19 April 2017 — The EU will launch a public consultation into concerns about the future of the internet. A succession of surveys will seek “fresh ideas” on issues such as privacy, security, AI, net neutrality and big data.
A committee of UK Members of Parliament has published a report calling for the Government to set up a “monitoring unit” to protect against foreign interference in future elections. The recommendations follows allegations of Russian hacking in the US election, and reports that a foreign source may have hacked a voter registration website prior to the EU referendum vote last June…