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 […]
Online censorship is one of the most effective tools in preventing the spread of information in the modern era. That’s why we’ve always seen Turkey using more and more internet blackouts in the recent years. Website censorship, and other forms of surveillance have and are currently being used to control public opinion. Now, drawing closer […]
Despite a lot of pushback from internet activists and proponents of free speech, the EU has now voted in favor of a new copyright law that would automatically remove content from the internet. The new law requires media companies and internet platforms like Google and Microsoft to install filters that check uploaded content against a […]
As censorship on the internet continues to spread and evolve, we are starting to see some bad algorithms and AI dictate how content is shared on the internet. Why is this happening? Well, the internet has grown so large it’s almost impossible to police uploaded content on a wide variety of platforms–which means that companies […]
Every year Russia tries to crack down and cement total internet control. However, it’s proving hard to fill all the cracks as VPN users and proxy users remain anonymous with total internet control. The amount of laws and regulations to restrict internet use is becoming ridiculous. The bottom line is that Russia wants to kill […]
Today marks the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. In these protests–also known as the June Forth Incident, hundreds or possibly thousands (the number of casualties is covered up by the Chinese government) of protesters were gunned down by armed military troops who were trying to advance towards Tiananmen Square. Today we would […]
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 […]
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