Surprising no one, China is passing yet another internet censorship bill that will prohibit criticism of the government. Of course, any attempt to discuss what could be wrong with the government is a “terrorist attack” that disrupts economic, social, and political order. Unfortunately, the bill has already been approved by the National People’s Congress Standing […]
Turkey has been host to a ton of outrageous internet blockages this year. Governmental restrictions have blocked social media platforms from its citizens in various circumstances. A vast majority of these blockages are political in nature, designed to quell controversial discussion of sensitive governmental topics. And now, it’s happening again. Starting Friday, Turkey once again […]
In Middle Eastern countries we are seeing an increasingly worrying trend towards internet censorship and restricted the internet. Just recently on 10/30/2016, Israel’s Ministerial Committee for Legislation agreed to censor the internet countrywide by signing a bill close to becoming law–joining countries like China, Iran, Turkey and other non-democratic countries in an attempt to take […]
In another instance of overreaching internet censorship, Turkey has shut down mobile and landline internet access across 11 cities in the southeast area of the country. This decision was a result of the local protest over Diyarbakır’s co-mayors, Gültan Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, being detained on “terrorism” charges. The internet blockage started around 10 am […]
On August 30th, Iran announced that it officially completed the first of three stages to launch their own national internet. Supporters and authorities of the new national Internet–named the National Information Network, claim that it is faster, less costly, and more secure than the World Wide Web. Critics are noting that despite these claims, the […]
Right now Turkey is in a state of chaos. Social media has been shut down, and Turkish TV stations have been seized in the face of a military coup. Specific elements of the Turkey military are attempting to take power as low flying airplane and gunshots are heard all over Ankara. Turkish Prime Minister Binali […]
If you’re in Russia, things aren’t looking good for internet freedom. Around the world, the Internet is becoming censored with giant projects like China’s “Golden Shield Project” which use techniques like deep packet inspection to block websites and monitor user traffic on a massive scale. We covered our thoughts on Russia’s intent to build their […]
Since 2014, Europe has been pushing to censor Google search results within Europe. These laws fall under the regulation “The Right to be Forgotten” which comes in the form of user appeals. If a user wants their data removed from Google search results, they can send in an appeal–even if it’s factual. The Right to […]
With over 1600+ servers in 50 different countries, TorGuard has quickly become one of the biggest VPN server providers around. We’ve remained committed to providing plenty of bandwidth, fast speeds, all while adding new VPN countries to the network list. However, our reach never stops expanding. We want to continue providing our users more servers […]
The Iranian government, along with Iranian universities, is spending $36 million to develop a new technology called “smart filtering” which will let them strengthen internet censorship capabilities. This massive collective effort has a goal of completely, selectively, and secretly blocking content or specific applications instead of shutting an entire website down. It’s a move away […]
Last month Indonesia blocked Netflix’s ever-expanding reach into their country. It was due to state-owned telecom firms that had concerns about Netflix having a business permit. This was after Netflix announced that it would be available in more than 130 countries worldwide. Telekom Indonesia, the major telecom company in Indonesia, explained that it needed to […]
