Russian pursuit of “sovereign internet” sees the country test its Internet unplugged from rest of the world

Russian pursuit of “sovereign internet” sees the country test its Internet unplugged from rest of the world
Going dark. International BBC news website can now be accessed via the Tor network, to thwart censorship
Assange loses court bid to delay extradition hearing, after arguing he needs more time to prepare defence
Long standing plan to introduce age checks on porn websites has been dropped by the British government
Online freedom clampdown? Russian lawmarkers draft bill to block email or messenger users who circulate ‘banned’ content
Controversial European copyright law results in French users losing the ability to view Google news snippets
World first dedicated office in Australia to police the likes of Google and Facebook and their algorithms
UPDATED – Government confirms six month delay to porn age checking after it fails to inform Brussels
Court now decides, after Sajid Javidsigned a request for Julian Assange to be extradited to the United States
Telegram’s CEO says cyber attack against Telegram came mostly from Chinese IP addresses
Controversial law will route Russian web traffic through points controlled by Russian government
Health Secretary announces tech giants will work with Samaritans to limit harmful online content
Hate crackdown continues as Facebook bans Nick Griffin, Britain First, BNP and National Front
No ‘summer loving’ for British porn viewers if they fail to verify their age from mid July
Controversial law would route Russian web traffic through points controlled by Russian government
Russian regulator gives one month notice, effectively ordering VPNs to block banned websites and messaging services
Letter to ministers spells out tech industry position on any forthcoming rules regarding harmful online content
But Pichai tells the US Congress that Google continues to explore its options in that country
Open staff letter calls on search giant to abandon attempts to create censored search app for Chinese market
US election clampdown, but meantime in the UK it pledges to make political adverts “transparent”
Google confirms Project Dragonfly is being developed, but ‘censorship search’ for China is not close to launch
Google faces calls from six US senators, numerous human rights groups, and 1,000 staff over China expansion
Sajid Javid pledges more cash, and demands tech giants tackle online child sexual abuse, or face legislation
Cost of doing business? ‘Illegal’ lottery and gambling apps the latest to be purged from Apple’s China App Store
Search engine for Chinese market still a long way from launching says Alphabet boss, amid staff concern
Do No Evil? Google reportedly building search engine for China that allows for content to be censored
Wins one, loses one, in London High Court as Google is told to remove links to criminal convictions
The deadline for the government’s age verification tool has been pushed back to the end of the year over security and privacy fears
Online smut control? AgeID will be help Brits comply with the Digital Economy Act 2017 from April
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