Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of August 14th, 2020 Chinese gamers will need to verify their real names on all games by September The Chinese government is rolling out a real name authentication and verification system to all online games in the country by the end of the month. Some of these verification systems … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: August 14, 2020”
As of a few hours ago, there’s a new VPN ban in Turkey. Turkey’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority has issued an order to Turkish Internet service providers (ISPs) telling them to institute a VPN ban. Many Turkish internet users were using VPNs to access social media platforms after Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube were blocked last … Continue reading “Tired of people circumventing social media blocks, Turkey calls for VPN ban”
Starting Thursday, 11:07PM local time in Turkey, internet users started reporting that Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter had been blocked. Internet users in Turkey were forced to use a VPN to access their social media accounts. The government has started to tighten access to VPNs as well. Unfortunately, PayPal was denied a financial license renewal by the Turkish … Continue reading “Turkey blocks Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter… again”
The Turkey coup to unseat Erdogan has predictably resulted in social media censorship as the Turkish government and military start firing shots. The two major bridges leading in and out of Istanbul, Turkey have been shut down and multiple sources are reporting organized military action and shots fired within the capital. The Turkish government has … Continue reading “Turkey blocks Facebook and Twitter following military coup to unseat Erdogan”
The nearly 75 million residents of Turkey will be unable to use PayPal to pay for online goods starting June 6th, 2016. PayPal’s decision to pull out of Turkey resulted from the expiration of a required financial license. Rather than risk the ire of Turkey’s financial regulator, PayPal will withdraw from Turkey. Users will only … Continue reading “Now that PayPal has left Turkey, Turks should use Bitcoin”