January 10, 2019

Facebook violated tough new cybersecurity law, says Vietnam

The law brought sweeping new powers, allowing authorities to force technology companies to hand over user data and to censor posts.

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July 09, 2018

Copyright Directive legislation voted down by European Parliament

The EU has voted down controversial copyright legislation, but the war's not over: a second vote is scheduled for September.

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August 25, 2017

‘Clever’ TapDance approach to web censorship that works at ISP level

The TapDance approach is just a proof of concept at the moment, but observers have welcomed it as a potentially useful tool

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July 19, 2017

Want porn? Prove your age (or get a VPN)

The UK government plans to put age verification in front of pornographic websites from April 2018

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January 19, 2017

The trouble with online porn: it’s impossible to block

Finding ways to restrict access to harmful material while respecting the right of adults to watch consensual porn is proving more difficult than politicians around the world would like

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January 12, 2016

Newsflash: Tor can be used for good – just ask these journalists

ProPublica became the first major news organization to launch a .onion site on the Tor Network. Can it help persuade people that hidden services on the dark web can be used for good?

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January 08, 2016

Dump Trump! A Chrome extension to censor “The Donald” from the web

Hackers have tried deleting Trump's Wikipedia page and knocking his website offline. Now there's a much simpler, and perfectly legal, way to erase Trump from the internet.

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August 20, 2015

China vows to “clean the internet” in cybercrime crackdown, 15,000 arrested

The Ministry of Public Security in China said this week that 15,000 people have been arrested since the launch of a major anti-cybercrime operation called "cleaning the internet."

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April 29, 2015

Facebook login system blocked by Great Firewall of China causing DDoS panic

China's Great Firewall has been intercepting the Javascript module from Facebook Login, redirecting users to an unexpected pair of websites.

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