In a solo-authored report for OONI, Maria Xynou documents the Ugandan Communications Commission's internet shutdown and subsequent social media blocks.
On January 8, at 10 pm local time, the government of Iran shut down the internet. According to a Cloudflare report, 98.5 percent of the users in Iran didn’t have access to internet. To make matters ...
Google has officially confirmed it is blocking background video playing on third-party mobile browser apps to non-Premium users.
The Iranian regime has made progress on its plans to “retire” access to the international internet, according to experts, who warn Iran is entering “a new age of digital isolation.” ...
The country cut off internet access on 8 January following a government crackdown on protesters.
Russia appears to restrict access to crypto media via ISP-level controls, without listing sites in official blocking ...
Iranian businesses are reeling from an internet blackout, imposed while authorities used massive force to crush large-scale protests, which has crippled commerce in an already battered economy.
Many in Iran are gaining brief and unexplained windows of online connectivity, offering a widening glimpse of the extent of ...
AI slop and enshittification are making the public social commons unbearable. The alternative pathways are more accessible than you think.
Pioneering research physicists in Spain, Germany, Italy and Austria tell Computer Weekly about their breakthroughs, their dilemmas, and the immense challenges on the road to a quantum internet ...
Weeks into an internet blackout in Iran, NPR speaks to a protester who is still online and a U.S.-based activist who is ...