The Monday Round-Up: "Dumbphones" Are Not the Answer
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On this day in 1948, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights. Read the old-timey New York Times article here, and check out the modern-day Declaration on the UN website.
- Violence continues in the western state of Rakhine in Myanmar, prompting the state to resume censoring newspapers.
- During anti-Putin protests in Moscow last week, the websites of three independent Russian news organizations suffered crippling DDoS attacks.
- Skype and other VoIP services are now banned in Ethiopia thanks to a new law passed late last month. Tor, which can be used as a workaround, has also been banned.
- How safe are you when it comes to cyber crime? AllAfrica.com offers tips for Tanzanians on avoiding being targeted.
- Google says it has seen an "alarming" increase in the number of government requests for removal of content, the bulk of which are from Western countries. Check out Google's Transparency Report, which tracks these requests.
- New America Foundation will soon launch "Commotion Wireless," a wireless mesh network designed to allow people to communicate without fear of government censors.
- Who do you think should govern the Internet? Prof Alan Woodward of the University of Surrey contends that the Internet is already governed, even though most people think it's not.
- When it comes to cyber warfare, collateral damage is a blurry topic. FCW explores how collateral damage affects cyber warfare strategies.
- TechCrunch says smartphones will become the norm in Africa within five years. In the US, some wonder about the future of the smartphones, while Gizmodo says that "dumbphones" are not the answer to potential smartphone problems.
- Internet freedom is a hot topic in South Africa, where government censorship has increased in recent years.
- If you had to guess the most popular website in the world, would you say Google? You'd be right: this map shows the #1 websites around the world, based on traffic rank. Also take a look at the World Map of Social Networks, where Facebook domination is clear.
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