Russia botches Twitter throttling, cripples anything with t-dot-co in the name – including Reddit, Microsoft
See, regular expressions are hard
10 Mar 2021
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India's demand to identify people on chat apps will 'break end-to-end encryption', say digital rights warriors
Announced rules also require fast takedowns of content, online profile verification, and more
26 Feb 2021
Cambodia to force all internet traffic through national 'Internet Gateway'
De facto one-party state decrees censorship scheme that sounds a lot like China's Great Firewall
18 Feb 2021
Myanmar Junta delivers harsh cyber law and more IP blocking orders
Gives itself power to snoop and block anything, anytime – but at least it’s also consulted with industry
12 Feb 2021
.uk registry operator Nominet responds to renewed criticism – by silencing its critics
It’s always important for us to understand your views. That's why we’re shutting them down
23 Sep 2020
Pakistan demands TikTok and YouTube block 'vulgar' content
Calls for more moderation to stop video nasties reaching local eyeballs
01 Sep 2020
China's internet watchdog freezes 10 too-trashy online video services before they undermine socialism
Scantily-clad presenters and vulgar language 'corrupt the social atmosphere' and 'endanger the healthy growth of young people'
24 Jun 2020
Facebook to save US users from ads bought by foreign state-controlled media
Leaving more room for false ads bought by local politicians, which it still allows
05 Jun 2020
Zuck loves free speech so much Facebook will censor 'anti-state' content in Vietnam after telcos 'crippled' access
Updated Fine, fine, we'll ban whatever the government says is illegal, just give us back access, says US giant
22 Apr 2020
Cloudflare family-friendly DNS service flubs first filtering foray: Vital LGBTQ, sex-ed sites blocked 'by mistake'
Updated For a biz that prides itself on not censoring the internet, it sure likes censoring the internet
01 Apr 2020
Super-leaker Snowden punts free PDF* of tell-all NSA book with censored parts about China restored, underlined
* In Simplified Chinese
10 Feb 2020
Like other tech giants, Netflix gets govt takedown demands – and impressively, none of them involve Adam Sandler
Nor any requests to remove the works of Rob Schneider, Kevin James, or Ashton Kutcher, sadly
07 Feb 2020
China and Russia join to battle 'illegal internet content,' which means what you fear it does
Authoritarian regimes continue wrestling internet back into box
09 Oct 2019
What? No way. Apple? Censoring iOS 13 to appease China? Gosh. How shocking. Who'd have thought it?
iGiant declines to Taiwan on for Hong Kong and Macau
07 Oct 2019
We are shocked to learn oppressive authoritarian surveillance state China injects spyware into foreigners' smartphones
Border cops accused of loading tourists' mobiles up with snoop app in Muslim area
02 Jul 2019
Having a bad day? Be thankful you don't work at a Russian ISP: Kremlin signs off Pootynet restrictions
In Russia the internet regulates you
03 May 2019
Russian parliament waves through powers for internet iron curtain
High potential of cutting off the nose to spite the face
12 Apr 2019
French internet cops issue terrorist takedown for… Grateful Dead recordings?
Internet Archive perplexed and annoyed over idiotic demands
12 Apr 2019
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