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Tech News

Cyber gulag: How Russia tracks, censors, and controls its citizens

Going online in Russia can be frustrating, complicated, and even dangerous.

05/08/2025

Tech News

French people spend about 3.5 hours online every day - survey

A new survey conducted in France found that people spend half of their internet time on very large platforms.

15/11/2024

Bangladesh

Bangladesh's government extends nationwide curfew and internet ban

An internet blackout will remain in force and the nationwide curfew has been extended, meaning people will only be allowed out between 3pm and 5pm.

21/07/2024

Tech News

Ex-French minister suggests 'rationing' Internet data to 3GB a week

An editorial by a former education minister calling to "ration the Internet" to 3GB a week has sparked controversy in France.

21/03/2024

Kazakhstan

Blogger in Kazakhstan helps people connect after internet turned off

A blogger in Kazakhstan is helping people to connect with loved ones after authorities cut internet access.

09/01/2022

Destinations

How this tiny US town accidentally became the 'Shangri-la of quiet'

A tiny US town has become a refuge for people seeking to escape the digital age.

17/10/2021

Zambia

Zambia counts votes in high-stakes election with large turnout

Officials started counting the results in Zambia after polling stations closed on Thursday as voters waited in long lines to cast their ballots.

13/08/2021

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Myanmar anti-coup protests grow as army broadens internet crackdown

Myanmar saw its largest anti-coup protests yet on Saturday with young demonstrators spilling on to the streets to denounce the new military regime, despite a nationwide internet blackout.

06/02/2021

Europe Decoded

Splinter-net? Is the internet fracturing along geopolitical lines?

"There is a larger and disturbing trend where governments directly interfere with the internet, attempting to score short-term political points, without regard for the long-term damage," Konstantinos Komaitis, of the Internet Society, told Euronews.

11/09/2020

Europe Decoded

Turkey blocks Twitter, Facebook after deadly airstrike

Turkey blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram after an airstrike killed at least 33 of its troops in Idlib, according to internet monitoring groups.

28/02/2020

Europe Decoded

How did Iran's government pull the plug on the Internet?

Experts are calling it one of Iran's largest internet blackouts, as connectivity returns, we look at how the government implemented a near total blackout.

22/11/2019

Russia

Runet: what does Russia's internet 'nationalisation' mean?

Russian lawmakers voted on Tuesday to experiment with shutting off the country's internet from the rest of the world.

12/02/2019