China Blocks Microsoft’s Bing Search Engine, Despite Offering Censored Results

Update: Microsoft’s search engine Bing has been restored in China after being inaccessible in the country for almost two days. According to sources familiar with the matter, Bing was blocked due to an accidental technical error and not due to an attemp… Continue reading China Blocks Microsoft’s Bing Search Engine, Despite Offering Censored Results

Chinese Man Gets 5-Year Prison for Running ‘Unauthorized’ VPN Service

While continuing its crackdown on services that help Chinese citizens to bypass Great Firewall, Chinese authorities have sentenced a man to five-and-a-half years in prison for selling a VPN service without obtaining a proper license from the government… Continue reading Chinese Man Gets 5-Year Prison for Running ‘Unauthorized’ VPN Service

News in brief: veterans among S3 leak victims; court rules on email privacy; man jailed for VPN sales

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Chinese Man Jailed For Selling VPNs that Bypass Great Firewall

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In an effort to continue its crackdown on VPNs, Chinese authorities have arrested a 26-year-old man for selling VPN software on the Internet.

China’s Supreme Court has sentenced Deng Jiewei from Dongguan in Guangdong province… Continue reading Chinese Man Jailed For Selling VPNs that Bypass Great Firewall

China Shuts Down Popular VPN Services to Make Great Firewall Stronger

Online Privacy has been one of the biggest challenges in today’s interconnected world, as the governments across the world have been found censoring the Internet, stealing information and conducting mass surveillance on innocent people.

China is one s… Continue reading China Shuts Down Popular VPN Services to Make Great Firewall Stronger

China To Outlaw All Unapproved VPN Services

So the latest news from behind the Great Firewall of China is that they plan to crack down on all unapproved VPN services. This means all VPN providers, cloud service providers and ISPs will have to seek an annually renewed licence to operate a VPN Service. Really, not very surprising coming out of China and […]

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China To Outlaw All Unapproved VPN Services

So the latest news from behind the Great Firewall of China is that they plan to crack down on all unapproved VPN services. This means all VPN providers, cloud service providers and ISPs will have to seek an annually renewed licence to operate a VPN Service. Really, not very surprising coming out of China and […]

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