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Censorship

Chinese government denies plans to block personal use of VPN in China

Updated on Nov 18, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that China was in the process of blocking VPN in China by February 1st, 2018. Inside sources told Bloomberg that state-owned internet service providers (ISPs)…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, VPN

Great Firewall of China: Chinese government orders ISPs to block personal VPN use by February 1st

Updated on Aug 5, 2021 by Caleb Chen

The Great Firewall of China is being bolstered in the coming months - increasing censorship for over a billion internet users. According to Bloomberg, the Chinese government has told state-owned…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, VPN

Canadian Supreme Court decision forces Google to participate in censorship by removing search results worldwide

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by Caleb Chen

A recent decision by the Canadian Supreme Court will force Google to remove a particular site from search results all around the world, not just in Canada. While Canada has…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments

Britain’s ISPs already censor political opinions they just randomly happen to disagree with

Updated on Jul 22, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

British Internet providers already censor political opinions they don't like. Specifically, they censor this blog by default, which is trivial to verify, thanks to Open Rights Group. This blog isn't…

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Copyright revision in Europe proceeding; upload censorship gone (for now); close calls

Updated on Jun 10, 2017 by Rick Falkvinge

The revision of the copyright monopoly in the European Union continues its way through the European law factory. From Julia Reda, we learn that the Internal Market "IMCO" Committee has…

Categories: Censorship, Copyright, General Privacy News, Governments

According to UK Prime Minister May, the fight against terrorism requires porn censorship on the Internet

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

A few people have commented on UK Prime Minister Theresa May jumping on the opportunity to argue for "regulating the Internet" after the most recent terror attacks. Fewer have highlighted…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments

Comcast is trying to censor a FFTF website that supports net neutrality

Updated on Nov 18, 2020 by Caleb Chen

Comcast has sent a formal cease and desist letter to Fight for the Future (FFTF) demanding control of its pro-net neutrality website, comcastroturf.com. FFTF set up comcastroturf.com to allow people, real…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments

Theresa May outlines Tory plan to create new, censored Internet controlled by UK government

Updated on Jul 19, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Yesterday, during her speech describing the current Tory Manifesto, Theresa May revealed that she plans to build a "new Internet," over which the government has complete control. The goal in the…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments

Wikipedia censored from the Internet in Turkey: Government rejects the world’s reality and substitutes its own

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Rick Falkvinge

This morning, Turkey decided to censor the entire Wikipedia in all its editions. Work is ongoing by local activists to establish the exact technical scope. Turkish authorities have issued a…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments

Russia drafts bill to ban VPNs and proxies; force search engines to remove search results

Updated on Jul 21, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Russia will soon see a new bill before the Duma that aims to ban VPNs and proxies that do not comply with the Roskamnadzor, Russia's online censorship machine. Though the bill…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, VPN
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