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Internet censorship explained: What it is and how it works
Censorship is no longer limited to history books or a few countries; it increasingly affects users around the world, including in democratic nations. Some restrictions are obvious: entire websites ban...
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Net neutrality: Everything you need to know
Imagine if your internet service provider (ISP) operated like a cable TV provider. You’d have a set of websites included in your monthly plan, and you’d pay extra for “premium” access to speci...
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Q&A: Alex Gladstein on smuggling forbidden media via USB sticks
Image courtesy of Alex Gladstein. Alex Gladstein is chief strategy officer at the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), a non-profit organization that works to promote and protect human rights international...
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How to survive an internet shutdown
Internet freedoms have been declining for a decade now, according to reports by Freedom House. Internet shutdowns in particular have been one strategy that we’ve seen frequently in recent years. Wi...
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Interview: Encryption expert Riana Pfefferkorn on the erosion of online free speech
This post was originally published on August 20, 2020. Riana Pfefferkorn is the associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society (CIS), a technology...
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Interview: Meet the person protecting human rights activists amid mass surveillance
Front Line Defenders’s Mohammed Al-Maskati has spent most of his life fighting for human rights in Bahrain and the Middle East. But in recent years, human rights activists have increasingly faced th...
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Tor crusader Chuck McAndrew discusses privacy, freedom with ExpressVPN
The Kilton Public Library in Lebanon, New Hampshire, made headlines last year after becoming the first library in the U.S. to offer free, anonymous Internet via Tor. Advocates around the world were qu...
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