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UK Telecoms Says Full-Fibre by 2025 is Possible but Difficult
Since becoming Prime Minister last week, one of the first things that Boris Johnson has said he’s like to achieve (other than Brexit on the 31st of October) is full nationwide coverage (in the UK) of full-fibre internet. While a significant number of homes (circa 80%) now have access to…
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Facebook Hires 3000 Staff To Tackle Hate Speech!
Facebook is set to hire 3,000 staff members specifically to tackle hate speech, child abuse and self harm being broadcast on their site. Following substantial recent criticism of social medias failure to address the hosting of hateful or illegal material, the hiring of this substantial number of staff is a welcome…
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British Prime Minister Issues Warning to Internet Giants Over Extremist Material
British Prime Minister Theresa May has issued a warning to internet giants such as Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter that “action” will be taken if they are found to host any extremist materials. Mrs May has said in an interview that “We continue to talk to the companies…” “We think that…
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Canada’s Prime Minister Shows Reporter He Knows Exactly What Quantum Computing Is
When you go to a press talk at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada, you expect there to be some smart remarks about what people may or may not know. Be warned, if you try to do this to Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau he will show you…
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David Cameron Plans to Ban WhatsApp
Since Edward Snowden spilled the beans on how government agencies spy on us, a lot of companies took precautions in preserving users’ privacy when using their apps. But it seems that will be made illegal and such apps look to be banned in the future, at least in the UK,…
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David Cameron Declares War on Encryption
In an effort to out-Tory even himself, UK Prime Minister David Cameron has reaffirmed his intent to outlaw data encryption during Prime Minister’s Questions this week. Cameron thinks it’s an affront that we peasants be able to send data and communications to each other without that cannot be read by…
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Twitter Reacts to David Cameron’s Encryption Ban Plan
On Monday, UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to essentially ban end-to-end internet encryption and to grant British intelligence access to any part of the web they choose if his Conservative party is re-elected in May. http://youtu.be/u_kqM0gn63M Cue Twitter to mock, protest, and express absolute incredulity at the clueless…
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The British Government Wants To Take Away Your ‘Privileges’ To Access The Internet
A meeting has been held this week at the House of Commons in the UK to debate the Intellectual Property Bill, which ended with a lot of fingers being pointed at Google and its tolerance towards illegal websites that are displayed on its search engine. The Prime Minister’s staff is…
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