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05/11/2020

The Github youtube-dl Takedown Isn't Just a Problem of American Law

The video downloading utility youtube-dl, like other large open source projects, accepts contributions from all around the globe. It is used practically wherever there's an Internet connection. It's especially shocking, therefore, when what looks like a domestic legal spat–involving a take-down...

09/06/2020

EFF, ACLU File Lawsuit to Stop Los Angeles From Collecting Real-Time Tracking Data on Citizens’ Rental Scooters

Los Angeles—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today joined the ACLU of northern and southern California in filing a lawsuit against Los Angeles for collecting detailed trip data and real-time locations and routes of the electric scooters thousands of residents use each day.EFF, ACLU-Norther...

26/05/2020

Dubai: Prominent Dubai-based Indian businessman Rizwan Sajan has lodged a police complaint about a fake Facebook account seeking donations in his name.
The founder and chairman of Danube Group said h

Rizwan Sajan left aghast by fake Facebook account, files complaint with Dubai Police

19/05/2020

The publication ceremony for Big Data Terminology, the world's first multilingual encyclopedia on big data, was launched online on Monday in Beijing and Guiyang, Guizhou province.
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The publication ceremony forBig Data Terminology, the world's first multilingual encyclopedia on big data, was launched online on Monday in Beijing and Guiyang, Guizhou province.

05/05/2020

Victory! ICANN Rejects .ORG Sale to Private Equity Firm Ethos Capital

In a stunning victory for nonprofits and NGOs around the world working in the public interest, ICANN today roundly rejected Ethos Capital’s plan to transform the .ORG domain registry into a heavily indebted for-profit entity. This is an important victory that recognizes the registry’s long legac...

29/04/2020

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HONG KONG, April 29 (Xinhua) -- An international research team led by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) developed a new method to accurately track the spread of the COVID-19 using p

HONG KONG, April 29 (Xinhua) -- An international research team led by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) developed a new method to accurately track the spread of the COVID-19 using population flow data, and established a new risk assessment model to identify high-risk locales of the COVID-19 at an ea...

19/04/2020

13/04/2020

Blind spots in location tracking data can threaten both public health and human rights.

11/04/2020

Many of our digital rights are impacted by COVID-19. Now more than ever, EFF is dedicated to ensuring that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all the people of the world. Surveillance. Governments around the world are demanding extraordinary new surveillance powers intended to....

11/04/2020

COVID-19, which was first detected in China in late 2019 and has since been declared a pandemic, threatens to become one of the most difficult tests faced by humanity in modern history. As confirmed cases of COVID-19 spread, it has the potential to take lives, undermine economies, overwhelm health s...

11/04/2020

Apple and Google announce a joint effort to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the virus, with user privacy central to the design.