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Guyana Chronicle New York Edition Week-ending November 18, 2016
Internet Association sends its wish list to Ihimp; urge him
to support strong encryption and ease immigration policies CALIFORNIA, U.S. - As America's president-elect, Donald Trump is set to assume office on January 20, 2017 - the Internet Association is said to have sent a detailed list of their policy priorities that include promoting strong encryption, immigration reform and maintaining liability protection from content that users share on their platforms. The Internet Association, a trade group with 40 members including some big names such as Facebook, Google, Amazon, Alphabet, Uber, Twitter and AirBnB amongst others made an early effort to repair the relation between the tech giants and Trump. Earlier this year, 145 tech leaders warned that Trump would be a 'disaster for innovation' as he called the net neutrality a "top-down power grab." Trump was also against the federal government's decision to give the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to an international nonprofit organisation, claim-
ing that the internet should remain under U.S. control, "end of story." But after Trump's win, the IA remained optimistic about its damage control methods and urged for easing regulation on the sharing economy, lowering taxes on profits made from intellectual property, and applying pressure on Europe to not implement barriers that restrict U.S. internet companies from growing in that market. The IA also congratulated Tmmp and listed stronger encryption and overhauling government surveillance among its top concerns. lA's President and CEO Michael Beckerman in a statement said, "We look forward to working closely with the Trump administration, along with Republicans and Democrats in Congress, to implement policies that promote innovation and cement the internet's role as a driver of economic and social progress for future generations." lA's proposed goals include upholding Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act so internet companies can't get sued easily for things their users say or do online, upholding Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act so internet companies can't get easily sued if they quickly remove copyrighted content that users upload,
and reforming the 30-year-old Electronic Communications Privacy Act - Supporting strong encryption, reforming Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which lets the NSA collect online communications without a warrant. It also urged Trump to provide similar copyright protections to companies that operate outside the United States. However, lA's proposal to ease immigration policies is likely to clash with Trump's provisional plans as he has pledged to deport over three million immigrants and his views on strict immigration laws also prohibit easy access to high-skilled immigrants. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has earlier publicly urged a broader deal on immigration policy supporting another group Fwd.us, which was highly critical of Tmmp's immigration proposals and called for a path to citizenship for undocumented workers. Another area of clash between Trump and tech giants would be strong encryption in products against efforts by law enforcement agencies. The IA has pushed for upholding re-
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cent reforms which prevents NSA to collect bulk call data in the name of national security, breaching users' privacy. Earlier, Trump called for a boycott on Apple products over the company's refusal to help the FBI unlock an iPhone associated with last year's San Bernardino, California shootings. Trump's ever-shifting policy proposals during his campaigns have alarmed tech companies and sometimes elicited public mockery. It remains to be seen to what extent, Trump aligns his policies with the views of the internet companies. Caribbean INcws.Nct
Trudeau: Trump Victory Will Not Erode Strong Canada-Cuba Relations (from page 11) grow. Canadian companies have significant investments in mining, power, oil and gas, agribusiness and tourism in Cuba and Trump's election campaign threat to scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement, under which the United
States, Mexico and Canada trade, could open further trade possibilities with Cuba. The United States is by far Canada's largest trade partner. During the lecture, Trudeau reminisced about his family's long friendship with the Castros. His father visited the island as prime minister 40 years ago, be-
coming fast friends with then President Fidel Castro, Raul's elder brother. With him were his wife and baby Michel, Justin's brother, who later died in an avalanche. One of the enduring images of the trip is Fidel holding Michel. 'I was four years old at the time... old enough to be jealous that my brother got to go and I didn't,' Trudeau said. 'I've had the chance, since then, to visit
Cuba on my own a few times, and I learned firsthand why my parents always spoke so highly of this place and its people,' he added. Canadians account for 40 percent of all visits to Cuba, he noted. Trudeau is visiting Cuba and then Argentina on his way to Peru to participate in the Nov. 17-18 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Caribbean News.Net
f. (from page 5) changed when the 92nd and 93rd Divisions were created in 1917. Primarily Black combat units, they were sent to overseas combat. I I SKI f.l l AIRMEN The first Black pilots in the Second World War were the Tuskegee Airmen. They were a group of African-American fighter and bomber pilots who fought in World War II. They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Force. A total of 992 pilots were trained in Tuskegee from 1941 to 1946. Of this number, 355 were deployed overseas and 84 lost their lives in combat. Their accomplishments include: conducting 1,578 combat missions, 179 bomber escort missions, 112 enemy aircraft destroyed in the air and another 150 on the ground, a Destroyer
put out of mission, 40 boats and barges destroyed Space will not permit me to tell you of Black service in the Korean War, Vietnam War, occupation of Nicaragua, occupation of Haiti, invasion of Grenada, invasion of Panama and the Gulf War. The list continues. Whatever is one's opinion of American military incursions, one must agree that the men and women who execute the Commander-in-Chief's orders, do so out of a sense of duty to country. In the words of Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC: "It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.
"It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who
allows the protester to bum the flag." GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS. GOD BLESS AMERICA!
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