This last Sunday, Chinese users defied strict governmental regulations and posted anniversary photos in remembrance of the Tiananmen protests some 28 years ago in 1989. These photos come from a photographer–David Chen, who was actually at the protests at the time. The Tiananmen protests were student-led demonstrations in response...
Just recently, Ethiopia woke up to one of the worst internet outages in history. But was it an outage, or a purposeful censorship intent? On May 30, 2017, Ethiopians woke up to a blocked internet. They could not connect nationwide to any website. Since 2015, Ethiopia has seen three internet...
Switzerland is an excellent country. It’s one of the most developed countries in the world with the highest nominal wealth per adult, the eighth-highest per capita gross domestic product, and it ranks highly in government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, and human development. That said, while it does...
Just recently the Egyptian government blocked access to news websites alleging that these websites were guilty of spreading “fake news”. Several popular new websites were blocked by internet service providers at the request of the Egyptian government. Websites like the Qatari-funded broadcaster Al-Jazeera, Al-Sharq, Masr al-Arabia, Al-Shaab, and Rassd were...
DNS Leaks can hurt your online anonymity while using a VPN. When your IP leaks out of your VPN you can potentially leak valuable information about your identity, like your personal IP address or what websites you visit. Imagine VPN as the “roof” of your house, and cracks in the...
Due to protests, Venezuela is increasing its control over its internet and expanding its online surveillance. The reason being that the country is in a state of crisis after anti-government protests caused over 50 deaths due to police related incidents. Nicolas Maduro is the source of contention, since he used...
