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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Friends in Defence of Democracy in collaboration with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), which is based in Stockholm, organized the webinar entitled “Defending Democracy from Disinformation” on 6 May. Ministers, Deputy Minister and Ambassador from Georgia, Liberia, Mongolia, Sweden, Portugal and Tunisia attended the webinar and exchanged views on their best practices and solutions to protect democracy from disinformation and build resilient society from disinformation.
H.E. Ms. B.Battsetseg delivered remarks and pointed out that disinformation was becoming a harder problem in Mongolia in the current situation defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, the development of media and information technologies and mineral resources. Furthermore, the Minister briefed on Government policies and activities, such as Digital Nation, Ministry of Digital Affairs, the Innovation an
Apple Agrees to Offer Government-Approved Pre-Installed Apps for Devices in Russia
Tuesday March 16, 2021 5:35 am PDT by Sami Fathi
Apple has reportedly agreed to show users a prompt when first setting up a device in Russia to pre-install government-approved apps, in compliance with a new law from the Ministry of Digital Affairs, according to a report from
According to the report, citing a source within the Ministry, Apple struck a deal with the government that will show users a prompt when first configuring a device in Russia to pre-install apps from a list of government-approved software. Users will have the ability to decline the installation of certain apps.
Apple Will Show Dialog Box to Pre-Install Apps on iPhones and Macs in Russia
Posted by Rajesh Pandey on Mar 16, 2021 in iPhone News, News
Apple will reportedly start showing a dialog box to Russian users when they set up an iPhone, iPad, or a Mac for the first time to install some pre-approved government apps on the device.
The company will be making this move to comply with the new law from the Ministry of Digital Affairs. Apple has struck a deal with the Russian government to show this dialog box to users when setting up their iPhone or Mac for the first time. Users will always have the option to not install the listed apps on their iPhone.
Handover of the report to Ambassador Jürg Lauber, Chair of the Open Ended Working Group on cybersecurity at the United Nations in Geneva (Switzerland).
Despite such alarming figures, for the majority
in private enterprise and government it is business as usual while most
ordinary people feel less concerned. The situation in academia is similar, where
cybersecurity is still considered a marginal topic, even in technical
universities where it should be a vital part of their programmes.
But change may be on the horizon. Polish
students taking part in the Bridge Foundation Regional Cyber Labs reviewed the
university curricula across disciplines and assembled practical recommendations