The Net proved the only genuine type of free communication throughout the Arab Spring and yet the West has come to take the freedom it confers for granted, Google boss Eric Schmidt said Friday. In a stout defence of World wide web freedoms at the Globe Financial Forum in Davos, Schmidt also mentioned that rather than be seen as contributing to work losses, the internet was a wonderful opportunity [...]

As Arab governments continue to topple and as citizens of stated countries tweet the revolution, it seems logical that social media has at least a small bit in some way aided rebel uprisings. Not so a lot, says Yale’s Navid Hassanpour. “Complete connectivity in a social network occasionally can hinder collective action,” he wrote in a research reports The New York Times‘s [...]

KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) – In the face of a lawsuit, a Missouri state senator defended on Saturday a new state law that will prohibit teachers from communicating privately with college students over the Net. A teachers group filed a lawsuit Friday afternoon contending the new lawsuit violates totally free speech and other rights, but the senator who sponsored it says it does nothing of the variety. “It [...]

COMMENTARY | The cat appears out of the bag with regards to social media, messenger apps, and other types of fast wireless communication: They can be utilized to keep 1 step ahead of law enforcement personnel in a challenging setting. Just as rioters in London utilized a variety of social media to coordinate attacks, in San Francisco, cell cellphone service was blocked for about 3 hours to derail [...]

KUWAIT: The Web crisis seems to be reaching an finish soon after a series of meetings in between officials at the Ministry of Communication and the World wide web service providers. The two parties reached an agreement to quit the World wide web speed-capping policy and decrease subscription charges which witnessed a hike more than the previous three months. Ministry of Communication Undersecretary [...]

IDG News Service — The OECD on Wednesday issued a communication on establishing Web policy that puts pressure on ISPs to take responsibility for policing their networks. The OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Advancement) represents 34 governments which includes European Union member states, the U.S., Canada, Australia, Mexico and Korea. Its communication focuses on copyright infringement [...]

CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian administrative court fined ousted President Hosni Mubarak and two former officials 540 million Egyptian pounds ($ 91 million) on Saturday for cutting mobile and Net services throughout protests in January. It was the very first court ruling to be made against Mubarak because he was ousted on February 11. Mubarak faces far more serious charges, like ordering the killing [...]