Yemen has the worst internet access in the world. In 2023, Starlink agreed on a preliminary contract to provide satellite internet in Aden. Initial results were remarkable, but there is a long way before a full license is reached.
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Tan solo abrir un sencillo mensaje o contestar una llamada bastan para perder toda privacidad y control del celular, si la información recibida tiene enlaces con el spyware Pegasus.
Una investigación del diario The Washington Post ha revelado una lista de 50.000 teléfonos de todo el mundo que podrían ser objetivo del software espía Pegasus, creado por la empresa israelí NSO Group, fundada en 2010.
Entre los usuarios interceptados se dice que hay periodistas, activistas y empresarios, entre otras personalidades, ¿pero cómo funciona este “spyware”?
Four New IXPs Take off in Central America and the Caribbean
According to the global IXP Database, as of January 2021, of the 630 registered Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), 229 are in Europe, 126 in North America, 140 in Asia-Pacific, 96 in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), and 39 in Africa. Although the LAC region is second-last on the list, there has been a strong expansion of IXPs in recent years. There were only 60 in 2016.
At the end of 2019 and throughout 2020 four new IXPs joined the Association of Traffic Exchange Points of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC-IX). They include IXP.GT (Guatemala), IXSY (Yucatán, Mexico), IX.DO (Dominican Republic), and IXSal (El Salvador). They are the fruit of the joint and sustained work of the Internet Society, LACNIC, and LAC-IX under the framework of a collaboration agreement to strengthen Internet infrastructure across the region.
Keeping the Internet on during Beninâs Presidential Elections
With protests intensifying and social media interruptions reported in the weeks leading up to Beninâs presidential elections on 11 April 2021, many Internet and civil rights organizations were growing nervous about the potential for another Internet shutdown.
Internet access was cut for almost 24 hours during Beninâs legislative elections in 2019 and there has been a worrying global trend in election-related Internet shutdowns. In 2020, Access Nowâs #KeepItOn coalition documented 155 shutdowns in 29 countries, including 10 in Africa. And according to Internet Societyâs data insight tool, Pulse, there have been 98 Internet shutdowns in the past 12 months.