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Censorship

As Russian internet censorship grows, Twitter reportedly agrees to move some user data to servers in Russia

Updated on Jan 30, 2024 by Caleb Chen

Twitter has reportedly agreed to comply with Russia's Big Brother law - which forces tech companies to store data on Russian soil. Russia's Big Brother laws, passed in July of…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media

Russia threatens to ban VPNs and proxies that don’t censor whatever the government wants

Updated on Aug 2, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Censorship in Russia may soon be aided by the very websites and services often used to bypass it. Russia censors its Internet through the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere…

Categories: Censorship, Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, VPN

India keeps shutting down the Internet for 12 million plus in Jammu and Kashmir

Updated on Aug 3, 2021 by Caleb Chen

The Jammu and Kashmir region of India at the tumultuous border between India and Pakistan formally lost internet access on April 17th, 2017 (again). The most recent spat of internet bans…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments

New legislation (HR 1865) seeks to hold websites liable for content posted by third parties; degrade free speech online

Updated on Jul 15, 2021 by Caleb Chen

A new resolution before the House would do away with one of the strongest free speech protections on the Internet. On 4/03/17, Congresswoman Wagner introduced the “Allow States and Victims…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments

Switzerland proposes Internet censorship to protect domestic gambling

Updated on Nov 18, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

In a surprise move, Switzerland has a bill passing through parliament that would introduce net censorship to protect domestic gambling against foreign competition. This is as dangerous as it is…

Categories: Censorship, Governments

Is it reasonable for a private industry to demand governmental censorship power over general communications?

Updated on Jan 26, 2024 by Rick Falkvinge

The copyright industry is trying - again - to forcefully conscript Internet Service Providers into doing their bidding. This time, the RIAA and other organizations are demanding "filtering", which is…

Categories: Censorship, Copyright, Governments

Swedish Court orders web censorship of Pirate Bay; idea of ISP tit-for-tat against copyright industry plaintiffs floated everywhere

Updated on Aug 2, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

In a first, a Swedish court has ordered censorship of The Pirate Bay in a case of copyright industry vs. an ISP. While cases like this have been common in…

Categories: Censorship, Copyright, Governments

France blocked or removed over 2,700 websites in 2016

Updated on Nov 18, 2021 by Justin O'Connell

Authorities in France ordered the blockage or removal of over 2,700 websites in 2016, according to Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux. The orders were designed to minimize extremist content online.…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News

Cameroon is actively blocking internet access in the English-speaking parts of the country

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by Caleb Chen

Bamenda, the English speaking region of Cameroon, is currently undergoing an internet blockade followed the ban of two political organizations, Southern Cameroons National Council and the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments

Egyptians forced to use a VPN to access encrypted messaging app Signal

Updated on Aug 6, 2021 by Caleb Chen

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…

Categories: Censorship, Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, VPN
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