We Are Removing Our South Korea Presence
On the 21st January 2018 at 6.15pm Pacific Time, Private Internet Access was alerted by close contacts in South Korea that law enforcement would be seeking to mirror our servers…
Governments
The FCC votes 3-2 for net neutrality repeal
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just voted 3-2, along party lines, to repeal Net Neutrality. The Open Internet Order of 2015 is no more - the online privacy and net…
Once again: Privacy promises from a company are worth nothing, because companies can’t promise anything
In the last post, I recalled that the only thing that matter whether data collection is taking place is whether it's technically possible, and that if you carry an electronic…
Net Neutrality is necessary regulation as a short-term emergency fix to previous bad regulation
Net Neutrality is a huge topic, again. But it's important to realize that Net Neutrality is mostly being discussed in the United States -- not because it is ahead, but…
China’s censorship czar falls, as its “Police Cloud” tracking system rises across the country
We write quite a lot about China here on Privacy Online News. Sadly, that's generally because China is in the vanguard when it comes to bad things happening to privacy.…
Net Neutrality and the FCC: Let’s talk about this abusive pattern of releasing controversial policies on major holidays
So the FCC has released its plans to eradicate Net Neutrality in the United States, on Thanksgiving, as it said it would. This, on its own, merits more discussion -…
Reddit’s diverse subreddits in an uproar over FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s proposed net neutrality repeal
American internet users are facing a dire situation: The FCC has officially started its net neutrality repeal. The FCC's move would end strong net neutrality protections and additionally stop states from…
Two ways to help preserve privacy in an age of massive leaks and deep hacks
We live in the golden age of leaks. That's not to say that leaks didn't happen before. But the move to digital data and the availability of high-speed Internet connections…
How did the free sharing of scientific knowledge and culture become the worst crime our justice systems could think of?
Sci-Hub is starting to get judgments and censorship applied against it. It's noteworthy that not even murder or genocide is considered cause for such Internet censorship as is now being…
Get ready for a whole lot more site blocking in the EU, thanks to a new consumer protection law
European Union lawmakers have approved a new consumer protection regulation that, among other things, allows for the wholesale blocking of websites without the need for judicial authorization. The reasoning seems…