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Donations of modems, routers and other equipment are flooding in from around the world.
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Russia responds to economic sanctions hobbling renewals of its Internet security certificates by saying it will create its own.
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Internet connectivity dropped precipitously in Myanmar on Monday as the military seized power, likely the result of the government shutting down access in a move that drew condemnation from President Joe Biden and digital freedom activists. The Myanmar military detained senior civilian politicians, including President U Win Myint and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party won a majority of parliamentary seats in the November elections. A military-owned television network said Commander-in-Chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing would assume control of the nation for one year following the military’s allegations that the elections were fraudulent. NetBlocks, which tracks digital freedom, said connectivity fell in Myanmar by 50% at one point before later recovering to 75% of ordinary levels. The disruption pattern pointed to a centrally issued blackout order to telecommunications providers, NetBlocks said. The outage accompanied a reported Army order to shutdown state media and the disabling of phone […]
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If the music industry has its way, accused pirates could be kicked off the internet permanently based on what’s often flimsy evidence of guilt. Continue reading Music Industry Sues Major ISP In Bid to Kick Pirates Offline Permanently
Freedom House, a US think tank, analyzes internet freedom around the world every year, and this year’s report saw a drop in the US’s rating. Continue reading America’s Internet Freedom Rating Dropped Due to the Repeal of Net Neutrality
Amazon and Google face sharp questions from a bipartisan pair of U.S. senators over the tech giants’ decisions to ban domain fronting, a technique used to circumvent censorship and surveillance around the world. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., sent a letter on Tuesday to Google CEO Larry Page and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos over decisions by both companies in April to ban domain fronting. Amazon then warned the developers of encrypted messaging app Signal that the organization would be banned from Amazon’s cloud services if the service didn’t stop using Amazon’s cloud as cover. “We respectfully urge you to reconsider your decision to prohibit domain fronting given the harm it will do to global internet freedom and the risk it will impose upon human rights activists, journalists, and others who rely on the internet freedom tools,” the senators wrote. The technique uses HTTPS encryption to communicate with […]
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The state law only went into effect once the federal rules were officially repealed on Monday. Continue reading Washington State Is Now the Only Place in America with Net Neutrality
Spyware made by a notorious vendor has been used to target critics of the Turkish government via Twitter, according to digital rights advocacy group Access Now. Attackers used spyware from FinFisher to target protestors focused on the Turkish government in 2017, Access Now said in a report. Hackers allegedly used Twitter-linked malicious websites to install spyware on activists’ phones. The perpetrators used a “benign-looking mobile application” as cover for the FinFisher spyware, which was part of “a broad social engineering attack” against opponents of Turkey’s ruling party, the report stated. “The broad and aggressive use of [the spyware] to target individuals involved in the March for Justice movement in Turkey provides a rare window into the current deployment of FinFisher,” Access Now said. “It gives us new clues and patterns of behavior of how social media is used in conjunction with the malware…” the organization added. There is evidence that surveillance […]
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Google blocks a tool called Google App Engine in Iran, indirectly allowing the Iranian government to block apps that piggyback on it to skirt online censorship. Continue reading Microsoft and Amazon Enable Censorship Circumvention Tools in Iran. Why Doesn’t Google?
But these efforts face a steep uphill climb. Continue reading In the Wake of the FCC’s Net Neutrality Repeal, California Eyes Its Own Net Neutrality Law