Tag: politics
Punches Thrown in Ghana’s Parliament over Proposed Mobile Money Tax
It looked like the ruling NPP tried to break procedure to enact a new tax but some say it was a misunderstanding about using the toilet.
Modi Bitcoin Twitter Hack Offers a Clue about the Future of Disinformation
75mn followers of the Indian Prime Minister were encouraged to buy Bitcoin, but it seems none of them did.
Orange CEO Resigns Following Fraud Conviction
Stéphane Richard was given a one-year suspended sentence relating to the misuse of public funds in 2008 whilst he was an aide to French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde.
Mayors of New York and Miami To Take Pay in Bitcoin
Eric Adams, the newly-elected Mayor of NYC, signaled a change in political attitudes towards cryptocurrencies and the innovative businesses that use them.
Robocalling Far-Right Conspiracy Theorists Threatened with $5mn FCC Fine
Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl used robocalls to suppress the vote in the US 2020 elections by lying about the use of voter data.
Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Ban Purchase of Huawei Equipment by US Networks
Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Ed Markey want to stop the purchase of tech supplied by firms deemed a national security risk.
FBI Investigates Robocalls Telling Voters to ‘Stay Home’
The New York Attorney General is also looking into reports of vote-suppressing robocall campaigns that began well ahead of Election Day, but which were allowed to continue unhindered.
US Phone Spying: Integrity Does Not Switch On and Off
If the US expects to take the moral high ground on matters of telecoms security, then it would help if they had a leader with some integrity.
Huawei 5G Causes Political Row in UK
Some of the politicians hoping to become UK Prime Minister have expressed sympathy for US President Donald Trump's opposition to Huawei.
Fact Checking Net Neutrality
We must be wary of the misinformation spread by US politicians who are financed by big businesses that actively undermine telcos worldwide.
Telcos and Internet Giants Join Forces to Fight Californian Privacy Law
Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, AT&T, Verizon and Comcast oppose new online privacy rights for Californians.
US Telcos Cut Off Location Data Middlemen
Telco bosses were quick to distance themselves from 'shady' data brokers but many details about lax sharing of location data remain unresolved.
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