In the footsteps of the global IGF - a regional IGF's experience: LACIGF5 

From 24 to 26 September 2012, it took place the Fifth Latin American and Caribbean Regional Preparatory Meeting to the United Nations Internet Governance Forum, so called LACIGF5, being held in Bogotá, Colombia.  

LACIGF5 underlies in the 'bottom-up' process, a key principle to Internet Governance, from the venue selection to discussions framework.  

To define the venue, the…

Syuzan Marukhyan, Katitza Rodriguez

Recently Diplo Foundation has initiated a new on-line course on Privacy and Data Protection. The course provided an interesting opportunity to learn from comprehensive reading materials, as well as to participate in acute discussions with peers from around the world. The third week of the Course was mainly devoted to the issues of privacy, anonymity and freedom of speech. After a week of intensive reading…

During a recent court ruling on first ever Twitter libel case in England the former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns won a libel action against ex-Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi.

In a tweet in January 2010,…

The art of surveillance has been practised throughout history. Sun Tzu's The Art of War, for example, written in the Fifth Century BC, contains a chapter on “The Use of Spies” where he describes the different ways spies may be used to monitor enemy forces.…

Cloud Options for the African Market

As businesses look to streamline business processes and align them to IT requirements whilst keeping cost on the low the cloud seems to be the place to go. Managing and interacting with your customers is paramount to business success and one of the best ways to go about is by choosing the right applications.

Gone are the days in Africa where the first thing you request when you intend to keep in touch with a friend is ‘your phone number’,…

Cloud computing basically means doing less with your computer and doing more in the cloud – on the internet. Organisations are jumping on the cloud train at a very fast rate. The cloud is moving in diverse ways, from cloud based apps like Google docs to Software as a Service (SaaS) applications like Sales Force.

Why Africa must embrace Cloud Computing:

·         Development of the private sector

Information technology has been a major…

HAKI NA KANUNI 10 ZA MTANDAO WA INTERNET

Hati hii inafafanua haki na kanuni kumi muhimu ambazo ni msingi kwa uongozi bora wa Mtandao wa Internet (Mtandao). Zimekusanywa na Muungano wa Haki na Kanuni za Mtandao (Dynamic Coalition on Internet Rights and  Principles), ambao ni mkusanyiko wazi wa watu binafsi na mashirika yanayozingatia haki za kibinadamu katika Mtandao. Kanuni hizi zinazingatia viwango vya haki za kibinadamu vya kimataifa na zimetokana na Mkataba wa Haki na Kanuni za…

I had the privilege of  making a presentation at the 23rd Annual FIRST Conference held 12-17 June 2011, Vienna Austria on Cybersecurity in the Kenyan Context

The…

I would like to invite everyone who is interested to join ISOC Philippines Chapter for the 2010 Philippine IPv6 Conference and Training this coming 24-27 of January 2011 at the Shangri-la Hotel, Ayala, Makati City, Philippines.  The upcoming event is…

India Threatens to Ban BlackBerry, Google, Skype