Dictators Used Sandvine Tech to Censor the Internet. The US Finally Did Something About It

When the Egyptian government shut down the internet in 2011 to give itself cover to crush a popular protest movement, it was Nora Younis who got the word out. Younis, then a journalist with daily newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm, found a working internet connection at the InterContinental Cairo Semiramis Hotel that overlooked Tahrir Square, the heart … Read more

A Batman researcher mentioned ‘homosexual’ in a chat to schoolkids. When requested to censor himself, he give up

ATLANTA (AP) — Marc Tyler Nobleman was supposed to speak to youngsters in regards to the secret co-creator of Batman, with the purpose of inspiring younger college students in suburban Atlanta’s Forsyth County to analysis and write. Then the college district advised him he needed to lower a key level from his presentation — that … Read more