11-06-2017 12:39 via thedrum.com

Germany’s Angela Merkel calls for global digital rules

German chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the introduction of global digital regulations like those for financial markets in the G20 and for trade under the World Trade Organisation.
In a speech in Mexico, Merkel stressed that common international standards were necessary to thwart the growing threat of cyber crime.
"Otherwise some provider could emerge ... that's an island, and from which things could be done, relevant to security, that could destroy an entire system,” she is quoted
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