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Good Monday morning and welcome to Foreign Policys Security Brief. Send your tips, comments, and questions to securitybrief@foreignpolicy.com. Whats on tap today: the White House is sending an aircraft carrier and bomber task force to the Middle East in res…

Russia has taken a major step in it's ambition to cut itself off from the global internet and create closed network only accessible inside the country. President Vladimir Putin signed a bill on Wednesday which gives government agencies the go-ahead to deve…

Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed a bill which gives government the go ahead to develop a unique isolated internet only accessible within the country. Russia wants to develop a new domain name system (DNS) to protect it from cyber-attacks and make …

Australia has slipped two places in the Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index, coming in at number 21 out of 180 countries. The report noted the merger of Nine and Fairfax, conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison, draconian legislation and A…

Australia has slipped two places in the Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index, coming in at number 21 out of 180 countries. The report noted the merger of Nine and Fairfax, conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison, draconian legislation and A…

BRITAIN'S upcoming "porn block" could see some websites banned for all Brits even if they're older than 18. The block is designed to prevent minors accessing XXX websites, but websites that don't age-check "effectively" face being banned for everyone. Brit…

There are two lenses by which to view the political potential of Saudi Arabias large, tech-savvy youth generation. The first, optimistic perspective holds that given their social awareness, technological skillset, and creative potential, the Kingdoms millions…

Online pornography age checks are going to be mandatory in UK from 15th July but there are number of ecurity implications around this and the possibility of cybercriminals creating fraudulent age verification processes in order to access the personal informat…