ICANN and IANA freedom

“This transition was envisioned 18 years ago, yet it was the tireless work of the global internet community, which drafted the final proposal, that made this a reality,” said ICANN Board Chair Stephen D Crocker. 

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NTIA Finds IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal Meets Criteria to Complete Privatization | NTIA
US government no longer manages internet's technical functions | The Independent
Internet handover is go-go-go! ICANN to take IANA from US govt • The Register
US govt OKs handover of internet's control panel to ICANN • The Register

Human rights on Internet

ONU defends humans rights on internet.

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The promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet

Science, education and... business

 All the world are downloading pirated papers.

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Who's downloading pirated papers? Everyone | Science | AAAS

Europe and data security...

European parliament approves new rules for maintain the security in the data and communications.

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Data protection reform - Parliament approves new rules fit for the digital era | News | European Parliament

THE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT 2015/16

YOUR RIGHTS ARE IN JEOPARDY; THEY ARE BEING TREATED WITH UTTER CONTEMPT BY MANY GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD.

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GET THE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT 2015/16 (PDF)

War conflict and real people...

The word "War" was "invented" a long time ago... when humans have a lot of more "things to do" than just live...

Nowadays is still a word used to describe conflicts around the world.

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Syria conflict: Internally displaced struggle to survive - BBC News

Licence to edit humans.

When health and justice work together...

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has approved a research application from the Francis Crick Institute to use new "gene editing" techniques on human embryos.

"It’s an important first. The HFEA has been a very thoughtful, deliberative body that has provided rational oversight of sensitive research areas, and this establishes a strong precedent for allowing this type of research to go forward," says George Daley, a stem-cell biologist at Boston Children's Hospital in Massachusetts.

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UK scientists gain licence to edit genes in human embryos : Nature News & Comment

HFEA Decision | The Francis Crick Institute

Transparency is basic for share health knowledge...

This paper shows how the information related to medical studies is not really well documented.

Other posible hypothesis is that power companies related to health are interested in some results... not in the methods.

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PLOS Biology: Reproducible Research Practices and Transparency across the Biomedical Literature