Iran’s Insoluble Paradox of Cutting Off the Internet
Iran's policy of cutting off the internet for the vague prospect of impeding a revolt should leave the international community ...
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Bangladesh Cuts Mobile Internet Access in Rohingya Camps
Bangladesh cut access to 3G and 4G internet in Rohingya camps Tuesday, in a further clampdown on communications among the ...
Indonesia Blocks Internet in Papua Amid Major Unrest, Rioting
Indonesia has cut off internet access in unrest-hit Papua over fears that a stream of offensive and racist online posts ...
Microsoft and Privacy Policies: Never-Ending Tale?
Web browser Microsoft Edge sends unencrypted URLs of webpages users visit to Microsoft, opening up questions about the commitment that ...
The Rise of Internet Sovereignty and the End of the World Wide Web?
The notion of internet sovereignty as a uniquely Chinese and Russian approach fails to identify how the same underlying principles ...
Disrespecting Russian Authorities is Going to Be Really Expensive
By introducing a controversial set of bills on posting "disrespectful" information about the state and spreading «fake news» online, Russian ...
Russian Lawmakers Back Bill to Isolate Country’s Internet
Russian lawmakers backed a bill that could cut off the country's internet traffic from servers abroad which critics say is ...
Internet Freedom: What’s Good For the West May Not Work For the Rest
The recent spate of regimes censoring the internet should be a catalyst for the international community and nonprofits interested in developing a free ...
Here’s Why You Can’t Trust Free VPN Apps
If consumers are smart enough to use VPNs, they ought to be smart enough to understand the risks of using ...
Vietnam’s Law on Storing Online Data in the Country Compromises Privacy
The Vietnamese government approved a law that insists on Google and Facebook to store users' data in the country. While ...
VPNs are Powerful but Risky. Get an App You Can Trust and Forget the Free Ones
VPNs are worthwhile for browsing the Internet anonymously or circumventing censors – but only use the ones that can be ...
World Wide Web Inventor Unveils Plan to Save the Internet
British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, who in 1989 invented the World Wide Web as a way to exchange information, said ...
Impact of Google Returning to China Will Reach Beyond Chinese Market
If Google provides a censored engine to China, why wouldn't other authoritarian countries that are increasingly importing Chinese censorship not ...
Egypt President Approves Law Tightening Internet Controls
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has signed off on a law tightening controls over the internet in the country.
EU Directs Websites to Remove ‘Terror Content’ Within an Hour
Online platforms should take down "terrorist content" within an hour of it being reported, the E.U. said Thursday in new ...
Havana Protests Against US Effort to Increase Internet Access in Cuba
Havana has filed a formal protest against the creation of a U.S. task force aimed at increasing internet access on ...
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