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Understanding current cybersecurity challenges in law: balancing responsibilities in digital content censorship (Article 4)

In this article, we will outline the foundations of digital content censorship, the arguments for and against the use of legislation for censorship and describe the polarizing challenges which continue to arise in legislative reform work, using Canada as an example of the approaches being considered.

Toronto firm helps Cubans access social media platforms

Since the beginning of the disruptions, the system software company has seen a total of 2.89 million weekly unique (total unique users that were active between Jul 12-18) users from Cuba connected to their network.

Hashtag Trending – EU wants China-like Internet censorship, Apple dethroned as the world’s second largest smartphone brand

Huawei surpasses Apple as the world’s second largest smartphone brand, the Red Sox are using smart watches to cheat in baseball, and the EU wants to follow in China’s footsteps by implementing internet censorship.

Ottawa backs ‘digital diplomacy’ project in Iran

Conservative government pledges $9 million for Digital Public Square Project initiated by the U of T's Munk School of Global Affairs

Google: Western democracies censor political content too

The company released on Sunday its Transparency Report on content takedown and user information requests from governments

EU wants tighter monitoring of Internet censorship

Parliament demands rules to improve the monitoring of exports of technology that can be used to censor or block Web sites and monitor mobile communications

One in four countries block some Google services

Google services are blocked or censored in 25 countries, not just in China.

Google, China Play Game of Cat and Mouse

Google's end run around censorship rules draws a subdued response from China.

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