Kazakhstan
US and EU Funnel Cash to Combat “Disinformation” and “Hate Speech”
Even with USAID sidelined, the money pipeline for narrative management never dried up.
MembersInside the $1.5 Billion US Censorship-Industrial Complex: How MDM Grants Built a Domestic and Global Narrative Control Network
Taxpayer-funded truth squads have quietly stitched together a digital control grid where policy meets perception management.
Google Likes To Say Fact-Checkers It Uses Are “Independent.” But It Also Funds Them.
Google’s definition of “independent” leaves much to be desired.
Firefox removes Yandex search, will auto-switch affected users to Google
Support for Russia’s Mail.ru is also pulled.
Kazakhstan Instagram user arrested for satirical posts about the government
Temirlan Ensebek’s devices were also seized.
Apple provided FBI with data on Sci-Hub founder
A gag order prevented her from being told for almost two years.
In an attempt to block a massage parlor, the Kazakhstan government blocked over 93,000 websites
Several of these website blocking attempts make use of a method in which a website is blocked by its IP address, an outdated practice that does more harm than good.
China accused of keyword-based surveillance of Uighurs
Chinese hacking outfits are accused of breaking into telecommunications companies in Malaysia, Thailand, India, Kazakhstan, and Turkey
Kazakhstan pauses implementation of its internet surveillance system after criticism from lawyers
The controversial program has been paused after massive backlash.
Kazakhstan government starts intercepting all HTTPS internet traffic inside the country
The Kazakhstan government previously tried and failed to start intercepting all HTTPS internet traffic in 2015 but abandoned its plans after facing lawsuits.