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Since 2016, Myanmar Courts Have Convicted 100% of People Charged Under Telecom Law 66 (d)
Expect Even Less Freedom of Internet in 2018
French Legislators Rebuked for Seeking to Criminalize Online Browsing
Will Russia Block Twitter?
In China, Skepticism Surrounding Police Investigation of Kindergarten Child Abuse Is Censored
Why Hundreds Of Tech Companies Including Giants Are Rallying For Net Neutrality
The Evolution of China’s Great Firewall: 21 Years of Censorship
(GVO) – In September 1987, a Beijing laboratory sent what became China’s first email. The message, to a German university, read: “Across the Great Wall we can reach every corner of the world.” The development of internet infrastructure in the past few decades…
China to Ban Anonymous Online Comment, Blacklist Users
(GVO) – As of October 1, 2017, Chinese netizens who have not registered their user accounts with online platforms under a new real name system will not be able to post comments on online content, while bans await trouble-makers. “The Regulation…
Apple complies with Chinese Censorship and removes VPNs
(GVO) – A month after China announced its plan to crack down on companies offering virtual private networks (VPN), United States-based tech company Apple informed its customers that it would take down VPN services from its China store in compliance with the country’s…
Russia’s Parliament Went on a Censorship Binge Today
(GVO) – Russia’s lower house of parliament approved a spate of censorship laws today, voting for legislation that will prohibit messaging services from allowing users to communicate anonymously, outlaw the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), proxies, and other anonymizers, and require search engines to hide links to…
With Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Blocked, Venezuelans Share Tech Advice
(GV) – On the evening of June 28, Internet users from various cities in Venezuela reported that multiple websites and social media platforms — including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Periscope — were inaccessible. According to the digital activism organization Venezuela Inteligente: The…
75-year-old movie clip was censored by YouTube in Thailand
(TFC) – YouTube temporarily blocked access to a clip from the 1940 film “The Great Dictator” at the request of the military government in Thailand. The clip is reportedly available again after a spike in attempts to access it drove…
Mirroring around Turkish Censorship
(GVO) – It has been more than one month since Turkey blocked Wikipedia, the popular crowdsourced encyclopedia. With each day, it is becoming more apparent just how vital a role the platform plays in helping users find and share reliable information online. Students, reporters and TV series…
Russia’s Internet Censor Asked for a PornHub Premium Subscription. PornHub Gave It 10
Russia (GV) – Shortly after Roskomnadzor, Russia’s Internet censor, added PornHub to its registry of blocked websites in September of 2016 (in the name of preventing minors from being able to access pornography), the online porn website made Roskomnadzor an offer: unblock PornHub in…