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The Internet is gaining users each day -- mostly in non-English speaking regions.

That's because the web's reach is spreading fast. While it took 30 years to get two billion people online, the Internet is now adding one billion new users every four years.

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Smartling, an enterprise translation management company, created this multilingual, interactive HTML5 infographic to show who is using the Internet today around the world. Smartling believes that to create a global web, the platform must speak more languages and businesses much adjust their practices to reach new audiences in non-English speaking markets.

90% of today's web users live in non-English speaking countries. Only 13% of the world's web users live in North America. In comparison, Asia is home to 45% of web users, Europe is home to 23%, South America is home to 10%, Africa is home to 6% and the Middle East is home to 3.3%.

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The infographic highlights market share growth, ecommerce and mobile trends in South America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

The amount of Arabic on the Internet -- 3% of all sites in 2011 -- has increased by 2500% since 2000. Similarly, Russian's current 3% share is up 1800% in the last decade. China added more Internet users in three years than people in the U.S. And China, India, Iran, Nigeria and Russia have added the most new Internet users in the last five years.

You can view the infographic in nine different languages -- Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portugese and Spanish -- on Smartling's website.

What do you make of these statistics? Do you think the rise of non-English speakers presents a challenge or an opportunity? Let us know in the comments.

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iran's supreme leader ordered Wednesday the creation of an Internet oversight agency that includes top military, security and political figures in the country's boldest attempt yet to control the web.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Supreme Council of Cyberspace will be tasked with preventing harm to Iranians who go online, state TV reported.

The report did not spell out specifically the kind of dangers that the council would tackle. But officials have in the past described two separate threats: computer viruses created by Iran's rivals aimed at sabotaging its industry, particularly its controversial nuclear program, and a "culture invasion" aimed at undermining the Islamic Republic.

Khamenei's statement follows ambitious plans announced by officials to create homegrown alternatives for Internet staples like Google, which would in effect make it unnecessary for many Iranian web users to visit any site based outside the country's borders.

The cyberspace council will be headed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and includes powerful figures in the security establishment such as the intelligence chief, the commander of the powerful Revolutionary Guards, and the country's top police chief.

It also includes the speaker of parliament, state media chiefs, government ministers in charge of technology-oriented portfolios, and several cyber experts.

"Given the need to make constant plans to protect (Iranian users) from harm resulting from (the Internet) requires a concentrated center for policy-making, decision-making and coordination in the country's cyberspace," Khamenei said in his decree.

Khamenei's order for creation of the council follows a series of high-profile crackdowns on cyberspace including efforts to block opposition sites and setting up special teams for what Iran calls its "soft war" counter-measures against the West and allies.

Iran has blamed Israel and the U.S. for Stuxnet, the powerful virus that targeted Iran's nuclear facilities and other industrial sites in 2010. Tehran acknowledged the malicious software affected a limited number of centrifuges a key component in nuclear fuel production. But Iran has said its scientists discovered and neutralized the malware before it could cause serious damage.

Tehran's perception of threats extends beyond viruses, however.

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06-03-2012 05:43 http://www.presstv.com Despite its historic and international reputation for heralding free speech, the United Kingdom has the second strictest censorship of the internet in the European Union. The UK has a number of laws and policies that restrict the way information can be made public, including some that make it illegal to report on information that the government or corporations are trying to keep secret. During the London riots, David Cameron ordered the censorship of social networking sites, and his censorship plans have been applauded by China. Western governments are attempting to put forward laws that further restrict the freedoms of internet usage such as the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), Protect IP Act (PIPA) and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). These are all argued to be internet filtering systems and policies on a national and international level that stifle the ability of internet users to discuss, question and critique and risks the internet becoming a tool of political and economic power for the ruling elite. In this edition of the show we talk to British public about the Freedom of Information in the West and ask; why do you think Western governments engage in censorship and make it illegal for the public to share certain information?

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MEDINA, Ohio, March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Security firm Thirtyseven4, LLC creates a solution for millions of users worldwide to avoid Internet loss when the virus DNSChanger takes effect on Thursday, March 8, 2012. DNSChanger is a Trojan that targets Internet devices such as routers or home gateways. DNSChanger spread to millions of users worldwide through a highly efficient botnet. An estimated four million PC's in over one hundred countries have been compromised.

The DNSChanger attack directs a system's Domain Name System (DNS) server settings to rogue DNS servers controlled by malware authors. DNS is an Internet service that converts domain names into Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that allows computers to communicate with one another.

As a result of this attack, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched Operation Ghost Click and set up a temporary solution to ensure users didn't lose DNS service. Their fix expires this Thursday at which time infected users will lose Internet service.

"Lost Internet connection due to DNSChanger remains a serious threat to millions," said Thirtyseven4 Owner Steven Sundermeier. "Our virus lab team has reported over 70 variants of this malware and we're still seeing hundreds of thousands of live infections. If you have a factory set or weak password for your router, there is a good chance your system was compromised."

Over half of Fortune 500 companies have at least one PC or router still infected with DNSChanger.

"Thirtyseven4 developed a free DNSChanger detection tool for users who find themselves at risk. The tool was created to help users determine if their system's DNS settings have been compromised," added Sundermeier. "The best solution to ward off vicious attacks in the future is for consumers to make sure that they go with a reputable antivirus provider and that their protection is up-to-date," concluded Sundermeier.

For more information about this virus or to check your system and avoid losing Internet service, please visit http://www.thirtyseven4.com/dnschanger.html.

Thirtyseven4 also offers a 30 day trial of its flagship product, Thirtyseven4 Antivirus which cleans machines and protects them from future attacks at http://www.thirtyseven4.com/downloads.html.

About Thirtyseven4: Born out of a desire to better connect antivirus protection solutions with premium customer support and service, Thirtyseven4, LLC seeks to protect schools, universities, businesses, governmental agencies and home-users with the best antivirus products available.

CONTACT: Steven Sundermeier, President Thirtyseven4, LLC steven.sundermeier@thirtyseven4.com p: 877-374-7581

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Lawrence LessigWe're pleased to announce that Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, will be speaking at Mashable Connect, our signature conference.

During his talk, Lessig will share his vision on the future of digital creativity and technology innovation in a post SOPA and PIPA world.

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Mashable's largest conference, Mashable Connect, is returning to Orlando, FL from May 3-5, and this year we will explore the future of digital with some of the brightest minds in the industry.

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Lawrence Lessig is a global pioneer and leading expert in the area of contemporary copyright law and Internet privacy. His passion for freedom of creativity, particularly in the realm of digital technology, has resonated with a diverse community of professionals ranging from artists to computer scientists.

Prior to Harvard, Lessig was a professor at Stanford Law School, where he founded the schools Center for Internet and Society, and at the University of Chicago.

He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court.

Lessig is a founding board member of Creative Commons, an organization whose core mission is to advance digital creativity, sharing and innovation on the internet. One of his primary goals with Creative Common is to build a culture of free and legal online sharing, which is vital for the survival of the content industry.

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