Hacker News with Generative AI: Internet Censorship

Pakistani religious body declares using VPN is against Islamic law (voanews.com)
Pakistan’s top advisory body on religious affairs on Friday declared that using virtual private networks to access blocked content on the internet is against Shariah, or Islamic law.

Pakistan, Religion, Islam, Internet Censorship, VPNs

40 points by ivewonyoung 5 days ago | 20 comments

Google Drive Blackout in Italy After Another Major Anti-Piracy Blunder (torrentfreak.com)
After blocking Cloudflare to prevent IPTV piracy just a few months ago, on Saturday the rightsholders behind Piracy Shield ordered Italy's ISPs to block Google Drive. The subsequent nationwide blackout, affecting millions of Italians, wasn't just a hapless IP address blunder. This was the reckless blocking of a Google.com subdomain that many 10-year-olds could identify as being important. Reckless people and internet infrastructure, what could possibly go wrong next?

Google, Piracy, Italy, Internet Censorship, Technology

141 points by gslin 31 days ago | 79 comments

Websites blocked in Hong Kong – when, how, and why the list is growing (hongkongfp.com)
A key feature of Hong Kong’s business environment that differentiates it from mainland China is its free and open internet. However, the city is not immune to internet controls, with a growing list of websites apparently blocked by telecoms firms and Internet Service Providers (ISPs), with some citing police demands.

Internet Censorship, Hong Kong, China, Internet Access

4 points by diggan 40 days ago | 0 comments

Italy Approves Piracy Shield VPN/DNS Proposal, Risk of Prison for ISPs Intact (torrentfreak.com)
Italy's Senate Budget and Finance Committees have approved amended legal proposals that require VPN and DNS services located anywhere, to block pirated content flagged by rightsholders. Other service providers, including ISPs, will face prison for failing to report "known" criminal conduct. A vote on the text is scheduled for today and the new legislation could be in place in less than a week.

Internet Censorship, Privacy, Law, Italy, VPN

26 points by gslin 51 days ago | 1 comments

Russia blocked OONI Explorer, a large open dataset on Internet censorship (ooni.org)
As of 11th September 2024, Russia has blocked one of our platforms: OONI Explorer.

Internet Censorship, Russia, Open Data, Data Collection

5 points by pera 57 days ago | 0 comments

French Pirate Site Blocking Order Targets Expired and Seized Z-Library Domains (torrentfreak.com)
A court in Paris, France, has ordered major Internet providers to block 98 domain names used by popular book download portal Z-Library.

Digital Piracy, Law Enforcement, Internet Censorship, Libraries

18 points by gslin 69 days ago | 2 comments

Pakistan's China-style firewall rattles its tech industry (restofworld.org)
In July, the Pakistan government said it was implementing an internet firewall to protect the country from cyberattacks.

Pakistan, Internet Censorship, China, Technology, Government Regulations

11 points by vinnyglennon 72 days ago | 0 comments

Malaysia's plan to block overseas DNS dies after a day (theregister.com)
Malaysia's telecom regulator has abandoned a plan to block overseas DNS services a day after announcing it, following a sharp backlash and accusations of government overreach.

Internet Censorship, Malaysia, Politics

6 points by janandonly 72 days ago | 0 comments

Censoring the Internet Won't Protect Kids (reason.com)

Internet Censorship, Children's Safety

21 points by hn_acker 85 days ago | 4 comments

Malaysia is working on an internet 'kill switch', says minister (theregister.com)

Malaysia, Internet Censorship, Government, Technology, Politics

8 points by peutetre 112 days ago | 0 comments

The KOSA Internet Censorship Bill Just Passed the Senate (eff.org)

Internet Censorship, Legislation, United States

23 points by latexr 114 days ago | 7 comments

How the American war on porn could change the way you use the internet (bbc.com)