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Revue Web Gouv Internet : Programme de surveillance US; Influence russe sur Brexit; blocage réseaux sociaux en Iran; Nepal accède à Internet via Chine; UE investit sur supercomputers

RÉSUMÉ

Cette semaine, "la Chambre des représentants américaine a adopté un projet de loi visant à renouveler le programme de surveillance mettant fin aux allégations des défenseurs de la vie privée et la confusion suscitée par les tweets du président Donald Trump.
Sur la cyber-géopolitique, un rapport des Démocrates remet en question l'adéquation des enquêtes de Twitter et Facebook sur la manipulation russe de leurs plates-formes pour influencer la politique britannique.
Sur la neutralité du Net, les démocrates se sont réjouis mardi d'avoir obtenu suffisamment de voix pour forcer le Sénat à débattre de la possibilité de rétablir les règles de neutralité du net récemment abrogées par le gouvernement américain.
Sur l'intelligence artificielle, l'Union européenne prévoit de dépenser un milliard d'euros en superordinateurs pour aider à la recherche sur l'intelligence artificielle et la lutte contre le changement climatique.
Sur la liberté d'expression, les experts des droits de l'homme des Nations Unies ont exhorté les autorités iraniennes à respecter les droits des manifestants et exprimé leur inquiétude sur la restriction des services de messagerie par Téhéran, dans une déclaration conjointe de l'ONU. La Chine a fermé plus de 128 000 sites Web, rapporte l'agence de presse officielle Xinhua, citant des données du gouvernement.
En ce qui concerne la protection des données, les géants de l'internet chinois sont sur la défensive en raison des inquiétudes que les données qu'ils recueillent compromettent la vie privée des consommateurs.
En ce qui concerne les infrastructures, le Népal a ouvert une liaison en fibre optique à travers les montagnes de l'Himalaya en Chine, mettant fin à des années de dépendance à l'égard de l'Inde pour l'accès à Internet.
Sur les nom de domaine, le département américain de la Justice a clôturé son enquête sur l'implication de VeriSign Inc. dans une vente aux enchères pour le domaine internet .web, donnant à l'opérateur .com et .net une chance d'acquérir ce qui pourrait être le prochain grand domaine.

Ci-dessous, des informations sur ces sujets ainsi que des documents sur la rétrospective gouvernance internet 2017 et les prévisions 2018

Internet en Iran : vers un retour "a la normale" apres les coupures?

https://www.numerama.com/politique/320754-internet-en-iran-vers-un-...

Le futur Internet, point de convergence entre l'intelligence artificielle et l'intelligence économique

http://www.lequotidien.sn/le-futur-internet-point-de-convergence-en...

Les géants du web se mobilisent pour secourir la neutralité du Net aux Etats Unis

https://www.numerama.com/politique/319298-les-geants-du-web-se-mobi...

Fake news : Macron annonce une loi pour renforcer le controle sur Internet en période électorale

http://www.europe1.fr/politique/fake-news-macron-annonce-une-loi-po...

Abrogation de la neutralité du net le grand perdant ce sera vous et moi : Jean Baptiste Millogo d'Internet Society

http://lefaso.net/spip.php?article81375

Le numérique au service de l'Humain et non l'inverse

https://www.24heures.ch/signatures/reflexions/numerique-service-hum...

Rugy propose d'inscrire le principe de la neutralité du net dans la constitution

http://www.boursorama.com/actualites/rugy-propose-d-inscrire-le-pri...

Données personnelles : sanction pécuniaires de 100.000 euros pour Darty

https://www.lextimes.fr/actualites/donnees-personnelles/sanction-pe...

English

This week, "The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program, overcoming objections from privacy advocates and confusion prompted by morning tweets from President Donald Trump that initially questioned the spying tool".

On cyber geopolitics, a report commissioned by Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee challenges the adequacy of Twitter's and Facebook’s investigations into Russian manipulation of their platforms to influence British politics.

On net neutrality, Democrats rejoiced on Tuesday that they had secured enough votes to force the Senate to debate whether to restore the U.S. government’s recently repealed net neutrality rules.
On Artificial intelligence, The European Union is planning to spend one billion euros on supercomputers to help with research into creating artificial intelligence and fighting climate change.

On freedom of expression, UN human rights experts urged Iranian authorities to respect the rights of protesters and voiced concern over Tehran's restriction of social messaging services, in a joint statement issued by the UN agency for human rights. China shut as many as 128,000 websites, the official Xinhua news agency reports, citing government data.

On Data protection, China’s powerful internet titans are suddenly on the defensive amid concerns that the data they gather is compromising consumer privacy.

On infrastructure, Nepal opened an optical fiber link across the Himalayan mountains to China on Friday, ending years of dependency on India for internet access.

On domain name, the US Justice Department has closed its investigation into VeriSign Inc.'s involvement in an auction for the .web internet domain, giving the .com and .net operator a chance to acquire what could be the next big domain.

Below, informations on those subjects as well as documents on Internet Governance Review 2017 and predictions 2018

Regards

CYBER GEOPOLITICS

China's cyber sovereignty: paper tiger or rising dragon

https://www.policyforum.net/chinas-cyber-sovereignty/

What happens if Russia attacks Undersea internet cables

https://www.wired.com/story/russia-undersea-internet-cables/

How World War III could start: cut the 'cable'

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/how-world-war-iii-could-s...

Cyberattacks could lead to use nuclear weapons

https://newatlas.com/cyberattack-launch-nuclear-weapons/52924/

US SURVEILLANCE LAW

House passes NSA spying bill after Trump tweets cause confusion

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-surveillance/house-...

House extends surveillance law, rejecting new privacy safeguards

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/us/politics/fisa-surveillance-co...

Groups line up for meaningfull USA surveillance reform

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/01/groups-line-meaningful-nsa-su...

SENATE REPORT ON RUSSIA INFLUENCE TO BREXIT VOTE

Russian bid to influence Brexit vote detailed in new US Senate report

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/10/russian-influence-bre...

Senate report challenges quality of Facebook, Twitter investigations of Russia's Brexit influence

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/368621-senate-report-challenge...

2017 INTERNET GOVERNANCE REVIEW

A tiping point for the Internet : 10 predictions for 2018

https://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/2018predictions

5 predictions for the internet of Things in 2018 and beyond

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3245604/internet-of-things/5-p...

Internet Governance Outlook 2018: preparing for cyberwar or promoting cyber detente

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20180106_internet_governance_outlook_...

A year in review : 14.000 routing incidents in 2017

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20180111_a_year_in_review_14000_routi...

Domain name dispute break two records in 2017

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20180104_domain_name_disputes_break_t...

EUROPEAN UNION ON SUPERCOMPUTERS

EU to spend one billion euros on supercomputers

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/supercomputers-eu-bud...

EU wants world's fastest supercomputer by 2023..

https://www.neowin.net/news/eu-wants-world039s-fastest-supercompute...

CHINA INTERNET CRACKDOWN

China shuttered 128 000 sites during 2017 internet crackdown

http://www.zdnet.com/article/china-shuttered-128000-sites-during-20...

China syas it shut down 128 000 websites in 2017

https://www.voanews.com/a/china-says-it-shut-down-128000-websites-i...

.WEB

DOJ closes probe of VeriSign over .Web domain

https://www.bna.com/doj-closes-probe-n73014474045/

Department of Justice closes investigation on Verisign running. Web

https://domainnamewire.com/2018/01/11/department-justice-closes-inv...

CHINA INTERNET USERS WORRY ABOUT PRIVACY

China's internet giants face users anxiety over privacy

https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-internet-giants-face-users-anxi...

Privacy worries increasing among internet users in China

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/china-online-privacy-ten...

IRAN INTERNET SHUTDOWN

Iran's government took over the Internet during recent protests, reports says

http://www.newsweek.com/iran-protests-government-control-internet-d...

New report shows how Iran limits internet freedoms to control dissent

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vbype8/new-report-shows-...

NEPAL TO ACCESS INTERNET THROUGH CHINA

Nepal accesses internet through China, ending India monopoly

https://phys.org/news/2018-01-nepal-accesses-internet-china-india.html

China's breaks India's internet monopoly in Nepal

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-breaks-indias-inte...

BANK & BLOCKCHAIN

Banking industry evaluating security benefits of blockchain to send encrypted information

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20180109_banking_industry_evaluating_...

NET NEUTRALITY

Senate bill te reverse FCC decision to repeal net neutrality received its 30th Co-sponsor

http://www.circleid.com/posts/20180108_senate_bill_to_reverse_fcc_d...

Democrats will force the Senate to debate net neutrality

https://www.recode.net/2018/1/9/16868286/senate-democrats-net-neutr...

Senate will force vote on overturning net neutrality repeal

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/8/16863912/senate-ed-markey-claire-...

Net neutrality may be dead in the US, but Europe is still strongly committed to open internet access

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/n...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Artificial intelligence holds enticing promise needs framework say OECD Microsoft IEEE

https://www.ip-watch.org/2018/01/10/artificial-intelligence-holds-e...

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