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Welcome to HTTP error code 451: Unavailable for legal reasons
There’s a new addition to the 400 family of error codes: give a hearty welcome to newcomer 451, the HTTP code that lets you …
Google’s chairman wants algorithms to censor the internet for hate speech
In an op-ed for The New York Times (paywall), Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, inserted himself directly into the middle of a …
India orders clampdown on Internet porn, sparks censorship debate
India has blocked hundreds of adult websites to prevent pornography becoming a social nuisance, a government official said on Monday, sparking a debate about …
China’s new cybersecurity law sparks censorship concerns
China has released a draft cybersecurity law which immediately sparked concerns that it is too vague and could signal Beijing’s widespread censorship of the …
New Australian bill could outlaw VPNs in bid to stamp out Hulu, Netflix ‘piracy’
A new bill being considered in Australia could outlaw the use of VPNs in that country in the name of fighting piracy. Australia has …
Reuters websites blocked in China
Reuters news websites were inaccessible in China on Friday, the latest Western news organisation to be blocked in a country where censors keep a …
Anti-censorship group in China faces DDoS attack
An activist group working to end China’s Internet censorship is facing an ongoing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that threatens to cripples its …
Russian Censorship: Tor, Anonymous VPNs Could Be Target Of Next Crackdown, Kremlin Warns
The 200,000 or so Russian Internet users who have signed up with Tor since Vladimir Putin regained the country’s presidency in 2012 might soon …
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