internet freedom
Here’s What Making Cell Phone Calls in North Korea Sounds Like
An American academic has recreated “a taste” of North Korean cell phone service, “without the trip to Pyongyang.”
Here’s What Making Cell Phone Calls in North Korea Sounds Like
An American academic has recreated “a taste” of North Korean cell phone service, “without the trip to Pyongyang.”
Ron Deibert’s Lab Is the 'Robin Hood' of Cybersecurity
How one man built a unique lab whose mission is to document how the free internet is slipping into surveillance and censorship.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Is Dead, and That's Good for Internet Freedom
US lawmakers from both parties rejected the 12-country deal, including every leading presidential candidate.
Turks Are Flocking to Tor After Government Orders Block of Anti-Censorship Tools
As usual, online censorship seems to have a “Streisand effect” for tools that allow netizens to circumvent blocks.
Turkey Doubles Down on Censorship With Block on VPNs, Tor
The Turkish government takes its fight against the free flow of information online one step further.
Protesters Are Holding a 'Squirting Water Fight' to Combat a Worrying New Internet Bill
The UK's Digital Economy Bill has serious implications for internet freedom, so to protest against it a pornographer and an obscenity lawyer are holding a "Kink Olympics", which will include "fisting volleyball" and a "squirting water fight".
Twitter Refuses to Block Account of Noted Turkish Journalist
Another day, another online censorship request from Turkey.
Gabon Is Suffering the 'Worst Communications Suppression Since the Arab Spring'
Nightly 'internet curfews' are the latest tool in the oppressive government toolbox.
Syrian Internet Outages Correspond Exactly to National High School Test Schedule
"National Internet blackouts are so routine and banal that they are now becoming a common tactic to prevent cheating among youth."
The Internet Doesn’t Route Around Surveillance
Researchers find that routing around surveillance is almost impossible on the internet.