DENIC’s Andreas Musielak Heads From Frankfurt to Salzburg Taking Over as nic.at CEO as Richard Wein to Retire

Andreas Musielak, currently Chief Operating Officer at DENIC, will be heading from Frankfurt to Salzburg mid-year to take on the role of Commercial Managing Director and CEO at nic.at, the Austrian registry announced Tuesday.

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2/3 of digital content creators do not check their facts before sharing, but want to learn how to do so: UNESCO survey

[news release] At a time when digital content creators have become a major source of information for people, a UNESCO survey published today reveals that 62% do not carry out rigorous and systematic fact-checking of information prior to sharing it. But 73% express the wish to be trained to do so. UNESCO is launching this month the very first global course to address this, with more than 9,000 participants from 160 countries already registered to participate.

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EU Internet Forum welcomes new members to tackle harmful and illegal content online

[news release] On 4 June, the EU Internet Forum (EUIF) met to increase its membership base. Its new members – Amazon, SoundCloud, Mistral AI, DailyMotion, and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a civil society organisation – joined the 17 digital companies of the Forum, as well as representatives of EU countries, institutions, and agencies, the Global Internet Forum on Counter-Terrorism and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre, to address the challenges posed by harmful and illegal content online.

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More than 300 million child victims of online sexual abuse globally: report

More than 300 million children a year are victims of online sexual abuse and exploitation, according to an estimate of the global scale of the crisis.

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IEEE Marks 50 Years of the Internet With Celebration of Global Historic Milestones

[news release] IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity will commemorate the IEEE milestone Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Enables the Internet, celebrating the first 50 years of the internet with a 19 May 2024 livestreamed global virtual event to highlight essential building blocks that made the internet possible.

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US Senate poised to pass biggest piece of tech regulation in decades

With more than 60 backers, an updated Kids Online Safety Act finally has a path to passage in the Senate but faces uncertainty in the House
After months of negotiations, senators announced Thursday that a sprawling bill to expand protections for children online had secured more than 60 backers, clearing a path to passage for what would be the most significant congressional attempt in decades to regulate tech companies.

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PIR and IWF Partner To Assist All Domain Registries in Battle Against CSAM

Public Interest Registry, the team behind .org, and the UK’s Internet Watch Foundation have partnered to make available tools to all domain name registries in the global battle against child sexual abuse material.

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AI will make scam emails look genuine, UK cybersecurity agency warns

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Artificial intelligence will make it difficult to spot whether emails are genuine or sent by scammers and malicious actors, including messages that ask computer users to reset their passwords, the UK’s cybersecurity agency has warned.

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‘Body internet’ may eliminate the need for smartphones by changing how we use technology

[news release] What if the end of the smartphone era is caused by the ability to use your skin — instead of a screen or even voice commands — to interface with the internet? Or by using your mind to control devices without looking at them?

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No ‘smoking gun’ mental health harm from internet: landmark Oxford survey

[news release] Links between internet adoption and psychological well-being are small at most, despite popular assumptions about the negative psychological effects of internet technologies and platforms, according to a major international study published today by the Oxford Internet Institute.

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