We’ve covered Russian Internet censorship before on Russia banning VPNs and trying to restrict our usage in the country. Now, things are getting more serious in mid 2017 with hundreds of websites blocked at the ISP level. The reasons for blocked websites range from “illegal” content to the prevention of extremist activity. This has lead to […]
Just recently the Egyptian government blocked access to news websites alleging that these websites were guilty of spreading “fake news”. Several popular new websites were blocked by internet service providers at the request of the Egyptian government. Websites like the Qatari-funded broadcaster Al-Jazeera, Al-Sharq, Masr al-Arabia, Al-Shaab, and Rassd were blocked for publishing “content that […]
Today the European Union just approved a proposal that will allow it to go forward with Europe’s first implementation of mandatory social media restrictions. The ruling was part of amendments to the EU’s “Audiovisual Media Services Directive,” issued last year to curb hate speech online. These restrictions will censor and block videos that incite hatred […]
China’s new Cyber-security Law will come into effect on June 1st, and may very well end up shaking the whole Chinese internet sphere, with online censorship rising to unprecedented levels. China is known to exert one of the world’s most severe censorship on its citizens, specifically online, and the Cyber Administration of China (CAC) is […]
In 2017, we’ve seen a ton of new developments impact the internet space. A lot of these changes are quite frankly bad, since they negatively impact user privacy at large. In Australia, we’ve seen large-scale metadata collection, in Russia we’ve seen massive internet censorship, and in China and Korea websites are completely banned. In the […]
Theresa May is a British politician that serves the Prime Minister in the UK. Now, she just might be the usher of a 1984 Big Brother reality in the UK. May plans to introduce a new wave of regulations upon the UK like the world has never seen. This regulations directly affect how the internet […]
It’s starting to feel more and more like an Orwellian nightmare in Turkey as local authorities have blocked access to Wikipedia after the hugely popular online Encyclopedia refused to remove content suggesting Turkey was in cooperation with “terror groups”, according to official sources. On Saturday, the Turkish government blocked access to all content of the online […]
The UK government is soliciting feedback from a handful of internet providers, but isn’t consulting the tech industry or the public. The proposed measures would greatly benefit hackers and cyber criminals, as the UK government is secretly planning to push greater surveillance powers that would force UK internet providers to monitor communications in near-real-time and companies […]
The European Commission spoke up: New laws are being considered in the EU to force internet companies to grant access to sensitive and encrypted data from various messaging apps. According to EU Justice Commissioner Věra Jourová, an effort will be made by lawmakers in June to try and push for access to data stored in […]
President Trump has just signed a bill which repeals Internet privacy rules passed last year by the Federal Communications Commission. It is now official: from now on, Internet service providers are free to spy on their clients’ browsing activities, and can use the collected data to generate targeted advertising. Despite massive backlash from the American […]
Chongqing is a sprawling city in southwestern China with a population of almost 50 million. Recent news indicates that a new VPN ban could be fast approaching direct from the Chinese government. Chongqing could be a testing ground for a nationwide blockade against users trying to use VPNs to scale/circumvent firewall and internet restrictions in […]
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