Moscow to restrict mobile internet during two October summits
From October 27 to 29, voice calls, Wi-Fi and a government whitelist stay available while wider mobile internet is cut.
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Digital Dissident devroom at FOSDEM 27 seeks anti-censorship talks
Speakers should cover end-to-end toolchains for people in Russia, Iran, China and similar regimes, not single-product pitches.
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Russia Is Tightening Internet Controls, Leading to Operational Risks
Insikt Group says Russia’s expanding VPN blocks, shutdowns, and surveillance raise operational and sanctions risks without full internet isolation.
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US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship'
The US called Australia's proposed social-media algorithm opt-out law censorship of protected speech.
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Russia's internet shutdowns disrupt warnings about incoming drone attacks
Russian mobile internet shutdowns during drone attacks delay or block civil warning alerts, contributing to civilian casualties.
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Meta’s Copyright System Is Being Weaponized Against Albanian Protesters
Coordinated paid copyright complaints suspended about 100 Meta accounts of Albanian protesters, prompting over 30 MEPs to demand an EU investigation.
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Evaluating Practical Enumeration and Blocking Attacks on the Snowflake Circumvention System
Ethical measurements enumerated 21,000+ Snowflake proxy IPs across ~1,000 ASes; blocking top 1% of ASes disrupts 30% of Snowflakes.
Risky Bulletin: Russia starts blocking DoH and DoT
Russian users report blocks on DoH and DoT servers, including Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 and Google 8.8.8.8, in an apparent censorship crackdown.
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Risky Bulletin: Academics find source code overlaps between Geedge and China's Great Firewall
Academics linked Chinese vendor Geedge Networks' Tiangou Secure Gateway source code to one of the Great Firewall's three traffic filtering capabilities.
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