Collaborate Disseminate
As Cubans take to the streets to protest against the government’s mishandling of the economy and coronavirus health crisis, the country’s government is turning to censorship to crack down on dissent. According to NBC News, the government “has taken ste… Continue reading As Cubans Protest, Government Cracks Down On Internet Access and Messaging Apps
By Waqas
With Press TV; there are at least 6 regional websites that are currently displaying notices of seizure apparently uploaded by the US authorities.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US seizes official website of Iranian st… Continue reading US seizes official website of Iranian state-owned Press TV
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: The latest Notepad++ release has removed support for Bing search from the app after the “tank man” fiasco Microsoft had to deal with on Friday afternoon. “Microsoft Bing is removed from Notepad… Continue reading Notepad++ Drops Bing After ‘Tank Man’ Censorship Fiasco
Good investigative reporting on how Apple is participating in and assisting with Chinese censorship and surveillance.
Continue reading Apple Censorship and Surveillance in China
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Variety: China’s internet regulator has launched a hotline for citizens to report online comments that defame the ruling Communist Party and its approved description of history ahead of the Party’s upcoming 100t… Continue reading China Launches Hotline To Report Online Comments That ‘Distort’ History or ‘Deny’ Its Cultural Excellence
The file-sharing blog TorrentFreak reports:
Google was asked to remove a TorrentFreak article from its search results this week. The article in question reported that “The Mandalorian” was the most pirated TV show of 2020.
This notice claims to iden… Continue reading Google Asked to Hide TorrentFreak Article Reporting that ‘The Mandalorian’ Was Widely Pirated
Time magazine reports:
On March 10, photos and videos on Twitter were loading more slowly than usual for users in Russia. It was not a network fault or server error but a deliberate move by Russia’s state internet regulator Roskomnadzor to limit traff… Continue reading Putin’s Plan For Controlling the Internet In Russia
Spooked by evil aliens? Did the Klingons did it again? Worry about your latest and very greatest porn collection leaking online? Thinking about your IP (Intellectual Property) as if it were U.S National Security? Want to find a meaningful way to contri… Continue reading Current and Future Assessment of U.S U.K and German Cyber Intelligence and Cyber Surveillance Programs and Tradecraft – An Analysis
Security researchers have recently discovered a botnet with a novel defense against takedowns. Normally, authorities can disable a botnet by taking over its command-and-control server. With nowhere to go for instructions, the botnet is rendered useless… Continue reading Illegal Content and the Blockchain
Signal users have begun reporting issues the encrypted messaging app in China, a sign that the government may be adding another chat application to its list of banned services. Signal’s website itself has been banned since Monday, according to Greatfire.org. The app relies on end-to-end encryption, a data protection measure that puta the content of users’ messages and calls outside the government’s reach. Signal also has encountered roadblocks in Iran in recent months, where users began reporting issues in January after Signal experienced a surge of new users. Users in China can still download the app from Apple’s iOS store, and seem to be able to access the app through a virtual private network, according to CNBC. Android stores, on the other hand, no longer list the encrypted app as being available. Signal has been downloaded approximately 100 million times in China, according to data from Sensor Tower, an application […]
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