As Julia Reda has continuously reported from inside the European Parliament, the European Commission is pushing for an update to copyright monopoly laws that would introduce upload-time censorship on copyright…
Freedom of Expression is a fundamental human right as enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But it sadly comes as no surprise to any of…
It was just an idea posted in a random financial forum, but people saw the implications immediately. The Bitcoin-BCH financial network brings with it an uncensorable Twitter-like microblogging, called Memo.…
Email is one of the most ubiquitous forms of online communication around. According to Statista, there are over 3.7 billion email users in the world currently. Unfortunately, it’s likely that…
One of Japan’s largest internet service providers (ISPs) says that it will begin blocking pirate sites of its own volition, despite constitutional prohibitions on censorship. Industry publication TorrentFreak reports that…
Some of the greatest lessons I’ve learned in my life, came from some of the greatest failures in my life. However, when my dreams were met with failure, I was…
German newspapers had sued AdBlock Plus for everything including the kitchen sink, such as "unfair competition" and copyright violation, for letting users opt out of the newspapers' annoying and insecure…
Russia officially began implementing its Telegram ban on Monday, and it has gone about as poorly as could be expected. Far from just blocking Telegram, which incurred the ire of…
Thousands of Android apps are violating a law designed to protect the privacy of children using internet-connected devices, research from the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) shows. Writing in a…
Today, April 15 2018, Creative Commons Executive Director Ryan Merkley announced the recipient of the inaugural Bassel Khartabil Free Culture Fellowship and the Memorial Fund Grantees at the 2018 Creative…