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Americans Take Online Privacy into Their Own Hands in Post-Snowden World: Pew Report

Eighty-seven percent of Americans say they have heard either “a little” or “a lot” about government surveillance programs, and of those just over one-third have taken one or more step to protect information from the government. Continue reading

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China Delays Counter-Terrorism Bill Amid Concerns from Foreign Tech Firms

China is delaying a draft counter-terrorism bill that would require companies to keep servers and user data within the country and hand over encryption keys to the government. Continue reading

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UK Migration Committee Advises New Visa Rules Amid Tech Labor Shortage

The UK Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has recommended that the government ease regulations to allow startups and “scale-ups” to fill roles with a shortage of skilled candidates from outside of the European Economic Area. Continue reading

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US Announces Dedicated Cyberthreat Center

An anonymous senior Obama administration official announced on Tuesday that the government is creating a new cybersecurity agency called the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC). The new entity will monitor threats, collect information and analyze potential threats. The new agency will be an “intelligence center that will ‘connect the… Continue reading

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US Chief Technology Officer Steps Down, Google Exec Megan Smith Top Candidate

On Thursday the White House confirmed that Todd Park, the second ever United States Chief Technology Officer, is leaving the position to spend more time with his family in California. Park will continue to work for the government in his new position as technology adviser to the White House. Continue reading

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