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Honoring Audrey Tang: 2025 World Leader in AI World Society Award
On April 22, 2025, at Harvard University’s historic Loeb House, the Boston Global Forum presented the World Leader in AI World Society (AIWS) Award to Taiwan’s Cyber Ambassador, Audrey Tang. Governor Michael Dukakis, in his remarks, praised Audrey as “an extraordinary...
Facebook wins Belgian privacy case
Facebook has overturned a decision that blocked the social network from using its "datr'' cookies to track the Internet activity of logged-out users in Belgium. This is the latest in the long-running case that started with the Belgian Privacy Commission (BPC)...
Video: Why Brexit might not happen
This Bloomberg video looks at why Brexit might not happen. Please hit this link.
E.U. leaders harden hearts against the U.K.
Leaders of the European Union seem united in their disinclination to make concessions that would enable the post-Brexit United Kingdom to have many of the benefits of E.U. membership without having to accede to such requirements as free movement in and out of...
China names tough new Internet czar
Chinese President Xi Jinping has named Xu Lin to become the government's new head Internet regulator, succeeding Lu Wei. Mr. Xu has vowed to maintain the ruling Communist Party's tight grip over cyberspace, which is overseen by the Cyberspace Administration of...
Prepare to show your social-media accounts in U.S. visa-screening process
The U.S. government wants to make social-media accounts part of the visa-screening process for entry into America. The proposed change would add a line on both the online and paper forms of the visa application form that foreign visitors must fill out if they...
S. Korea considers banning firms from electronically message workers after regular hours
We doubt if this sort of law would ever happen in the U.S.: South Korea's parliament is considering a bill to ban bosses from bothering their staff electronically at home after the company's regular business hours, afterwhat The Guardian calls "growing...