Egyptians forced to use a VPN to access encrypted messaging app Signal
Encrypted messaging just took a blow in Egypt. Since this past weekend, many internet users with an Egyptian IP address are no longer able to send or receive messages or…
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European authorities crack down on zero-rating ISPs, defending net neutrality
Telecom authority PTS is cracking down on the European ISP Telia for having unmetered traffic to Facebook and Spotify while metering other traffic, in violation of net neutrality. Earlier this…
Court approves Australian #siteblock on The Pirate Bay, Solarmovie, Torrentz, TorrentHound, IsoHunt, and others
Australian Federal Court has ordered that 61 websites associated with The Pirate Bay, IsoHunt, TorrentHound, SolarMovie, and Torrentz, be blocked by Australia’s internet service providers (ISPs). Australian internet users have…
Private Internet Access partners with Reddit IRC hub Snoonet
Private Internet Access is honored to announce a groundbreaking partnership with Snoonet. As a long time supporter of Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Snoonet is a natural addition to Private Internet…
Understanding the Hamburg “illegal links” ruling and its problems
A Hamburg court has ruled that certain links were illegal when they were pointing at photos that were posted in violation of copyright. This ruling follows the worst fears of…
Private Internet Access funds OpenVPN 2.4 audit by noted cryptographer Dr. Matthew Green
Private Internet Access is happy to announce that an OpenVPN 2.4 audit is going to be completed by noted cryptographer Dr. Matthew Green, assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Information…
Ahead of 2022 World Cup, Qatar doubles down on internet censorship and blocks independent news website
Last week, an independent news website in Qatar, Doha News, discovered that they had been blocked in Qatar. While there has been no official news on why this block has…
Private Internet Access VPN response to Investigatory Powers Act
The United Kingdom has passed a draconian mass surveillance law, the Investigatory Powers Act (IP Act), which will force the collection of UK internet connection records for a whole year.…
How do you call something dystopic when dystopia keeps upgrading itself to something worse?
Civil rights activists have a PR problem. When calling a bad development out as the worst seen in a democracy, that's the strongest you can condemn something. The development thus…
A French man has been sentenced to two years in jail because of the contents of his internet history
The contents of your internet history are more than enough to send you to jail in France. A French man has been sentenced to two years in jail for visiting…