Censorship


Policy

Internet Shutdowns Cost India $2.8B in 2020: Report

A 2020 report by Top10VPN found India to be the country that suffered the most economic damage from internet disruptions.

Mumbai, India (Shutterstock)

Markets

Blockchain Developers Are Focused on the Wrong Problem

If it's to reach its full potential, the decentralized economy needs to scale censorship resistance, say Solana's CEO and COO.

Solana COO Raj Gokal, left, and CEO Anatoly Yakovenko

Policy

In India, a Clash of Digital Innovation and Internet Censorship

Among democracies, the Indian government tends to shut down the internet most frequently. Can crypto thrive in this environment?

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Tech

Belarus News Media Are Testing Decentralized Tech to Resist Censorship

Belarus media are testing NewNode, a decentralized tech helping resist the government censorship.

Belarusian citizens have been protesting for weeks, following the controversial reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko.

Tech

How a Hacker Launched a Decentralized Network to Track Internet Censorship

Using free and open-source software, the Open Observatory of Network Interference has built a “decentralized, citizen-led, internet censorship observatory.”

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Policy

Belarus Nonprofit Helps Protestors With Bitcoin Grants

A non-profit by tech entrepreneurs in Belarus is using Bitcoin to help dissidents get around repression and financial monitoring.

Protest rally in Belarus, 2020 / Natallia Rak via Flickr

Markets

Venezuela Blocks Access to Coinbase and Remittance Service MercaDolar

Venezuela has blocked access to Coinbase and MercaDolar, cryptocurrency and fiat remittance platforms respectively, alongside two VPN providers.

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Policy

Russia Is Blocking Bitcoin-Related Websites Again

Russian internet censorship agency Roskomnadzor has persuaded a court to block various crypto sites including a popular bitcoin OTC data provider.

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Policy

Belarus Is Back Online, With Lessons About Censorship Resistance

What do you do if your country unplugs the internet? Satellite and mesh networks are possible future solutions, but they have technical and political limitations.

Protestors on the streets in Belarus after the 2020 presidential election. (YouTube)

Policy

VPN Usage Surges as Belarus Remains Offline

People in Belarus are discovering anti-censorship tools as the country experiences a major internet outage

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. (Serge Serebro, Vitebsk Popular News/Wikimedia Commons)

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