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Poland Approves New Internet Blocking Powers
Poland’s president is being handed a same censorship bill to the one he rejected as a Ministry of Truth in January.
UK Speech Regulator Considers Restricting VPNs Over Online "Safety"
Ofcom wants emergency blocking powers, proactive scanning, and fewer ways for users to route around them.
Quad9 Considers Leaving France Over Website Blocking Order
French court asks Quad9 to block 58 domains or face a €580,000 fine.
Discord Is Going Dark In The Philippines
Discord and Reddit started disappearing across Philippine networks. What didn’t appear was a published order explaining why.
Australian Government Blocked Websites With “Informal” Requests, Meaning Takedown Requests Went Unrecorded
Avoiding official procedure.
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Several of these website blocking attempts make use of a method in which a website is blocked by its IP address, an outdated practice that does more harm than good.
Netflix Is Actively Trying to Get Pirate Sites Blocked by ISPs
ISPs are increasingly being used as tools of censorship.
