Russia blocks Signal messaging app as authorities tighten control over information

Russia blocks Signal messaging app as authorities tighten control over information

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state communications watchdog said Friday it has blocked access to the Signal messaging app, the latest move in the authorities’ efforts to tighten controls over information amid the fighting in Ukraine . The agency, Roskomnadzor, said it made the decision because of Signal’s “violation of the requirements of Russian legislation which

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The UN is moving to fight cybercrime but privacy groups say human rights will be violated

The UN is moving to fight cybercrime but privacy groups say human rights will be violated

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A global deal on the criminal use of computer technology is moving ahead despite worries it will let governments around the world violate human rights by probing electronic communications and bypassing privacy safeguards. Nearly 200 nations approved the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime on Thursday afternoon at a special committee meeting

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Noah Lyles decided to race with COVID-19. The USOPC’s CEO is ‘100% comfortable’ with that decision

Noah Lyles decided to race with COVID-19. The USOPC’s CEO is ‘100% comfortable’ with that decision

Follow along for the latest updates from today’s Olympic action. PARIS (AP) — The head of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said she was “100% comfortable” with Noah Lyles’ decision to compete in the 200 meters after testing positive for COVID-19 two days before the event. Lyles didn’t publicly reveal he’d tested positive for

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