Vladimir Putin and his KGB men have steadily extinguished the artistic freedom the genre enjoyed in the 1990s, with Ukraine’s invasion adding yet another nail in the coffin.
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It’s pretty common to find people who are apathetic about their data being harvested and funnelled into unknown corners. But that’s usually because they don’t know what’s at stake.
By shutting off internet access completely, the government of Kazakhstan was able to silence dissent, hinder protesters’ coordination and keep the populace in the dark.
Humour is a way for Congolese internet users to prod at cultural traits and political developments – despite censorship being rife.
Accessing gambling and pornography sites may well get harder in Australia, if plans for mandatory age-verification go ahead. But there are already technical workarounds for determined web users.
The order requires Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove certain content globally, based on it being defamatory under India’s local law.
TikTok allows users to create and share short videos with music – there’s a lot of lip synching.
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