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Russia Readies Law So Moscow Can Block Social Networking Giants

No love for Twitter. Russia’s parliament has prepared draft legislation that will allow Moscow to ban US social networking giants

Official government test of Internet that is cut off from rest of the world cancelled by Russia, amid the global Coronavirus pandemic

Ban on Wikipedia in Turkey for nearly three years has ended after freedom of expression ruling from country’s Constitutional Court

Going dark. International BBC news website can now be accessed via the Tor network, to thwart censorship

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

Open staff letter calls on search giant to abandon attempts to create censored search app for Chinese market

Alphabet boss tells US senators that firm is considering China re-entry, but declines to address censorship concerns

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

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

Grim picture…social media is being manipulated, mobile connectivity is being censored, and attacks against journalists is on the rise

Cloudflare CEO said it was a difficult decision but US civil liberties group hits out at tech firms for clampdown

Sovereign countries should set their own laws for the Internet and others should respect that, according to China President

Spank you very much, as Max Mosley slaps Google with a lawsuit over sex party images

Cyberspace Administration of China says sites breached policies on pornography and political news