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National power grids increasingly targeted in cyber attacks

February 1, 2016 Doug Bernard of VOANews energy, Ukraine

Ukraine’s electric power grid is once again under cyberattack, just one month after a similar incident successfully brought down portions

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Russia suspected in first-ever cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 Doug Bernard of VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

In the last months of 2015, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine over Crimea’s annexation and continuing strife in Ukraine’s

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Global internet freedoms decline fifth year in a row

October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 Doug Bernard of VOANews

When it comes to protecting freedom of expression online, the news is not good. For the fifth straight year in

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Russians get glimpse of internet ‘troll factory’

July 5, 2015July 6, 2015 Doug Bernard of VOANews

A secretive Russian agency designed to flood the Internet with pro-Kremlin and anti-U.S. comments and posts has been brought into

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EU data retention ruling may roil US-European relations

April 11, 2014April 16, 2014 Doug Bernard of VOANews

A major European court ruling regarding electronic privacy this week has the potential to shake up trans-Atlantic commerce and maybe

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Turkish courts slam internet curbs; challenge Erdogan’s web censorship

April 3, 2014April 3, 2014 Doug Bernard of VOANews Turkey

Rebuffing his government’s efforts to censor parts of the Internet, Turkey’s highest court Wednesday rejected Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s

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Facebook power grab?

November 26, 2012November 26, 2012 Doug Bernard of VOANews

Should Facebook Be Able To “Dislike” Privacy Changes?  There’s an old truism in public relations: if you have bad news

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