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Is Internet filtering at the state level good or bad? As always, there are different opinions. I do not want to give a definite answer to this question now. On the one hand, the degree of filtering and the profile of filtering can be different, on the other hand, partly the answer to this question […]
Short Bytes: There can be many reasons why you aren’t able to access a particular website on the internet. These include the issues with the web browser, website, internet service provider, bad DNS server, etc. You can fix these issues using Tor, VPN, custom DNS, etc. The situation becomes very irritating when you’re not able […]
Short Bytes: Russia has yet again displayed stifling laws as it demanded the micro-blogging site Twitter to set up local data centres for its users, else face strict penalties. The country has changed its earlier stance on excluding Twitter from its data protection law due to some changes in the website’s user agreements. Provision of […]
Internet censorship is the control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet. It may be carried out by governments or by private organizations at the behest of government, regulators, or on their own initiative. Individuals and organizations may engage in self-censorship for moral, religious, or business reasons, to conform […]
A 27-year-old graduate student Mohammad Yousefi, was sent to prison in Iran as part of a crackdown on social media users by using “Black Spider” trapping project. Former Green activist Mohammad Yousefi has quietly been held in detention for two months. Detention is under control of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and a case is also […]
World renowned hacktivists from LulzSec Peru have hacked a verified Twitter account of United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). After taking over the Twitter account, the hacktivists changed the official description of @PartidoPSUV and its profile picture. The new discretion currently reads: “Don’t mess with the best. Hacked by LulzSec Peru.” Softpedia reports that LulzSec Peru also posted several tweets against the government of Venezuela, […]