensify efforts to make its procedures more transparent and accessible, including to organisations active on human rights aspects of telecommunications/ICTs. Among the signatory countries were the 27 EU member states, Australia, Canada, Ghana, Chile, Japan, Rwanda, Switzerland, the UK, and others.
TOPICS: digital standards, human rights principles
DATE: 26 September 2022
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TITLE: GSMA, IBM, and Vodafone launch Post-Quantum Telco Network Taskforce
CONTENT: GSMA, IBM, and Vodafone have launched a Post-Quantum Telco Network Taskforce to contribute to the definition of policies, regulations, and business processes for the protection of telecommunication in the context of advanced quantum computing. According to GSMA, the taskforce will help define requirements, identify dependencies, and create the roadmap to implement quantum-safe networking, mitigating the risks associated with future, more-powerful quantum computers. Activities to be undertaken by the taskforce will focus on three areas: (a) strategy: integrating quantum-safe capabilities into telecom network operators’ technology, business processes; and security; (b) standardisation: identifying the needs and common alignments for the integration of quantum-safe capabilities into existing telecom networks; and (c) policy: advising on public policy, regulation, and compliance matters.
TOPICS: Telecom infra, emerging tech
TRENDS: Quantum
DATE: 28 September 2022
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www.reuters.com www.reuters.com
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Vietnam preparing rules to limit news posts on social media accounts - sources
TITLE: Vietnam is working on a new set of rules to restrict news posts on social media accounts
CONTENT: According to Reuters, Vietnam is preparing new rules that will restrict which social media accounts can post news-related content, as authorities tighten their grip on the country's news and information sources.
The regulations would create a legal foundation for regulating news distribution on platforms such as Facebook and YouTube.
The sources confirmed that government officials have been holding confidential meetings with popular social media and internet firms to brief them on which types of accounts will be allowed to post news content under the new rules. According to them, authorities will be able to order social media companies to ban accounts that violate the rules.
The rules are anticipated to be announced before the end of the year, with specifics still being worked out.
TOPIC: Freedom of expression
DATE: 29.09.
EXCERPT: Vietnam is preparing new rules that will restrict which social media accounts can post news-related content, as authorities tighten their grip on the country's news and information sources. If the rules are announced, authorities will be able to order social media companies to ban accounts that violate the rules.
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www.ohchr.org www.ohchr.org
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Human Rights Council Holds Annual Discussion on the Integration of the Gender Perspective, Focusing on Overcoming Gender-Based Barriers to Freedom of Opinion and Expression
TITLE: HR Council’s annual debate on gender-based barriers to freedom of opinion and expression: online aspects
CONTENT: The Human Rights Council held its annual debate on the incorporation of a gender perspective, with the focus on overcoming gender-based barriers to freedom of opinion and expression.
Gender-based online violence against journalists, according to Julie Posetti of the International Centre for Journalists, is one of the most serious contemporary threats to press freedom and the safety of women journalists worldwide. Individual political actors and parties have been identified as perpetrators, instigators, and amplifiers of online violence against female journalists in many countries.
Irene Khan, Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression said that states must not use efforts to eradicate online violence, gendered hate speech, and disinformation as an excuse to limit free expression.
During the discussion that followed, speakers stated that online discrimination plays a role in censoring and silencing the voices of women and girls.
TOPIC: Gender rights online, Freedom of expression, Freedom of the press
EXCERPT: Human Rights Council held its annual debate on the incorporation of a gender perspective. The focus was on overcoming gender-based barriers to freedom of opinion and expression. Gender-based online violence against journalists is one of the most serious contemporary threats to press freedom, and states must not use efforts to eradicate online violence, gendered hate speech, and disinformation as an excuse to limit free expression.
DATE: 28.09.
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www.berggruen.org www.berggruen.org
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conceptual break with traditional human-centered understandings of the world and its politics.
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but with the biogeochemical processes of the Earth itself.
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do not care about our borders and political divisions
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require processes and institutions that are inherently planetary in scale and scope.
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www.fbcnews.com.fj www.fbcnews.com.fj
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Women more vulnerable on cyber space: FWRM
TITLE: Fiji Women’s Rights Movement claims that women are more vulnerable to online violence
CONTENT: Nalini Singh, Executive Director of the Fiji Women's Rights Movement, made remarks on gender rights in cyberspace, while praising the government's intention to join the Convention on Cyber Crime.
According to Singh, cybercrime should not be approached from a gender-neutral standpoint.
She claims that women who have regular access to online spaces are more vulnerable to online violence. Singh also states that dissecting how cybercrime occurs can help the state respond more effectively.
LINK: https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/women-more-vulnerable-on-cyber-space-fwrm/
DATE: 28.09.
EXCERPT: Nalini Singh, Executive Director of the Fiji Women's Rights Movement made remarks on gender rights in cyberspace. She claims that women who have regular access to online spaces are more vulnerable to online violence.
TOPIC: Gender rights online
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Indonesian activists deplore latest cyberattack as ‘assault on press freedom’
TITLE: Indonesian advocates condemn latest cyberattack on press freedom
CONTENT: Indonesian advocates have condemned a series of widespread and coordinated cyberattacks on journalists and employees of the state’s media company Narasi and urged police to act immediately. This media company is known for its criticism of the government.
The attacks aimed to take control of its employees' Telegram, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter accounts, states the head of newsroom, Laban Laisila.
Advocates condemned the attack on press freedom and urged law enforcement not to take sides when dealing with cyberattacks.
Discrepancy between the way law treated cyberattacks involving state or government institutions and those involving the press is noticeable.
EXCERPT: Indonesian advocates have condemned a series of widespread and coordinated cyberattacks on journalists and employees of the state's media company Narasi. This media company is known for its criticism of the government. Press freedom is at stake as the country deals with cyberattacks differently depending on whether they occurred against the government than against the press.
DATE: 28.09.
TOPIC: Freedom of the press, Cybercrime
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www.bleepingcomputer.com www.bleepingcomputer.com
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Meta dismantles massive Russian network spoofing Western news sites
TITLE: Meta takes down Russian network spoofing Western news sites
CONTENT: According to Meta, it took down a vast network of Facebook and Instagram profiles spreading misinformation that had been spoofed on more than 60 websites across Europe.
The primarily targeted countries were Germany, France, Italy, Ukraine, and the U.K. Original articles were attacking Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees and suggesting that Western sanctions on Russia will backfire.
Meta said it succeeded to take down around thousands of Facebook and Instagram accounts, while stating that this is ‘the largest and most complex Russian-origin operation that we've disrupted since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.’
EXCERPT: Social media company Meta says it has disrupted 'the largest and most complex Russian-origin operation that we've disrupted since the beginning of the war in Ukraine'. The primarily targeted countries were Germany, France, Italy, Ukraine, and the U.K. Original articles were attacking Ukrainian refugees and suggesting that Western sanctions on Russia will backfire.
DATE: 27.09.
TOPIC: Cybersecurity, Cybercrime
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www.berggruen.org www.berggruen.org
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Berggruen Institute Books:
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openai.com openai.com
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Introducing Whisper
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Ukraine warns allies of Russian plans to escalate cyberattacks
TITLE: Ukrainian military intelligence warns allies of major upcoming Russian cyber-attacks
CONTENT: The key infrastructure of Ukraine and its allies will be the target of ‘major cyber-attacks,’ according to a warning issued today by the Ukrainian military intelligence service.
According to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (HUR MO), this upcoming ‘massive’ wave of strikes will likely target disrupting and destroying institutions and facilities related to the energy sector.
The Russian cyberattacks' most likely objective would also be to disrupt the Ukrainian Army's on-going advance and heighten the destruction caused by missile strikes against the country's eastern and southern energy supply facilities.
EXCERPT: 'Major cyber-attacks' will target key infrastructure of Ukraine and its allies, warns Ukrainian military intelligence service. Main objective would be to disrupt the Ukrainian Army's advance and heighten destruction caused by missile strikes against the country's eastern and southern energy supply facilities.
DATE: 26.09.2022.
TREND: Ukraine
TOPIC: Cyberconflict and warfare
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RSF calls on Azerbaijan to end online harassment of Swedish journalist
TITLE: RSF urges Azerbaijan to stop harassing Swedish journalist online
CONTENT: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) demands that supporters of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stop smearing Swedish freelance journalist Rasmus Canbäck, particularly on Twitter.
Canbäck has been called a ‘Islamophobe,’ a ‘terrorist,’ a ‘spy,’ and ‘funded by the Armenian lobby’ on Twitter as a result of his articles about Azerbaijan, particularly for the online magazine Blankspot. He has been writing about Nagorno-Karabakh, a region with an Armenian majority where a long-running conflict has recently resurfaced, as well as Azerbaijan's alleged use of bribes in its ‘caviar diplomacy’ and lobbying.
According to RSF, Canbäck's account was mentioned in nearly 900 tweets between September 1 and September 21. Therefore, RSF also requests that Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde remind Azerbaijan's Ambassador Ahmadov to maintain press freedom and journalistic independence. Nevertheless, Ambassador himself participated in the online harassment.
TOPIC: Freedom of the press
LINK: https://rsf.org/en/rsf-calls-azerbaijan-end-online-harassment-swedish-journalist
DATE: 23.09.2022.
EXCERPT: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) demands that supporters of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stop smearing Swedish freelance journalist Rasmus Canbäck, highlighting the one on Twitter. His account was mentioned in nearly 900 tweets between September 1 and September 21, and he suffers from online harassment in all of them. RSF also urges Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde to remind Azerbaijan's Ambassador Ahmadov to maintain press freedom and journalistic independence.
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Ukraine dismantles hacker gang that stole 30 million accounts
TITLE: The Security Service of Ukraine dismantles hacker group which stole around 30 mil. accounts
CONTENT: The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has dismantled a group of hackers who stole the accounts of nearly 30 million people and sold them on the dark web.
On victim systems in the European Union and Ukraine, the hackers deployed malware to steal login information and other sensitive data. Several hard drives containing stolen personal data, as well as computers, SIM cards, mobile phones, and flash drives, were discovered and confiscated during raids on the perpetrators' homes in Lviv, Ukraine.
Although the number of people detained is still unknown, they are all being prosecuted on criminal accusations related to the illegal sale or dissemination of information with restricted access kept in computers and networks. Sentences for these offenses carry long prison terms.
Since the first days of the Russian invasion, spreading false information about the conflict has become common throughout Ukraine. Misinformation and deception are still flooding the internet.
EXCERPT: The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has dismantled a group of hackers. They stole the accounts of nearly 30 million people and sold them on the dark web. Hard drives containing stolen personal data, as well as computers, SIM cards, mobile phones, and flash drives were all discovered and confiscated during raids in Lviv. The number of detained people remains unknown, but sentences for the offenses in question will be quite long.
DATE: 23.09.2022.
TOPIC: Cybercrime, Cyberconflict and warfare
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www.ohchr.org www.ohchr.org
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The experts also called attention to the radical impact of digital technologies on any humanitarian response. They highlighted the dependence on digital identity programs – particularly the collection of sensitive biometric data as a condition to access humanitarian aid – despite dangers to human rights as illustrated recently in breaches, data loss, and the exclusion of at-risk communities. They implored humanitarian actors to account for human rights impacts to ensure that digital solutions do not cause further harm to those most vulnerable.
This is an interesting epistemological challenge: how to link this notion on humanitarian issues to digital identity and human rights.
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www.futuregrasp.com www.futuregrasp.com
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a unique holistic view of technology and deep experience in multiple genres of research communities
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curator.diplomacy.edu curator.diplomacy.edu
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researchers at the Stanford Internet Observatory determined that the web of accounts—on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and five other social-media platforms—had been promoting pro-Western narratives, posting in Russian, Arabic and Farsi. The researchers characterise it as “the most extensive case of covert Western influence operations…analysed by open-source researchers to date.”
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Governments in Latin America, Africa and South-East Asia have avoided condemning Russia not because they buy tales of Ukrainian neo-Nazis, but because they want Russia’s guns, oil and grain. Traditions of nonalignment and resentment towards the West exist independently of Russian propaganda.
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And while eyeballs may be a “necessary precondition” for effectiveness, “high engagement doesn’t necessarily translate into effectiveness,” notes Ms Grossman
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In a poll of six African countries commissioned by The Economist earlier this year, support for Russia’s invasion was strongest in Mali and Ivory Coast.
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“Russia is very effective at building on sentiments that already exist,”
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The five permanent members (America, Britain, China, France and Russia) should wield their veto only in “rare, extraordinary situations”, Mr Biden said
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On global health, Mr Biden pledged help to ensure the world is better prepared to confront the next pandemic
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food security
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The second part of the West’s strategy is to mitigate the repercussions of the war
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First, Mr Biden softened his long-standing division of the world into rival camps of democracies against autocracies.
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“Ukraine fatigue”,
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“I have come to say that Africa has suffered enough of the burden of history; that it does not want to be the breeding ground of a new cold war,” said Macky Sall, the president of Senegal and current chairman of the African Union. Like others, he managed to bemoan the impact of the Ukraine war without mentioning Russia. He urged de-escalation, a ceasefire and a negotiated solution.
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Eastern Europeans are keen on enlargement, but also want to keep the veto, particularly in matters of foreign policy, where they do not trust France or Germany
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Hungary (along with Poland) is currently not receiving any of the pandemic cash, specifically because of its rule-of-law shortcomings
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The Luxembourg Compromise protects against federalist overreach. The Reverse Luxembourg would protect Europe from diplomatic blackmail.
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But because the proposal to move away from unanimity itself requires unanimity, it is unlikely to go anywhere.
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threatening to kibosh Europe’s participation in a global corporate-tax deal.
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This includes anything relating to defence and foreign policy, enlargement, taxation and policing.
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But in several policy areas unanimity among member states is still needed
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Most eu business now is agreed by a qualified majority of countries.
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This article is interesting for a few reasons:
Firstly, it introduces 'planetary' into the policy language; after term 'globalisation' got tired and 'tainted', planetary is new term. Thus be prepared for digital planetarisation, cyber planteraism, etc.
Secondly, authors are trying to revitalise some western concepts (humantiarian intervention) via Chinese philosophical concepts
Thirdly, we are preparing cooperaiton with Berggruen Institute. I started annotating their text in order to see their thinking.
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the notion of limited sovereignty, the conception of just war, the obligation of states to exercise self-restraint in the use of force, states’ obligation to protect human dignity and human rights, the legitimacy of humanitarian intervention, and the role and responsibility of the dominant states in the maintenance of international peace
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to formulate a minimalist morality
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it must at once acknowledge the plurality of moral ideals that are defining of the world’s cultures,
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it is in clarifying the next phase of the discussion.
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Relationality is ontologically more basic than individuality.
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While new technologies and artificial intelligence can contribute to the emergence of a new geopolitical order, the human predicament today is fundamentally an ethical issue.
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now need to “de-colonize” themselves from the forms of knowledge imposed upon them by the West
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it also exerted a form of epistemic violence by imposing divisive ideas, particularly its ideas concerning nations, races, and gender.
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mechanism of transformational harmony.
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Zhao argues that the key to the Tianxia system lies in how, via its methods of “relational rationality” and “Confucian improvement,”14 it constitutes a world with no outsiders.
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Today’s China is a sovereign state and not Tianxia
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A looming Pax Sinica rivaling the Pax Americana, China is projecting its soft power and brandishing its culture around the world
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China does not seek to forcefully impose its worldview onto others
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It believes that each ethnic group and nation can have its own history, but just as in the end all streams return to the sea, ultimately all groups will submit willingly to a higher-order culture and its institutions
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It advocates ‘transformation’ and thus works by winning over the hearts of others instead of subduing them by force.
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First, Tianxia means the Earth under the sky, ‘all under heaven.’ Second, it refers to the general will of all peoples in the world, entailing a universal agreement. It involves the heart more than the mind, because the heart has feelings. And third, Tianxia is a universal system that is responsible for world order.
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This strategic shift towards coexistence is rational because it continues to produce positive payoffs when copied by other players.
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The ancient Chinese concept of Tianxia translates roughly as “all under heaven existing harmoniously.”
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Tianxia begins from an ecological understanding of international relations that acknowledges the mutuality and interdependence of all economic and political activity.
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The idea of Tianxia (天下) — conventionally translated as “all under heaven” — is a familiar term in everyday Chinese parlance that simply means “the world.” But Tianxiais also a geopolitical term found throughout canonical Chinese literature that has deeper philosophical and historical significance.
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for rethinking global governance and rebuilding trust in humanity’s shared future.
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a global consciousness — an awareness of our interdependence in addressing issues on a planetary scale
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inadequacy of our modern state system to respond effectively to a global crisis.
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Your first life begins about 300,000 years ago in Africa.
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If space should remain a shared resource with equitable access to the orbits and frequencies around Earth, there is a need for additional international regulation.
The main threat for limiting 'carrying capacity' of low earth orbit (LEO) is launching of commercial mega-constellations with thousands of satellites.
As space is over-exploited through the 'move fast and break things' approach of corporate sector, there are more and more risks, including:
- risk of collisions of increasingly busy outer space
- the light pollution as satellites may soon outnumber visible starts
- the threat of mega-constellations for environment.
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“move fast and break things” approach
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to place reasonable multilateral constraints
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International treaties have long recognised that nations must have equitable access to the orbits and frequencies around Earth.
What is international treaty that indicates 'equitable access to the orbits and frequencies'. Who regulates this?
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“carrying capacity” can help us assess how to best use the resource to benefit all.
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LEO is a shared natural resource
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the environmental footprint of each LEO constellation.
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total mass of the LEO mega-constellations has been increasing at an alarming rate.
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the light pollution caused by countless satellites may soon outnumber visible stars, interfering with optical and radio astronomy.
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crisis of debris in space
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a cascade of collisions,
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the over-exploitation of limited space resources
riks of over-exploitation
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Mega-constellations incorporating thousands, and soon tens of thousands, of satellites are crowding into low-Earth orbit, or LEO, and claiming the right to occupy it
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Space is a shared resource which must remain available to all nations.
Key principle.
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We need to be sure that the capacity to innovate — to be fully engaged in making the future — isn’t constrained by class, ethnicity or gender. That really would be disruptive.
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We need innovation that is accessible and organic — that is owned by the communities to which it matters and that’s adapted to local cultures, rather than being the whim of iconoclasts
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rather than recognize the dogged and meticulous hard work that makes for real innovation.
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The marketization of expertise over the past few decades has also created a climate in which expertise is taken to be something that can be treated like just another commodity.
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have had enough of experts,
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experts — at least the visible ones — are easily dismissed as being in hock to special interests, too, even by other elites.
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an image of expertise that we’ve inherited from the Victorians
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Innovation really is the work of multitudes, not singularities.
Good point
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Tesla failed
Tesla may failed individually (fortune), but he prevailed utimately. He lost 'battle' with Edison but wan the war of innovation on all fronts from electricity to wireless communcatin.
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that successful innovation requires collective effort.
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Russell’s Earthlings were Kuhnians to the aliens’ disruptive Popperians, we might say, and their example offers an antidote to our persistent habit of succumbing to Tesla Syndrome.
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“Legwork” might be fiction, but I think there’s something very human about the way the humans’ triumph over the disruptive aliens is portrayed as the ultimate application of teamwork.
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“Legwork” by the British writer Eric Frank Russell, a brilliant piece of post-war science fiction published in Astounding Science Fiction in 1956, serves as an exploration of the collective against the disruptive in fictional form.
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Popper’s problem, though — and the problem of tech disruptors, too — is that the experience of political disruptors shows us disruption generates chaos, not innovation.
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Normal science was boring, and not really science at all, he argued.
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Karl Popper,
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Thomas Kuhn’s “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,” with its emphasis on the routines of consensual normal science, was very much a product of this post-war view of technoscientific innovation as a collective activity. Kuhn’s argument was that successful science depended on rule-following. Innovation was generated by going by the book. This was a philosophy of science that mirrored post-war consensus about progress and its requirements.
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Much of this was driven by the spectre of the Cold War. During the 1980s and 1990s, Reaganism, Thatcherism and the end of the Cold War broke those connections.
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The decades immediately following the Second World War were the decades of big government. They were also the decades of big science and big corporations.
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Political institutions are seen as being there to serve their own interests rather than those of citizens. It’s that perception that makes the strident calls to “drain the swamp” that have become prevalent in USA politics since the 1980s appear so seductive.
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The roots of disruption’s attraction in politicians lie in the long, slow decline of trust in post-war political institutions.
It is interesting hypothesis that needs to be revisited.
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that disruption has gained a foothold outside of tech culture.
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Why has it — and the notion of disruption it captures — acquired so much resonance now?
No reference to Schumpeter?
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untrammelled by compromise
Use of compromise in negative context.
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There he is held up as the epitome of the otherworldly maker of the future, an iconoclastic breaker of rules interested only in innovation for its own sake and doomed to failure because of his single-minded focus on invention.
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in this ability to break with established routine.
Correct.
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The 19th-century inventors of the idea of progress imagined that the future would be produced through accumulation. Innovation would build on innovation. Built into the idea of disruption is the sense that successful innovation means abandoning the old entirely for the new.
I am not sure it is the case. Accumulation happends in different context as in the case of Tesla who brought into his innovation unique family combination of mother (innovaitve genious) and father (Ortodox priest with interest in Asian sprituality). Tesla always higlighted spiritual origins of his innovations.
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the erosion of trust in institutions.
Which institutions? Military are doing well in 'trust analysis' in many countries worldwide. It is not good sign. I would prefer higher standing of diplomacy. But, it is reality.
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Why has the idea that the best innovators are disruptive gained such traction over the past decade or so, to the extent that it is now, paradoxically, orthodox to be heterodox?
It is part of framing of narrative which questioned today. "Ortodoxy' was created by intellectual, media, and policy framing. 'Traction' are gradually developed. It is not necessarily matter of coordinated or counciousness actions. But, it is action of people and institutions that shape the dominant narrative in society.
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why do we see disruption as a virtue?
Who are 'we'? Maybe author? Maybe myself? But, what about Trump or Brexit voters? What about stratas of society that is 'thrown under the bus' of disruption?
This statement poses clear bias in framing narrative.
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It’s all about the individual, and particular sorts of individuals at that.
Is it only about individuals? Bezos decided to open Amazon while he heard news on radio in his car on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on taxation. It gave him a chance to sell books from Washington State to other states without paying taxes.
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whom society rewards precisely because they refuse to follow convention.
It is 'meritocracy' argument. Did 'society' or 'market' rewarded them? Why we equalise society with market?
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European Convention.
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legally binding mechanism that ensures solidarity.
important emphasis
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new initiative on mental health
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If we want to be credible when we ask candidate countries to strengthen their democracies, we must also eradicate corruption at home
internal EU challenges
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Many of us have taken democracy for granted for too long
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These lies are toxic for our democracies
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a university in Amsterdam shut down an allegedly independent research centre, which was actually funded by Chinese entities.
No independent research centres in China, Russia, ... funded by EU?
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Their disinformation is spreading from the internet to the halls of our universities.
Disinformation is fastly climbing the ladder of importance
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Foreign entities are funding institutes that undermine our values
Like? BTW one could equally put this in mouth of Putin, Xi, or Erdogan
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In this spirit, President Biden and I will convene a leaders' meeting to review and announce implementation projects.
First reference to the US
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great challenges of this century, such as climate change and digitalisation.
the two leading challenges of the century: climate and digital (yet not much said on digital at all here)
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European Political Community
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So I want the people of the Western Balkans, of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia to know
Georgia in
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This starts with those countries that are already on the path to our Union. We must be at their side every step of the way.
focus on pre-accession regions
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core group of our like-minded partners: our friends in every single democratic nation on this globe
following the US policy of blocks
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Let's make sure that the future of industry is made in Europe.
ambitious
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European Sovereignty Fund.
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Last year I announced the European Chips Act. And the first chips gigafactory will break ground in the coming months.
interesting pattern
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European Critical Raw Materials Act
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one country dominates the market
Russia or China?
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Today, China controls the global processing industry. Almost 90 % of rare earths and 60 % of lithium are processed in China.
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nd for this reason, I intend to put forward for ratification the agreements with Chile, Mexico and New Zealand. And advance negotiations with key partners like Australia and India.
Will they respect environmental aspects?
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Trade that embraces workers' rights and the highest environmental standards is possible with like-minded partners
Seeing how things work in Serbia with western companies, I am not really convinced
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Lithium
for bateries
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rare earths
for microchips
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raw materials
focus on raw materials (dominantly held out of EU, many of which in Russia)
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As a first important step, we need to speed up and facilitate the recognition of qualifications also of third country nationals.
important
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It is financing new wind turbines and solar parks, high-speed trains and energy-saving renovations.
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The summer of 2022 will be remembered as a turning point.
this is certainly true
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Norway.
Norway was not so keen in the recent past. Now, they might need to play along, but probably asking for some benefits in future
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But in these times it is wrong to receive extraordinary record profits benefitting from war and on the back of consumers.
important change
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proposing a cap on the revenues of companies that produce electricity at a low cost.
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Last year, Russian gas accounted for 40% of our gas imports. Today it's down to 9% pipeline gas.
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US, Norway, Algeria
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we agreed on joint storage. We are at 84% now: we are overshooting our target.
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But dependency on Russian fossil fuels comes at a much higher price. We have to get rid of this dependency all over Europe.
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We will bring Ukraine into our European free roaming area.
Fast-track free roaming. Balkans might be furious, but then again it makes sense
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In March, we connected successfully Ukraine to our electricity grid. It was initially planned for 2024. But we did it within two weeks. And today, Ukraine is exporting electricity to us.
interesting
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Ukraine is already a rising tech hub and home to many innovative young companies. So I want us to mobilise the full power of our Single Market to help accelerate growth and create opportunities.
Ukraine recognised as a tech hub
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The Russian military is taking chips from dishwashers and refrigerators to fix their military hardware, because they ran out of semiconductors.
hm... likely in future, but - really, to put this into the speech?!
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And you have given hope to all of us.
It is much about EU, not (only) about Ukraine
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Putin
Direct name. I don't remember this ever. Yet, a signal it's about Putin, not Russia.
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as climate change and digitalisation.
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the green and digital transition.
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our response was united, determined and immediate
Longer term it might be tough and different, though
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Iran reins in access to Instagram and WhatsApp, last platforms available to Iranians
TITLE: Iranians lose access to Instagram and WhatsApp: RSF sees it as an attack on the right to news and information
CONTENT: According to Reporters Without Borders, the Iranian government's decision to restrict access to Instagram and WhatsApp, which had been circulating information about a wave of protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody following her arrest by the morality police on September 16, is an unprecedented attack on the right to news and information in Iran.
Since the beginning of the protests, the Islamic Republic has imposed numerous Internet shutdowns, and the shutdown is now complete in western Iran's Kurdistan province, where Amini was born and where the first protests began. Other major cities, including Tehran, have reported partial Internet restrictions.
The government has made contradictory statements about Internet censorship. ICT Minister Issa Zarepour insisted he had been misquoted after initially saying on September 21 that Internet restrictions could be imposed for security reasons.
However, since 2011, the government has invested in a ‘national Iranian Internet’ project that attempts to force Iranians to connect through a network controlled by the authorities before accessing content located elsewhere.
LINK: https://rsf.org/en/iran-reins-access-instagram-and-whatsapp-last-platforms-available-iranians
EXCERPT: According to Reporters Without Borders, the Iranian government's decision to restrict access to Instagram and WhatsApp is an unprecedented attack on the right to news and information in Iran. Internet shutdowns are complete in some regions - such as Western Iran’s Kurdistan province. These shutdowns follow the beginning of a wave of protests triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini. The Iranian government has started a ‘national Iranian Internet’ project that attempts to force Iranians to connect through a network controlled by the authorities before accessing content located elsewhere. This may seriously affect some basic human rights of the Iranian people.
TOPIC: Freedom of expression
DATE: 22.09.2022.
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Optus Hit By Cyber-Attack, Breach Affects Nearly 10 Million Customers
TITLE: Optus hit by cyberattack which affected around 10 million customers
CONTENT: Optus, the Australian subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications, announced earlier today that it was investigating unauthorized access to customer data following a cyber-attack.
The company confirmed that the attack was instantly stopped, preventing customers' payment information and account passwords from being compromised. However, Optus confirmed that the attacker may have obtained some home addresses, driver's license numbers, and passport numbers.
Optus, which has 9.7 million subscribers according to publicly available data, said it also notified key financial institutions about the attack and subsequent breach.
Optus customers are now more vulnerable to phishing, with their credentials potentially already on the dark web, according to the executive.
EXCERPT: Optus, the Australian subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications, was hit by a cyber-attack. Customers' payment information and account passwords were not compromised, but personal details may have been accessed. Optus customers are now more vulnerable to phishing, with their credentials potentially already on the dark web.
LINK: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/optus-hit-by-cyberattack/
DATE: 22.09.2022.
TOPIC: Cyberconflict and warfare, Cybercrime
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“Our boys will die fighting this scum,”
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Expanding broadband safely and inclusively to reach digital gender equality
TITLE: Insight by UN Women Executive Director on reaching digital gender equality
CONTENT: Ms. Sima Bahous, Broadband Commissioner, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director has shared her ‘Insight’ regarding digital gender equality.
Sexual harassment, stalking, and zoom bombing are all examples of online and ICT-facilitated violence against women and girls that are expanding. Misogyny and sexual violence are finding new digital homes in virtual reality and the metaverse. Women journalists, politicians, and activists who rely on an online presence for their work are therefore especially impacted. A concerning fact is that more than half of girls and young women surveyed globally have already experienced some form of online violence.
She firstly recommends that governments should establish strong and clear codes of conduct for law enforcement officials dealing with online violence against women and girls, as well as to invest in specialized justice officers to deal with such violence in a human rights and gender-sensitive manner. Secondly, she suggested that internet intermediaries make high-level, clear commitments to ensure the safety of women and girls in online spaces.
You can read more about her recommendations on the topic here (please insert link on ‘here’).
DATE: 18.09.2022.
TOPIC: Gender rights online
EXCERPT: Sima Bahous, Broadband Commissioner, UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director has shared her 'Insight' regarding digital gender equality. One of her recommendations for achieving online gender equality is that governments establish strong and clear codes of conduct for law enforcement officials dealing with online violence against women and girls.
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‘Anonymous’ hacks Iran state websites after Mahsa Amini’s death
TITLE: Iranian websites hacked after Mahsa Amini’s death
CONTENT: After a Twitter account connected to the ‘Anonymous’ hacking collective claimed to have conducted cyberattacks on them in support of protests following the tragic death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, multiple government and state-affiliated media websites in Iran were taken down.
The attacks appear to have targeted the Iranian government's two main websites. One is the government's ‘smart services’ website, which provides a variety of online services, and another is dedicated to publishing government news and interviews with officials.
‘All databases have been deleted,’ a social media linked to Anonymous claimed. claimed a social media account linked to Anonymous. The Iranian government has yet to issue an official response to the attacks.
EXCERPT: ‘Anonymous’ hackers have taken down government and state-affiliated media websites in Iran. ‘All databases have been deleted,’ a social media account linked to ‘Anonymous’ claimed. The Iranian government has yet to issue an official response to the attacks.
DATE: 21.09.2022.
TOPIC: Cyberconflict and warfare
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La Suisse est fière d’avoir créé dans cet esprit la Fondation GESDA,le Geneva Science Diplomacy Anticipator. GESDAa pour but d’anticiper les défis posés par les nouvelles technologiques, de manière à en maximiser les bénéfices et en minimiser les risques pour l’homme, et à garantir un avenir durable sur notre planète.
GESDA initiative
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Theeffortstowardsaso-calledDigitalGenevaConventionarejustifiedandneeded
Call for Digital Geneva Convention
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And crises like the lack of guardrails around promising new technologiesto healdisease, connect people and expand opportunity.
Lack of guardrails
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The right to privacy in the digital age
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There was a report from OHCHR on "the right to privacy in the digital age" presented during the Human Rights Council on September 16th. I will look deeper into this if it concerns Diplo's interest!
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Microsoft 365 phishing attacks impersonate U.S. govt agencies
TITLE: Microsoft 365 phishing attacks pose as US government agencies
CONTENT: There is an ongoing phishing campaign aimed at the US government contractors that has grown to include higher-quality lures and better-crafted documents. Phishing emails show a request for bids on lucrative government projects, which leads them to phishing pages that look exactly like legitimate federal agency portals.
This appears to be the same operation that INKY reported on in January this year, with the threat actors attaching PDFs with instructions on how to bid on US Department of Labor projects.
This campaign's operatives don't appear to be stopping anytime soon, since they are now expanding their targeting scope while refining their lures.
Given that the emails, PDFs, and websites used in the phishing operation are primarily copies of the actual state’s content, detecting signs of fraud may be difficult.
TOPIC: Cyberconflict and warfare, Cybercrime
DATE: 19.09.2022.
EXCERPT: US government contractors are being targeted by an ongoing phishing campaign that has grown to include higher-quality lures and better-crafted documents. Given that the emails, PDFs, and websites used in the phishing operation are primarily copies of the actual state's content, detecting signs of fraud may be difficult.
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Russian authorities revoke Novaya Gazeta’s online media license
TITLE: Novaya Gazeta’s online media license revoked
CONTENT: Only 10 days after a Moscow Court revoked Novaya Gazeta’s print license, the Russian Supreme Court has revoked its online media license. This media outlet has been working independently for nearly 30 years, and now it lost its right to exist.
‘You are depriving hundreds of people of jobs. You are depriving readers–there were 27 million in March–of the right to information,’ Novaya Gazeta chief editor Dmitry Muratov stated in court on September 15. He referred to the verdict as ‘media genocide’ outside of court, claiming that it would prevent Novaya Gazeta reporters from contacting authorities, remove their accreditation status, and impose several restrictions on their operations.
LINK: https://cpj.org/2022/09/russian-authorities-revoke-novaya-gazetas-online-media-license/
TOPIC: Freedom of the press
EXCERPT: Only 10 days after a Moscow Court revoked Novaya Gazeta's print license, the Russian Supreme Court has revoked its online media license. This media outlet has been working independently for 30 years. Novaya Gazeta’s chief editor Dmitry Muratov referred to this action as ‘media genocide.’
DATE: 15.09.2022.
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The second Summit for Information and Democracy to be held in New York on 22 September 2022
TITLE: The second Summit for Information and Democracy will be held on the sidelines of the UNGA
CONTENT: The Second Summit of the Partnership for Information and Democracy will be held on September 22, 2022 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The Partnership is currently supported by 45 countries, and serves as a framework for multilateral reflection on the implementation of democratic guarantees in the global communication and information space.
The Summit's second edition will bring together Foreign Ministers from the Partnership's member countries as well as representatives from civil society. Among other initiatives, the recommendations of the Forum's working group on accountability regimes (please insert this link for ‘accountability regimes’: https://informationdemocracy.org/working-groups/accountability-regimes/) for social networks and their users will be published.
In its 4 years of work, launched by Reporters Without Borders in 2018, one of the International Initiative on Information and Democracy key results is an international coalition of 43 civil society and research organizations formed to promote democratic principles in the digital space. Therefore, the Summit will allow for better coordination of efforts to create a democratic digital space.
EXCERPT: The Second Summit of the Partnership for Information and Democracy will be held on September 22, 2022 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. It is currently supported by 45 countries, and serves as a framework for multilateral reflection on the implementation of democratic guarantees in the global communication and information space. The Summit aims for better coordination in creating a safe democratic digital space.
TOPIC: Freedom of expression, Freedom of the press
LINK: https://rsf.org/en/second-summit-information-and-democracy-be-held-new-york-22-september-2022 & https://informationdemocracy.org/working-groups/accountability-regimes/
DATE: 19.09.2022.
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Isporuka i ugradnja sledećih sistema: Realizacija strukturnog kablovskog sistema – računarsko- telefonska mreža cat.6a, optičko povezivanje. Multifunkcionalna dvorana: AV sistem za događaje uživo (pojačavanje audio signala, video projekcije, striming AV signala, snimanje događaja, Crestron integracija).
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Greeting! I just try to get into the basics of the HD course.
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||VladaR||||AndrijanaG||||Katarina_An|| Here is text of Samarkand Declaration. I started annotating generic and digital aspects.
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the Programme for Infrastructure Development of the SCO Member States was adopted.
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the SCO Digital Literacy Programme.
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digital learning
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to build cooperation in the digitalization of health and consider the potential of telemedicine
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to cooperate in digital economy and support the development of digital technologies
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strengthening the potential of technoparks, joining efforts to develop the innovation ecosystem, conducting joint research and development, launching new digital projects in the SCO region
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comprehensive international convention on combating the use of ICTs for criminal purposes
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