This week, “The root KSK rollover has occurred at 16h UTC on October
11. the new root zone signed by new KSK (known as KSK-2017) has been published to
the root servers”. https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/ksk-rollover/#overview
On data protection “The EU’s privacy regulator is predicting that the first round of enforcement actions under the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be exercised in the coming months. Reuters reports: “The new rules, designed for the digital age, allow consumers to better control their personal data and give regulators the power to impose fines of up to 4 percent of global revenue or 20 million euros ($23 million), whichever is higher, for violations” http://www.circleid.com/posts/20181009_gdpr_fines_coming_by_the_end_of_the_year_says_eu_data_regulator/
On security, “the European Commission is reporting on the progress made towards an effective and genuine Security Union, calling on the European Parliament and the Council to finalise their work on priority security initiatives as a matter of urgency”.. http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-6064_en.htm
Besides, “Several EU member states including Estonia have called on the EU to add cyber-attacks to its sanctions regime. Together with Lithuania, the UK, the Netherlands, Romania, and Finland, Estonia is pressing the bloc to make a decision at next week’s Brussels EU summit”. https://news.err.ee/868622/estonia-joins-other-eu-states-pressing-for-cyber-attack-sanctions-listing
On cyber geopolitics, “Kremlin has assured Monday that The Hague had brought no evidence to the accusations of Russian spies tried to hack in April the headquarters of the international Organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons, while the Dutch ambassador to Moscow was to be convened”. https://kozpost.com/blog/cyber-attacks-the-kremlin-accuses-the-hague-of-not-bringing-any-evidence/10830/
On digital economy, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Togo need far-reaching reforms of their infrastructure and legal systems to benefit from e-commerce, new studies of the West African countries by UNCTAD have revealed https://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=1870
On fake news, Facebook removed hundreds of pages and accounts that intentionally spammed users with fake news and misleading information in a “coordinated” effort, Facebook reported. https://mashable.com/article/facebook-removes-accounts-spreading-fake-news-in-us/#hrY9kMv1Niqt
“European Union funded researchers have launched the first international network to identify and understand problems associated with Internet use, such as gambling, pornography, bullying, excessive social media use. The Manifesto for a European Research Network into Problematic Usage of the Internet is published in the peer-reviewed journal, European Neuropsychopharmacology1”. https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/econ-ers100518.php
As for event, we note AFRISIG 2018 in Zanzibar https://afrisig.org/2018/
Internet Governance updates 