If WhatsApp is banned or and/or blocked in Russia, using a VPN will be the only way of accessing it. The stakes for ...

Russian lawmakers have approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed “extremist,” the latest ...

Russian lawmakers have approved a bill that punishes online searches for information that is deemed “extremist,” the latest ...

Since invading Ukraine, the Kremlin has made it increasingly challenging for Russians to access foreign websites, social media platforms and, more broadly, information that contradicts its narratives.

So far in 2025, 24 internet restrictions have been recorded in 10 countries/territories. The first six months of 2024 saw 20 ...

“The European Union has wielded its Digital Services Act (DSA) to restrict the speech not just of Europeans but especially of Americans and other English-speakers,” John Rosenthal, an analyst of ...

The U.S. visa of the Brazilian judge overseeing the prosecution of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was revoked ...

Analysts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have noted that the Kremlin continues to tighten censorship in order to assert control over internet resources. Source: ISW Quote from ISW: "The ...

Messaging app WhatsApp may soon be blocked in Russia, as lawmakers push for tighter restrictions on digital platforms from "unfriendly countries. " "It’s time for WhatsApp to prepare to leave the ...

Russia, China, and North Korea have faced extensive scrutiny for targeting critics on U.S. soil. It’s time India faced ...

Reporters Without Borders says almost all independent Russian media sources have been banned, blocked or subjected to ...

A Legacy of State Violence Russia’s atrocities are not historical accidents — they are patterns of statecraft. In the Soviet Union, the gulag system imprisoned millions for “counter-revolutionary” ...