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Vietnam is deploying a 10,000-member military cyber warfare unit to combat what the government sees as a growing threat of “wrongful views” proliferating on the internet, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing local media reports. From the report: For… Continue reading Vietnam Deploys 10,000 Cyber Warriors to Fight ‘Wrongful Views’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from PBS: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald on Sunday addressed a report that President Donald Trump’s administration had banned the CDC from using seven words or phrases … Continue reading CDC Director Says No Words Are Actually Banned At the CDC
“Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince hated cutting off service to the infamous neo-Nazi site the Daily Stormer in August,” reports Ars Technica. “And he’s determined not to do it again. ‘I’m almost a free-speech absolutist.’ Prince said at an event at the Ne… Continue reading Cloudflare’s CEO Has a Plan To Never Censor Hate Speech Again
An anonymous reader shares a Bloomberg report: Apple’s Tim Cook and Google’s Sundar Pichai made their first appearances at China’s World Internet Conference, bringing star power to a gathering the Chinese government uses to promote its strategy of tigh… Continue reading Apple, Google CEOs Bring Star Power as China Promotes Censorship
By Waqas
The world-renowned encrypted email service provider ProtonMail is back in the
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: “ProtonMail Contacts” world’s first encrypted contacts manager is here
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New submitter Seven Spirals writes: Recently, the FreeBSD folks have removed Fortune with a fairly predictable far right 4chan condemnation. Then last weekend saw a lively debate on NetBSD’s current-users mailing list about the inclusion of Hitler quot… Continue reading Hitler Quote Controversy In the BSD Community
Skype, Microsoft’s Internet phone call and messaging service, has been unavailable for download from a number of app stores in China, including Apple’s, for almost a month (Editor’s note: the link could be paywalled; alternative source), The New York T… Continue reading Skype Vanishes From App Stores in China
The Afghan government will not block the instant messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram, a spokesman told news agency Reuters on Monday, following days of controversy after reports the services would be suspended. From a report: “Government of Afghan… Continue reading Afghanistan Clarifies It Will Not Block WhatsApp, Telegram
Popular instant messaging app WhatsApp has already been struggling for its existence in China ever since July when Chinese government blocked its users from sending photos and videos over the app.
Now, it appears that China has largely blocked Faceboo… Continue reading China Bans WhatsApp Messenger
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: China has blocked WhatsApp, security experts confirmed today to The New York Times (Warning: source may be paywalled). Over the past few months, WhatsApp has experienced brief disruptions to service, … Continue reading China Blocks WhatsApp