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The internet of 2021 is not the open public sphere that early visionaries had imagined.

California can enforce its landmark net neutrality law after a federal judge ruled Tuesday against a group of broadband providers seeking to block it.

Cambodia’s Internet Clampdown: A ‘Great Firewall’, or No Worse than the West? width No media source currently available 0:00 0:01:48 0:00 share Government spokesperson “[Is there] any country which does not control the Internet? The USA and England have it … so Cambodia made this sub-decree by learning from other countries.” Misleading On February 16, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen signed a sub-decree to set up a National Internet Gateway (NIG). The Cambodian government initially ...

None of this should have been a surprise. Back in September we wrote about Facebook publicly saying that if Australia went forward with...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. PIR Launches New Institute to Combat DNS Abuse February 17, 2021 GMT RESTON, Va., Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Public Interest Registry, the People behind .ORG, today launched the DNS Abuse Institute as part of its ongoing efforts to protect Internet users from the threat of DNS Abuse such as malware, botnets, phishing, pharming, and spam. The Institute will bring together leaders in the anti-abuse spac...

Twitter says it has not taken any action on accounts of news media entities, journalists, activists, and politicians

New Delhi, February 10 Twitter on Wednesday said it has suspended over 500 accounts, and blocked access to several others within India as it partly acceded to a government order to curb spread of mis

Highlights Twitter has said that it has suspended nearly 500 accounts linked to farmers’ protest The micro-blogging platform also said that it will continue to work with the govt of India NEW YORK: Micro-blogging platform Twitter on Wednesday defended its policies in India, days after the government issued a notice to it ordering it to remove over 1,400 accounts related to the ongoing farmers protest against the three farm laws.  Defending its policies, Twitter issued a statement in which i...

The Indian government on Monday ordered Twitter to block 1,178 accounts from that platform that were allegedly linked to Pakistan and Khalistan supporters which were spreading misinformation and provocative content on farmers protest. Twitter has responded to these orders by the government listing the action it has taken. Twitter also says that it has not taken any action on accounts that consist of news media entities, journalists, activists, and politicians, but it has withheld a portion o...

Twitter says "values that underpin the Open Internet and free expression" are increasingly under threat around the world; lists action taken against flagged accounts after govt's non-compliance notice