Freedom House, an independent watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom and democracy around the world and publisher of the annual Freedom on the Net report, released a pessimistic 2019 report “Freedom on the Net 2019: The Crisis of Social Media“. The report found a decline in internet freedom for the ninth year in…
Cyber Diplomacy Under Trump with Christopher Painter LISTEN VIA THESE CHANNELS WMR iTunes Podbay Spreaker Stitcher Chris Painter is a globally recognized leader and expert on cybersecurity, cyber policy, Cyber Diplomacy and combatting cybercrime. He has been on the vanguard of US and international cyber issues for over twenty-five years—first as a leading federal prosecutor of…
Last Updated 1/22/17 What does the incoming Trump administration mean for tech and tech policy? Part 1 addresses the Tech industry’s strained relations with the President-Elect and an analysis on changes in policy to expect at the Federal Trade Commission, Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department. Part 2 below addresses how Trump’s policies toward China…
A fascinating New York Times article and video explain how China’s walled-gardens like WeChat could be the future of the Internet for the west. But its not just the New York Times, in June Bloomberg wrote about Life in the People’s Republic of WeChat and this week’s Economist has a feature WeChat’s world: China’s WeChat shows the way…
Freedom House Report Finds Internet Freedom Continues to Decline Freedom House released its Freedom of the Net 2015 report, finding that “internet freedom around the world in decline for a fifth consecutive year as more governments censored information of public interest while also expanding surveillance and cracking down on privacy tools.” Among its key findings were…
US-China Reach Deal on Cyber Attacks (kind of) The Announcement What is the US-China Agreement Joint text released by Attorney General We welcome recent progress made with the People’s Republic of China on cyber issues of concern to both the United States and China. Through the efforts of President Obama and President Xi Jinping, as…
China’s President Xi Jinping State Visit Comes at Critical Moment China’s President Xi Jinping arrives in Seattle tomorrow for the first part of a three-leg U.S. visit. In Seattle, President Xi will deliver a policy address, attend a roundtable of 30 U.S. and Chinese CEOs hosted by the Paulson Institute, visit a Boeing plant, dine with…
Tensions with China Increase With Escalating Evidence of Chinese Army’s Cyber Espionage Over the past two years, the United States has pushed China to be step forward and admit it was engaging in cyber espionage. Despite a flurry of reports detailing the evidence detailed below, the Chinese government has refused to accept any responsibility leading…
18TH US CHINA LEGAL EXCHANGE COMING TO DC, BOSTON & SOCAL Dates The 18th U.S. China Legal Exchange will be held in the United States as follows: December 4 – Washington, D.C. To register for the Legal Exchange in Washington, DC, please click here December 6 – Boston, MA To register for the Legal Exchange in Boston, MA,…
PRISM Fallout Edward Snowden’s leak of details of the PRISM program and more have had serious ramifications throughout the internet. Shortly after the Snowden story broEditke, the Daily Online Examiner reported that consumers responded by seeking greater privacy to the expect possible on the web Consider, privacy company Abine says that downloads of its anti-tracking…
NEXT ON CLBR: (1) We navigate through the details of the NSA PRISM Program and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, as well as the President’s Summit with China on cybersecurity with Dr. Russ Burgos. (see below) (2) Bennet discusses the recent Utah federal court decision in Zoobuh v Better Broadcasting. (see link) (3) We…
Bennet will be on the Jim Bohannon Show tonight to talk about China and Cyber Security on the eve of the President’s summit with China’s President Xi Jinping and the 1989 anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre. THE JIM BOHANNON SHOW LINK TO SHOW Jim Bohannon talks to special guests and his loyal callers about a…
Cyber Cold War and Main Street Recent reports of hacking of news organizations such as the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal tied to China, Akamai’s latest threat report showing 1/3 of malicious traffic coming from China and a Mandiant report detailing widespread cyber hacking of US interests linked to a Shanghai…
Computer security company Mandiant has renewed focus on Chinese Cyber Attacks with its latest study detailing systematic attacks stemming from People’s Liberation Army facility in Shanghai. The report triggered denial’s in Beijing and raised questions as to whether the U.S. and China were heading towards some form of Cyber Conflict. The report had critics on…
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