Zello, a walky talky app that rose to fame by helping victims communicate in Hurricane Irma, is now under fire by the Russian government . The multi-platform app is basically a push to talk walkie talkie app that works over Wi-Fi and data networks to allow users to converse with no limits on users or […]
Earlier this year we covered Apple’s swift and compliant response to the Chinese government to remove VPNs from the App store. Now, Apple is doing even more to remain in the good graces of the Chinese government by removing even more apps that are violating local Chinese laws. It’s now becoming common to see China […]
Across the world, internet freedom is getting more and more censored. Internet censorship largely started as far back as a decade ago with China and Russia leading the way, but censorship now continues to spread onward like a plague. Last year we discussed the growth of worldwide censorship, but this year the trend continues with […]
In China surveillance is like an evolving organism. At first, it started small, but now it’s growing bigger and bigger, getting more powerful every day to combat crime and terrorism. However, as we’ve seen numerous times this year alone, the Chinese government doesn’t always make the best decisions when it comes to deciding who’s guilty […]
It’s not exactly “ideal” when a useful app gets banned or forcibly removed from the app store due to political posturing. Sadly, this is what is happening now with “Waze” in Iran. Due to Waze’s Israeli background and origins, Iran’s government wants to block it and prevent people in Iran from using it. Waze one […]
In Spain, the government does not allow the independence of Spanish regions if they do not follow the Spanish constitution. In the Catalan region of Spanish, the autonomous region of Catalonia attempted to bypass the constitution by instituting a referendum that would make it so the majority could force the independence of the region without […]
In the case of censorship, governments often turn to apps and services to do their work for them–meaning that if they can turn off a service or app from the company itself, they can easily block access to users in their country. This is what has just happened with Snapchat. Due to pressure from the […]
Russia is one of the fiercest enemies of free speech. The Russian government thinks that the internet is mainly a tool for terrorists, which means that they have free reign to censor and block any website that could be potentially traced to terrorism or government criticism that could incite riots. Now in 2017, thousands and […]
Vietnam is now “cracking down” on political factions and dissent on the internet with president Tran Dai Quang leading the censorship battle and pushing for more and more internet control for Vietnam. With more internet control, Tran Dai Quang believes that Vietnam can be a safer both politically and for its citizens. However, is it […]
In China, the internet is so heavily regulated that anything is fair game to be censored. Whether you’re looking for “controversial” content, or just to find information about past events, chances are you won’t be able to find it. That’s because the Chinese government uses the internet as a tool to hide information just as […]
If you’re a fan of trolling freely expressing yourself online without a VPN, it might be a good time to reconsider. Anytime you access the internet you are being tracked and your personal IP is available to the ISP and in some cases, other users and even the websites you visit. Always make sure to […]
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