Free Internet

After nearly 10 months of campaigning, Tibetans and Tibet campaigners are today buoyed by the news that Google has publicly confirmed, at its shareholders meeting, that there are no plans to offer a search engine in China. This confirmation came after Sundar …

Google, which quit China in 2010 in protest over Beijings strict censorship policies, is not relaunching its services in the country without the right conditions, said CEO Sundar Pichai. Google faced outrage last year when it was reported that the company m…

Google was met with outrage last year when it was reported that the company may have been looking to get back into the search engine business in China. The company previously left China in protest over its strict censorship policies which have only grown more…

Chairman Pai charged during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Silicon Valley serves as the greatest threat to a free Internet. The greatest threat to a free and open internet has been the unregulated Silicon Valley tech giants that do, in fact, today decid…

Self-professed cypherpunk Jameson Lopp has set the cryptocurrency community a seemingly impossible task: efficiently explain Bitcoin BTC in less than 280 characters. A global, neutral payment network that allows anyone on earth to transact a huge or tiny amo…

Lessons from Telegram and lessons from ZenGo: Building decentralized and censorship services in a centralized world Telegram has been the white horse in the battle for data protection, privacy, and open-source software. Theyve taken on Russian censorship hea…

I. On Friday, the Washington Post reported that a video purporting to show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurring her words was racking up millions of views and shares on social networks, with Facebook leading the way on engagement. In reality, the (still unkno…

Within hours of the recent mass shooting at a New Zealand mosque by a far-right terrorist, the countrys authorities were scrambling to ensure a sickening video the murderer streamed on Facebook was barred from the nations screens. Due to the nature of the Int…

In 1648, the Treaty of Westphalia was signed, ending 30 years of war across Europe and bringing about the sovereignty of states. The rights of states to control and defend their own territory became the core foundation of our global political order, and it ha…

Windows has had privacy issues for years. Different hacks and phishing schemes have put online privacy at risk. Today we’re telling you what are the best VPNs for Windows; those that are fast, secure, and affordable. Learn more about Windows VPNs in this arti…