Internet access News

Chinese President Xi Jinping is aiming to seize control over the internet to curb dissent This could possibly threaten the Chinese Communist Party's regime Xi is heading towards "smart governance" which translates to having an upper hand in social and political control

Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday (April 29) told the Supreme Court that right to access internet is not a fundamental right and the state has got authority to curb the freedom of speech and the right to trade through internet.

The man is being probed for ‘terrorism'. 

The Facebook report said that global GDP could grow by an additional $6.7 trillion by 2020, if the internet reaches every human being.

The Connectivity Lab is reportedly working on several such projects, including systems that would provide connections through satellites or drone-mounted lasers.

Zuckerberg claimed that Facebook's work with Internet.org around the world has already improved many people's lives.

Internet coverage expansion has helped improve public services, living standards, and e-commerce.

The increasing dependence on internet makes us less confident leading us to doubt ourselves.

The survey conducted by Ipsos MORI, a London-based market research firm, polled 25,000 people from 33 countries.

Technology giant Microsoft has launched a new fund to invest in companies working on solutions to bring affordable Internet access to underserved markets.

Facebook is teaming up with Eutelsat in an attempt to deliver free Internet to sub-Saharan Africa using an AMOS-6 satellite.

Broadband availability increased the incidence of racial hate crimes committed by lone-wolf perpetrators in the US during the period 2001-2008, say researchers, including one of Indian origin.

Growth in the number of people with access to the Internet is slowing, and more than half the world`s population is still offline, the United Nations Broadband Commission said on Monday.

Defending its free Internet platform internet.Org, Facebook today said net neutrality principle arose when operators started selling different levels of speed to provide faster access to certain services.

Amid a CBI probe into leakage of secret documents, Finance Ministry has clamped down on the use of Internet and private emails by those up to the director level in the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), restricting the access only to official mails and government websites.

A firm backed by Virgin and Qualcomm is planning to launch the world's largest-ever satellite network to provide high-speed internet access around the world.

The highly ambitious project can solve the problem of internet availability in rural areas.