IGF Mauritius

Internet Governance Forum Mauritius

Year: 2023

General

The Narrative: Panic over Generative AI Risks; WebPKI GIG-ARTS conference; Oversight Board consultation

15 May, 2023 More Wrong Thinking on Generative AI Risks Civil society is in trouble if the musings of an anonymous philosopher on the LESSWRONG website, most likely by a national security official with access to a closed CISA meeting,…

Digital Currency Internet Identifiers Platform Governance

The Narrative: VLOPs and VLOSErs; .NET Renewal; Stablecoins

1 May, 2023 Who’s a VLOP and who’s a VLOSER? Alibaba, Amazon, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Wikipedia are among the entities that have been designated “Very Large Online Platforms” (VLOPs) by the European Commission. Google search and Bing have…

Delta Dental uses Feedly to cut threat intelligence gathering time in half

Case Study How Delta Dental fills gaps in their vulnerability management process and saves four hours each week. ImpactMore relevant threat intelligence in half the timeA complete picture of emerging threats in only 15 minutesA streamlined and effective intelligence-gathering process…

Fundamentals

How to avoid delivery issues with Feedly Newsletters

FundamentalsHow to avoid delivery issues with Feedly NewslettersTips and tricks to avoid spam or delivery issues with Feedly newslettersHow Feedly newsletters are sent todayHow to fix the spam folder issueHow to remove the external tag from Feedly newslettersChanging the internal…

General

The Narrative: AI regulation frenzy; An assault on proof of work; & IMF puff piece

15 April, 2023 The AI Regulation Frenzy Technology panics now seem to go through fashion cycles. Last month it was Tiktok. The new trend in town is AI regulation. Would-be policy influencers are falling all over themselves to advance the…

Data Governance Privacy & Surveillance

Is a “Privacy Law” The Answer?

There’s an assumption making the rounds that a privacy law is the real answer to the data governance problems posed by Tiktok and other social media. The logic is pretty simple: Banning TikTok won’t keep us safe. A privacy law…

Update regarding the Feedly Twitter Integration

Twitter has discontinued the API we use to let Feedly Pro+ customers follow tweets in Feedly. As a result, we are sad to announce we have to retire the current Twitter integration. We know this isn’t ideal, and we are…

Cybersecurity Digitization of money Free Expression Online

The Narrative: TikTok hearing; Chinese Drones; Stablecoins

March 31, 2023 The Tiktok hearing backfires As expected, Congress tried to turn its cross-examination of Tiktok CEO Shou Chew into a public stoning. Committee members (helped along by Meta lobbying) came in with their minds made up, refused to…

General

The Narrative: A Plurilateral export control regime; a cyber social contract is promised; India moves to crackdown on smartphone manufacturers

March 16, 2023 New Dutch semiconductor export controls, a global regime grows In a March 8 letter, the Dutch Ministry of Economic and Development Cooperation and Ministry of Foreign Affairs notified the elected Parliament of its plan to implement additional…

Cybersecurity Digital Trade

The RESTRICT Act: Reversing Globalization in ICT

The latest legislative atrocity to emerge from Washington comes from Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and John Thune (R-SD), who have rounded up 10 other senators on both sides of the aisle to introduce a law called Restricting the Emergence of…