The UN's ITU and the International Cable Protection Committee announce a 40-member global advisory body to support the resilience of submarine telecom cables
On the same day that a submarine cable suspected of having been cut by a Chinese ship was repaired, two major telco bodies convened …
China's metaverse proposals at the UN's ITU include a Digital Identity System, akin to the country's social credit system, that experts say may violate privacy
Gian Volpicelli / Politico :
Doreen Bogdan-Martin's election to the UN's ITU, beating the Russian candidate, signals support for a US-backed open internet, but significant issues remain
Open-internet advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after a recent election for the International Telecommunications Union's top leadership. Tweets: @justin_ling Tweets: Justin Ling / @justin_ling ...
A look at the vote for secretary general of the UN's International Telecommunications Union between a US and a Russian candidate, and its open web implications
or whether autocratic countries like Russia and China get to set the rules. https://www.wired.com/... Margrethe Vestager / @vestager : .@ITU is here to ensure that #DigitalConnectivity benefits us all...
A look at China's plans for the IPv6+ internet protocol, set to be presented at the UN's ITU conference, in a bid to lure regions lagging in IPv6 adoption
Luca Bertuzzi / Euractiv : Tweets: @cendemtech , @byron_wan , @byron_wan , @bertuzluca , and @byron_wan Tweets: @cendemtech : “'The strategy is unlikely to work'... For [@CenDemTech's @MalloryKnodel]...
China proposes an internet architecture called New IP to UN's ITU; critics say its top-down design would give governments granular control over the internet
New architecture would enable cutting-edge technologies but western countries fear more control for state-run internet services Tweets: @martinsfp , @bakerluke , @amir , @jgriffiths , @madhumita29 , @...
China proposes an internet architecture called New IP to UN's ITU, which, critics say, gives govts granular control over the internet via its top-down design
New architecture would enable cutting-edge technologies but western countries fear more control for state-run internet services Tweets: @jgriffiths , @madhumita29 , @tonytassell , @iyervval , @hillman...
All 20 standards proposals related to surveillance tech received by UN's ITU since 2016 have come from Chinese companies like Huawei, ZTE, and Hikvision
Financial Times :
All 20 standards proposals related to surveillance tech received by UN's ITU since 2016 have come from Chinese companies like Huawei, ZTE, and Hikvision
Financial Times :
Leaked documents show how China is trying to shape global standards for facial recognition, video monitoring, city and vehicle surveillance tech via UN's ITU
to the benefit of its firms and the normalization of its political system. A few key excerpts: 1/ https://www.ft.com/... @financialtimes : Exclusive: Chinese technology companies are shaping new facia...