The technologies include facial recognition tools used on Uyghurs in western China, say experts ...

In recent days, Iranians experienced a near-complete internet blackout, with local service providers—including mobile services—repeatedly going offline. Iran's government has cited cybersecurity ...

Anti-coup protesters march during a demonstration against the Myanmar junta's internet restrictions in Yangon on May 12, 2021.

Even in so called democratic nations, the use of the internet is being regulated in ways that could be construed as borderline non-democratic ideology. Regulations, as we see in the Evolving Landscape ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ambitions to strengthen control of the Internet with filtering software became a show of the limits of its power on Wednesday, as activists and industry groups welcomed an ...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament has approved internet controls enabling web pages to be blocked within hours in what the opposition decried as part of a government bid to stifle a corruption ...

Among the law’s provisions is a ban on the provision of virtual private networks (VPNs), which are frequently used to circumvent internet controls. Myanmar’s military junta has passed its ...

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