US Sanctions
YouTube shuts down channel of Hong Kong leadership candidate John Lee
YouTube said the pro-China candidate was censored over sanctions.
GitHub is banning accounts of Russians who used to work at sanctioned companies
Even if they no longer work there.
YouTube to be fined in Russia for banning channel in accordance with US and EU sanctions
Pulled between various governments.
Tools behind Belarus internet censorship potentially revealed
Bloomberg alleges a US-based company provided the censorship tool.
Instagram is deleting any posts in support of Iranian terrorist Qassem Soleimani
The move is to comply with US sanctions.
Amazon cuts off service to Iran, preventing citizens from using proxies and VPNs, citing US Sanctions
Since much of Iran’s internet is locked down, citizens were relying on US tech companies to run VPNs and proxies to open the free and open internet.