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.
While security forces in Kazakhstan cracked down on street protests, the country’s internet service went dark.
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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.
Those dressing in designer labels can be the subject of memes in the DRC.
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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.
Geo-location technology can be used to block online content within a specified area in the world, thereby allowing for differences in national laws.
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