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UN Member States outline information technology roadmap to achieve sustainable development

17 December 2015
With the curtain closed on the two-day review by the United Nations General Assembly of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Member States have adopted an outcome document which aims at bridging the digital divide, ensure freedom of speech, and address Internet governance to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Internet, social media help ISIL recruit 30,000 fighters

17 December 2015
General News

The terrorist organization ISIL has used the internet and social media to recruit at least 30,000 foreign fighters from more than 100 countries to fight in Syria and Iraq.

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Minister of Communication Technologies and Digital Economy of Tunisia speaks during the General Assembly Meeting on Implementation of Outcomes of World Summit on Information Society.
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Every Tunisian home to have internet “within five years”

16 December 2015
General News

Every family in Tunisia will have access to the internet in their home “within five years.”

That’s according to Noomane Fehri, the north African country’s Minister of Communication Technologies and Digital Economy.

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