William Chalk
London, United Kingdom
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Articles by William Chalk
Ten words that defined 2020, according to Chinese internet users
2. Balance-owed people (尾款人 wěikuǎnrén) 2020 has been a breakthrough year for China’s ecommerce livestreaming industry. Marrying entertainment and ecommerce, livestream shopping allows consumers to buy products online from people who show off their latest finds (or sponsored products) in real-time videos.
Happy Thanksgiving from the Search Engine Watch & ClickZ team - Search Engine Watch
To all of our readers and anyone else who has swung by accidentally thinking that this is an actual search engine (you’ll be surprised at how often this happens; you won’t be surprised at their most popular search terms), a very happy thanksgiving from us all! We’ll publish a couple more things for Europe tomorrow morning if you do happen to swing by the site. We apologise in advance for the pyjamas and meat-sweats. In the meantime, have a safe and peaceful Thanksgiving.
The Political Benefit of Instagram to Iran's Government
In a country where thousands of websites are blocked on government order, Instagram is an anomaly. The photo-sharing app, freely available where the likes of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are banned, is used by at least 24 million young Iranians for entertainment, news and shopping, with thousands of local sellers trading on the platform. In the last couple years, it has come under increasing government scrutiny, mostly for its perceived threat to traditional Iranian values.
China’s digital imperialism: Shaping the global internet
William Chalk argues that China seeks to change the global internet to suit its authoritarian ends. Its timing couldn’t be better, as more governments are turning to China for direction and support at a time when the global leadership of the U.S. is declining. Illustration by Anna Vignet China has been quietly exporting its system of online control — in both technique and proprietary technology — to governments across the world.
Death of the VPN: Enterprise Security Needs New Foundations
Twenty years in, enterprise VPNs occupy a uniquely solid position in a changing landscape. Introduced to the market nearly two decades ago, enterprise VPN technology has been uniquely enduring. Most large organizations still employ a VPN solution, and many seem to rely on it unquestioningly to provide secure remote access. It’s a rarefied position for a tool that hasn’t fundamentally changed in 20 years.
Privacy by design: Cybersecurity and the future of 5G
Two words capture the difference between the existing generation of connectivity and the next: speed and latency. Fifth-generation wireless (5G) is projected to be almost one hundred times faster than our current iteration, massively reducing the delay between a given order and its execution. Globally, carriers are funnelling hundreds of billions of dollars into developing the technology.
The Future of Wi-Fi Security: Assessing Vulnerabilities in WPA3
A new study by researchers Matty Vanhoef and Eyal Ronen revealed five vulnerabilities – collectively named ‘Dragonblood’ – in the WPA3 Wi-Fi standard. Four of the five are considered a severe threat to online security. What does this teach us about trust in our networks? WPA3 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 3) is the latest generation of Wi-Fi security certification developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
Google bans adverts for anti-censorship sites in China
Google has sported a rocky relationship with China for more than 10 years. While the company’s on again, off again approach to the Internet’s largest ‘untapped’ market has always been tempestuous, recent developments suggest the tech giant may be yielding to its own growth imperative and bending to the government’s demands once more. For more than a year, the debate has raged over accusations that the Chinese military is capitalizing on Google’s research and business activities in China.
Commentary: China’s great leap forward in data protection
LONDON: Chinese authorities, businesses, and consumers have long grappled with the impact of emerging technologies on the protection of personal data. As the issue gains social traction, the government is breaking ground by advancing national regulations with major implications for consumer privacy and the international operability of firms both domestic and overseas.
Indonesia's elections face a disinformation crisis
With Indonesia’s general elections just around the corner, fake news and increasingly autocratic Internet governance are becoming more and more of a problem, William Chalk writes. For the first time in Indonesia’s history, the president, vice president, and constituents of the People’s Consultative Assembly will be selected on the same day during its general elections on 17 April.
We Need Better Rules to Tackle Cyberviolence Against Women
The FEMM (European Parliament Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality) committee of the European Parliament recently carried out a study on cyberviolence and hate speech online against women in the European Union. According to the study, 20% of young women in the European Union have experienced cyber sexual harassment, and 14% of women have experienced cyber-stalking since the age of 15.
Email Security Tips for Small Businesses
With huge advancements in AI and the rise of the Internet of Things, the business technology landscape is being blessed with ever-increasing efficiency and interconnectivity. Though this is changing the way we work for the better, it’s also changing the risks we face on a day-to-day basis. Recent years have been beset by high-profile scandals that continually remind us of the importance of data security.
Cybersecurity in SEO: How website security affects SEO performance
Website security — or lack thereof — can directly impact your SEO performance. Search specialists can grow complacent. Marketers often get locked into a perception of what SEO is and begin to overlook what SEO should be. The industry has long questioned the permanent impact a website hack can have on organic performance. And many are beginning to question the role preventative security measures might play in Google’s evaluation of a given domain.
Implications of IoT for IT Professionals
Thanks to recent advances in cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT) is set to reinvent the IT landscape and provide us with a seamlessly connected digital experience. As business operations and consumer attitudes begin to shift, IT professionals across every sector are familiarizing themselves with this new technology in order to future-proof their careers. Of course, as appetites for interconnected devices rise, so will job opportunities within the space.
Whoâs Really Behind the Worldâs Most Popular Free VPNs?
After big names like Whatsapp, Snapchat, and Facebook, VPNs are the most searched-for applications in the world. “VPN” is the second-highest non-branded search term behind “games”, and free apps completely dominate the search results. The most popular applications have amassed hundreds of millions of installs between them worldwide, yet there seems to be very little attention paid to the companies behind them, and very little scrutiny done on behalf of the marketplaces hosting them.
Plans for Censored Chinese Search Engine Opposed by Google Employees
Google's logo in Beijing was decorated with flowers in 2010 after the company announced its withdrawal from the market over censorship concerns. Plans for a state-sanctioned re-entry into the Chinese market have “effectively ended” following virulent opposition.
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