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               Facial recognition (FR) involves the automatic processing of digital images where individuals are recognized by their unique facial features. Specifically, FR facilitates the notion of matching the name with a face and increases the risk of revealing one’s sensitive information. This paper discusses the privacy and data-protection implications surrounding the proliferation of facial recognition technology (FRT) and presents a harmonized approach to…

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The IGF Secretariat has announced the composition of the new MAG in a press release. We thank everyone who participated in the selection process: first, those who offered their names for consideration, then those involved in the discussions, encouragement and endorsement processes around the world. You can read more about Diplo's MAG member endorsement process…

On May 13 at CICG, Genève, the ITU will host…

During the online classes on cyber security at Diplo Foundation a lot was discussed about cyber security and cyber crime. At that time most of the discussion points seemed alien to some of us from developing countries, sorry my country Uganda is not a developing nation but an underdeveloped country with out a cyber security team in police, no CERT teams whatsoever in the nation and a very naive society as regards cyber…

  18 April 2013 ITU released The annual Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2013: Transnational aspects of regulation in a networked society, a document that reflects the collaboration between the world's ICT policy-makers and regulators towards promotion and development of information technologies. The aim of the report is to expose innovations in the IT market that result in new applications and services, and create…

A few years ago the …

Last week I participated in the ICANN 46 meeting in Beijing as a fellow. It was the second experience in this capacity and I won't get into the details of the ICANN fellowship program and fellows bonding spirit which deserves a separate posting (for a quick glimpse on it you may check this…

I recently completed  the Diplo Foundation Internet Governance Advanced course in Privacy (Aug 2012) and the Introduction to Policy Research (Nov 2012). My project proposal sought to draw attention to the quality of the stakeholder consultation process as a precursor to legislative changes. Specific focus was given to the HIPCAR project on St. Kitts-Nevis which has resulted in proposed and in some cases actual legislative changes in the interception of communications, e-commerce, …

How do you explain to lawyers the meaning of botnet? In short, botnets are the…

Recently Kaspersky Lab…

For all those interested in this topic (and with a LinkedIn account): I am running a specialized news group on cyber hate and cyber terrorist content on the Internet. Just about every day I am posting articles, reports, links etc. All with specific information on where this content can be found, what can be done to reduce it etc. The group is called Network TAHITI . Please join! 

The Supreme Court of Kenya on 31^st March gave a ruling on the Presidential Elections petitions, paving way for the Jubilee Coalition government to take over the running of the national government for the next five years. Of interest to many Kenyans as well as the ICT sub-sector is the Jubilee Coalition promise to provide solar powered laptops to every child within the first 100 days in office.

The relevant part of the Jubilee manifesto reads:

“...Work with…

Demographically we have three generations, that is X, Y and Z. Although the years of 'cohort start' of these generations are not truly distinct, these generations can be used in studying on how Internet and Computer penetration has affected different generations. For starters, generations X, Y and…

In December 2007 Kenya held her third General Elections under multiparty democracy. After announcement of the results, violence broke out in many parts of the country, with claims that the elections had been rigged. An agreement that came to be known as the National Accord was brokered by an African Union sponsored panel of African personalities. Under this framework, an Independent Review Commission (IREC) led by Judge Johann Kriegler was formed and tasked with investigating the cause of…

Have you sent in your workshop proposal for the IGF Bali yet (see De's post below this one, for more details)?

If you run into any difficulties with concept or organization, remember that you can post a request for help here, and many of us will be glad to jump in to help. You do not have to include complete workshop details at this time, but it is a good idea to get your ideas on the table. Later, we will help fill in the details if you like, and you will find collaborators from…