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Turk Telekom resumes internet access after a cyber attack targeted its DNS addresses
•Turk Telekom confirmed that it had been hit by a cyber attack but did not specify who was carrying out the attack.
CAB protests in Assam: Authorities relax curfew in Guwahati from 9 am to 4 pm but offices remain shut
•The curfew, imposed in Guwahati amid protests against the amended Citizenship Act, was relaxed on Saturday from 9 am to 4pm, police said
Citizenship Amendment Act protests: Internet ban in parts of North East tantamount to muzzling voices of dissent
Snehil Kunwar Singh •The Citizenship Amendment Act seeks to amend, among other things, the criteria for illegal immigrants
Free internet access should be declared a human right despite who pays the bill
•Internet access for all citizens should be free — unmonitored, uncensored, and uninterrupted.
SpaceX seeks permission to quadruple the satellites numbers for its Starlink project
•SpaceX said that it will take 24 launches to provide the rest of the world with an internet connection.
Joy Of Missing Out: Here's what's it like to live without internet and smartphone in 2019
Shilpa Krishnan •Living with limited internet access is one thing. Living with zero internet access is quite another.
You’re being watched – Perils of the cyber world
Prashant Dhanodkar •The Indian Government has taken many initiatives for spreading security awareness and also established Cyber Swachhata Kendra.
TRAI comes out in full support of net neutrality, issues recommendations against the discriminatory treatment of content
Tech2 News Staff •TRAI has issued its recommendations on net neutrality, which seek to restrict any kind of discrimination to internet access.
Internet expansion in Africa is helping grassroot opposition movements; rulers' want to pull off the plug
•“Africa is becoming a new testing ground for authoritarian practices online,” said Francois Patuel, West Africa researcher at Amnesty International.
CBSE board sees censorship and digital surveillance as key to promoting safe internet use in schools
Tech2 News Staff •The CBSE board has issued a circular that sets standards and guidelines for the creation of a safe environment in which students can use IT.