Starting this July 1st of 2017, all Chinese mobile Android and iOS stores will start prohibiting users from downloading VPN apps. In some ways, this event is a bit unremarkable or meaningless since TorGuard’s website is already blocked in China on most app stores. It’s simply a matter...
One would think that censorship and internet control would at least come under the guise of preventing online terrorism. Many countries like the UK and Russia use online terrorism to enact internet control, and China, has always been one of the most strict advocates of online censorship to protect its...
China’s new Cyber-security Law will come into effect on June 1st, and may very well end up shaking the whole Chinese internet sphere, with online censorship rising to unprecedented levels. China is known to exert one of the world’s most severe censorship on its citizens, specifically online, and...
Chongqing is a sprawling city in southwestern China with a population of almost 50 million. Recent news indicates that a new VPN ban could be fast approaching direct from the Chinese government. Chongqing could be a testing ground for a nationwide blockade against users trying to use VPNs to scale/...
China is host to the world’s strictest internet censorship. It achieves an almost country-wide grip on its millions of internet users by restricting access to popular websites like Wikipedia, Facebook, Youtube, and countless other sites that are used frequently around the world. Chinese users have restricted access to worldwide...
Surprising no one, China is passing yet another internet censorship bill that will prohibit criticism of the government. Of course, any attempt to discuss what could be wrong with the government is a “terrorist attack” that disrupts economic, social, and political order. Unfortunately, the bill has already been approved by...
