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  • Syria cut off from global Internet
    Others have stressed that most opposition groups can still communicate with the outside world and connect to the Internet via satellite links, but as other groups have pointed out; calls via landlines can be intercepted and these devices expose users [FRANCE 24]
  • France mulls smartphone and tablet tax to fund culture
    The dispute was settled in February after Google agreed to create a 60m euro fund to help French media organisations improve their internet operations. The cultural exception policy, introduced in France in 1993, asserts that cultural goods are to be [BBC News]
  • Boston bombers: A new trend of jihadism via Internet?
    The Tsarnaev brothers, suspects in the Boston bombings, seem to have become radicalised over the Internet. FRANCE 24 interviewed Dominique Thomas, a Swiss researcher specialised in global terrorism and author of "Londonistan: The Voice of Jihad". [FRANCE 24]
  • Internet in 'coma' as Iran election looms
    AFP - Iran is tightening control of the Internet ahead of next month's presidential election, mindful of violent street protests that social networkers inspired last time around over claims of fraud, users and experts say. The authorities deny such [FRANCE 24]
  • Google boss sees autocrats' pushback against Internet
    AFP - Life in authoritarian states is likely to get tougher before it gets better as their citizens gain more access to the Internet, Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt said. Speaking at a seminar in Washington, Schmidt said hundreds of millions [FRANCE 24]
  • France set to introduce 1% 'internet tax' on smartphones and tablets to raise ...
    ... to support the creation of digital cultural content inside France. The proposal, handed to President Francois Hollande today, outlines a one per cent tax on the sale of Internet-compatible devices, targeting companies such as Google, Apple and Amazon. [Daily Mail]
  • 'Hatchet-wielding' Internet star arrested for murder
    AFP - An unemployed drifter who became an Internet sensation in February after he brandished a hatchet to stop an assault has been charged with murder following his arrest in Philadelphia, police said. Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, 24, was detained at a [FRANCE 24]
  • Yahoo's board approves $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition: WSJ
    ... owned by France Télécom SA. Tumblr, one of the more successful Internet start-ups out of New York, has only just begun earning revenue through advertising. On its home page, Tumblr says it hosts 108 million blogs, with 50.7 billion posts between them.and more » [Yahoo!7 News]
  • Le iTax: France's mad new plan to battle internet pirates
    How do you solve a problem like internet piracy, globalisation, and the rise of new media? If you're France, the same way you solve any problem: with a new tax. This week, Francois Hollande's government announced that it is considering a new tax on the [GQ.com]
  • Google boss defends British tax affairs
    Google boss defends British tax affairs. Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, pictured in Washington DC on April 26, 2013, has defended the US Internet giant's tax arrangements after claims it has unethically dodged paying vast amounts of British tax.and more » [FRANCE 24]
  • news compiled : May 19, 2013

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