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US Predictably Refuses To Sign UN Internet Treaty
Over the past fortnight, the internet has been awash with debate over the future of the internet: the UN, so the stories went, was planning to change the governance of the internet for good. Predictably, the US has point-blank refused to play ball — along with its lapdogs of Canada and the UK — and that stops proceeding dead.
US Warns Australia On North Korean Rocket
The US believes that North Korea’s plans to launch a satellite into orbit between April 12 and 16 is a veiled long-range missile test that would break a three week-old UN deal for food aid. The Sydney Morning Herald yesterday reported that a US envoy has delivered a warning to Foreign Affairs Minister, Bob Carr. The plans see a North Korean rocket aimed towards South-East Asia and Australia for the first time.
TeamPoison Busts Into The UN, Leaks Passwords
The tech security gurus at the United Nations just got quite a startle: A team of hackers posted about 1000 login credentials for United Nations staff members on PasteBin. Apparently a large number of the passwords were simply blank. Seriously, guys? After LulzSec?
Who Really Is The World’s Seven Billionth Person?
Federal Government Okay With Disconnecting File Sharers From The Net
Despite the fact that the United Nations came out last week announcing that internet access is a basic human right, the Australian government has decided to disagree, telling Asher Moses over at the Sydney Morning Herald that there’s no basis in international law that says declining internet access is violating an individual’s right to free speech.
The UN Says Taking File Sharers Offline Violates Their Human Rights
Did Iran Hack The UN’s Nuclear Inspectors?
80% Of Global Power Could Come From Renewable Sources By 2050
Mark it down in the diaries, folks… Provided the world doesn’t come to a cataclysmic end next year, the UN believes that humankind can get 80 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by the year 2050.
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