Austria is looking to create online accountability for internet users like that of China’s social network ID verification. In China, various forums are required to verify and authenticate users and their real-life identities. Government spokespeople for the Chinese government have explained the rationale behind the law as being a...
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On March 27th 2019, TorGuard was sent an official request from the ROSKOMNADZOR, Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision in Sphere of Communications Information Technology and Mass Media—asking that we cooperate with Russian authorities and block websites on demand, according to state approved country-wide blacklists for Russian users. At...
It is now certain that Article 13 will now pass into law. The European Parliament voted to pass the legislation by 348 votes to 274. Article 13 gives governments in the European Union the ability police content on the internet for anything that violates copyright law. However, the law makes...
If most of the past Russian laws for online censorship were shotgun blasts, the newest Russian law is an “internet censorship nuke”. And it looks like the nuke has just landed. From now on, the Russian government can make it a crime to “disrespect” the state on the internet. This...
From a global perspective, censorship looks different depending on the country you are in. In Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States of America, restrictions are only placed on torrents, but in North Korea, people are prohibited access to political media, pornography, social media, and torrents. While...
