Coming July 29th, Cuban society is going to become “computerized” and new censorship regulations are going to take place that drastically alter how free speech and internet content will be blocked moving forward. According to the Cuban government, the new internet changes are nothing more than a matter of “legal regulations that allow the implementation […]
As the growth of websites and free discourse has grown–so too has government crackdowns, blacklists, and all other forms of internet censorship. Turkey has been a hotspot for censorship since 2014, banning access to over 245,825 websites. Only 11,879 of these blocked websites have been blocked through the regular court process. All the other websites […]
If most of the past Russian laws for online censorship were shotgun blasts, the newest Russian law is an “internet censorship nuke”. And it looks like the nuke has just landed. From now on, the Russian government can make it a crime to “disrespect” the state on the internet. This law is put into effect […]
From a global perspective, censorship looks different depending on the country you are in. In Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States of America, restrictions are only placed on torrents, but in North Korea, people are prohibited access to political media, pornography, social media, and torrents. While Belarus, China, Cuba, South Korea, […]
LinkedIn is not a bastion of privacy by any stretch of the imagination. It’s a popular website for business networking, which means that it’s easy to find online users and reveal their real-life location, work history, and other personal information to others on the web. A lot of it is due to the website’s nature, […]
A large majority of the current internet community loves to use messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, and signal. But, why do people love these apps? Well, they are free, and the convivence factor is important too–since most of these apps work on PC and phones. You don’t have to be super privacy literate or good […]
We’ve already covered the detrimental effects of Article 13 on the blog in detail, but now Youtube itself has spoken up about the negative consequences that the laws could have on the YouTube community, but also the internet in general. Under both Article 11 and 13–known subsequently as the “link tax” and “upload filter”, companies would be […]
The last few years have seen a steady increase in the Chinese censorship regime. It’s been a long time since websites like Facebook, Google, and Twitter were banned. Publications and other forms of media are carefully regulated, but the Chinese government isn’t satisfied yet with how tight their grip is. Now, under a new internet […]
China is home to the world’s largest censorship regime. The government spends billions of dollars censoring the internet so Chinese citizens remain unaware of global events, of historical events, and even weather and smog data. The reasoning behind such intense censorship and control is put in place so the current political forces can remain in […]
Each year Russia tries to find new ways to make censorship more widespread. This year, they’ve already made significant strides in blocking encrypted messaging apps like Telegram, and in order to block users getting around restrictions, they’ve even set forth a “VPN Ban” with the only legal VPNS operating required to retain logs on users. […]
In Venezuela, censorship is starting to reign supreme taking over major news websites and free secure forms of communication. Now, it looks like even access to the Tor onion routing network is being blocked in order to prevent citizens from accessing blocked content. Why are Venezuelans using the Tor Proiect? According to a new report […]
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