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  Ill-gotten gains: how many museums have stolen objects in their collections?

  By Carl Franzen on May 13, 2013 01:30 pm + 71 comments

  The prestigious New York Museum of Metropolitan of Art made headlines earlier this month when museum Continue reading…

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  UN Twitter account follows 537 people, including one porn star

  By Amar Toor on May 6, 2013 07:47 am + 53 comments

  The United Nations, as of this moment, follows 537 people on Twitter. Most of them are international Continue reading…

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  Real-time map of all forests on Earth launches later this year

  By Carl Franzen on April 10, 2013 03:52 pm + 10 comments

  An online map that tracks in near real-time the vegetation area of all the world's forests Continue reading…

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  Chemical confusion: has Syria's civil war crossed the ‘red line’?

  By Amar Toor on March 25, 2013 12:15 pm + 94 comments

  Ten years ago this month, the US invaded Iraq under the pretense that Saddam Hussein had obtained Continue reading…

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  A firsthand look at the UN conference that nearly changed the internet forever

  By Chris Welch on December 21, 2012 09:25 am + 4 comments

  Eli Dourado is no stranger to the International Telecommunications Union; concerned with the Continue reading…

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  US blocks UN telecoms treaty over fears of internet regulation

  By Sam Byford on December 13, 2012 11:20 pm + 56 comments

  The US has refused to sign a proposed international telecommunications treaty that could have opened Continue reading…

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  Russia-led plan to transfer internet governance to UN agency scrapped, Reuters reports

  By Adi Robertson on December 10, 2012 04:05 pm + 34 comments

  A group of countries looking to transfer control of central internet resources to the UN's Continue reading…

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  New World Order: is the UN about to take control of the internet?

  By Adi Robertson on November 29, 2012 02:15 pm + 222 comments

  The future of the web will be decided in a dark room by UN politicians and authoritarian governments Continue reading…

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  UN establishes guidelines for the battle against internet terrorism

  By Justin Rubio on October 23, 2012 04:10 pm + 11 comments

  The United Nations has released a report, titled "The use of the Internet for terrorist purposes," Continue reading…

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  US to block any plan to give UN more control of the internet

  By Evan Rodgers on August 4, 2012 08:14 am + 75 comments

  Another round in the decades-old battle for which entities are able to control and regulate key Continue reading…