📌 Iranian activist platforms:
For the fourth day, the internet has been cut off in large areas of Iran, with less than a third of Iranians connected
- WA
#Iran #Israel #Trump #War #Gaza #UN #USA #Hyprocrites #Europe #FreePalestine #SaveGaza #Genocide #Uk #EU #West #Palestine #USPol #Zionism #Internet #Netblocks
»Aufruhr in der Türkei–Dutzende für Beiträge in sozialen Netzen festgenommen:
In der Türkei häufen sich Proteste gegen die Festnahme des aussichtsreichsten Konkurrenten von Staatschef Erdoğan. Die Behörden gehen rigide gegen Kritik vor.«
Wenn ihr auch sonst weltweit sehen wollt, wie und wo das Internet zugelassen oder/und geblockt wird, ist @netblocks im Allgemeinen detailliert informatiev.
#turkei #netblocks #freeweb #internet #web #kritik #protest #politik #erdogan
NetBlocks is on a mission to expose internet censorship and promote digital rights 🌐✊. Their real-time data reveals how countries like #Indonesia and #Iraq are blocking social media features to suppress free expression. 📵 Let's stand together for an open internet! 💪 #KeepItOn #DigitalRights #InternetFreedom #NetBlocks 🌍✨
The recent internet disruptions in Bangladesh have now ended, and just an hour ago, the advisor of the interim government took the oath of office. I've shut down all public proxy servers I was running since regular VPNs like ProtonVPN are functioning fine now. I'll also be shutting down my Akkoma instance at social.mitexleo.one, as I've transitioned to using Mastodon.
Unfortunately, I won't be able to work full-time, part-time, or take on any freelance jobs due to my college exams and the need to prepare for university admissions. This means I'll have to minimize my living expenses, and I won't have any income for at least the next 4-5 months. However, I'll continue to run our public Fediverse instance, buddyverse.one, for as long as possible.
My personal instance also needs an upgrade, as I'm getting a lot of interaction from you all—boosts, likes, and replies! Both my Akkoma and Mastodon instances see CPU and RAM usage spike to 100% when this happens since I'm running on a $5 Linode plan. The current cost for running my Mastodon instance is $10/month (Nanode + Linode Object Storage), and for Buddyverse.one, it's just $5/month. This is a significant reduction from the more than $100/month I used to spend!
I plan to operate a proxy and VPN server again soon. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported me financially and inspired me to fight against censorship in Bangladesh during these challenging times. I'll be forever grateful to you all. 💛
I also plan to work for the poor, minorities, and those who need our help in the future. The Fediverse has truly transformed my life—I’ve never had so much meaningful discussion or interaction, even offline, let alone on Facebook or Twitter. I know I act dumb sometimes, and I ask for your forgiveness for that. Please don't hesitate to let me know if I ever do something wrong or hurt you in any way. I'm open to change.
#fediverse #mastodon #StudentMovement #StepDownHasina #Bangladesh #Privacy #Love #Kindness #ThankYouFedi #SaveBangladeshiStudents #ReformBangladesh #USA #EU #UK #InternetBlackout #Netblocks
#IvoryCoast, #Liberia, #Benin, #Ghana and #BurkinaFaso among countries experiencing outages.
#NetworkDisruptions caused by cable damage have occurred in #Africa in recent years. However, today’s disruption “points to something larger [and] this is amongst the most severe,” said #IsikMater, director of research at #NetBlocks
Much of west and central Africa without internet after #UnderseaCable failures
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/14/much-of-west-and-central-africa-without-internet-after-undersea-cable-failures
The new Hadopi? Piracy Shield blocks innocent Web sites and makes it hard for them to appeal
Italy’s newly-installed Piracy Shield system, put in place by the country’s national telecoms regulator, Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (Authority for Communications Guarantees, AGCOM), is already failing in significant ways. One issue became evident in February, when the VPN provider AirVPN announced that it would no longer accept users resident […]
#agcom #airvpn #appealProcess #cloudflare #HADOPI #isp #italy #netBlocks #overblocking #piracyShield #torrentfreak #transparency #vpn #youtube
https://walledculture.org/the-new-hadopi-piracy-shield-blocks-innocent-web-sites-and-makes-it-hard-for-them-to-appeal/
@Snowshadow @TonyStark
#OnlineOutage #USpol #BigTech #Security
I'm not convinced:
Via @thehill
#London-based internet monitoring firm #Netblocks said the issues appeared to be “related to login sessions in multiple countries.” But the firm, which advocates for internet freedom, said there was no sign of “country-level internet disruptions or filtering,” which are typically imposed by governments."
Italy’s new Piracy Shield has just gone into operation and is already harming human rights there
Back in October, Walled Culture wrote about the grandly-named “Piracy Shield”. This is Italy’s new Internet blocking system, which assumes people are guilty until innocent, and gives the copyright industry a disproportionate power to control what is available online, no court orders required. Piracy Shield went live in December, and has just issued its first […]
#agcom #airvpn #italy #netBlocks #piracyShield #privacy #security #vpn
https://walledculture.org/italys-new-piracy-shield-has-just-gone-into-operation-and-is-already-harming-human-rights-there/
X/Twitter зліг — в Netblocks кажуть про «значний міжнародний збій» https://itc.ua/ua/novini/x-twitter-zlig-v-netblocks-kazhut-pro-znachnyj-mizhnarodnyj-zbij/ #Netblocks #Соцмережі #ІлонМаск #Twitter #Новини #Сайти #Софт #збій #X
Джерело #NetBlocks: Метрики показують, що зв’язок з провідним українським інтернет-оператором «Київстар» зривається, оскільки компанія повідомляє, що зазнає «потужної» кібератаки; інцидент, що впливає на послуги фіксованого та мобільного зв’язку, триває в даний час.
Кібератака на українського телекомунікаційного оператора #Kyivstar вплинула на всі регіони країни, сильно вплинувши на столицю, свідчать показники, з повідомленнями про миттєвий вплив на мережу оповіщення про авіанальоти та банківський сектор, оскільки триває робота з відновлення з’єднання.
Оновлення: показники показують, що українська телекомунікаційна компанія #Kyivstar знову в основному офлайн, незважаючи на коротке відновлення сьогодні, оскільки компанія працює над відновленням роботи після кібератаки, яка залишила мільйони абонентів офлайн з раннього ранку.
「最新情報:日曜日のほぼ全面的な通信停電の後、 # ガザ 地区でインターネット接続が回復しつつあることが指標で示されており 、これは現在のイスラエルとの紛争が始まって以来2番目に長い期間となった。 全体的なサービスは依然として戦前の水準を大幅に下回っている」
2023年11月06日 16:38
Internet connectivity being restored in Gaza following blackout https://politicaliq.com/2023/11/01/internet-connectivity-being-restored-in-gaza-following-blackout/ #Gaza #IsraelHamasWar #internet #Blackout #Connectivity #Netblocks #PaltelCo #politicaliq #news #politics
A welcome attempt to take down Piracy Shield, Italy’s pre-emptive and unfair Net block system
The copyright industry’s war on the Internet and its users has gone through various stages (full details and links to numerous references in Walled Culture the book, free digital versions available).
The first was to sue Internet users directly for sharing files. By 2007, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) had sued at least 30,000 individuals. …
#agcom #france #HADOPI #italy #jammieThomas #netBlocks #pirateShield #riaa #torrentfreak
https://walledculture.org/a-welcome-attempt-to-take-down-piracy-shield-italys-pre-emptive-and-unfair-net-block-system/
Due to the outbreak of wildfires in the Northwest Territories, NetBlocks (an Internet research firm) observed a major drop in Internet connectivity in NWT.
Source: https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/110889462912939064
#wildfire #NorthwestTerritories #NWT #Canada #Internet #NetBlocks
In #Russland blockieren große Internetprovider derzeit offenbar gezielt Google News. Das hat die Organisation #NetBlocks ermittelt und auf Twitter mitgeteilt.
https://www.heise.de/news/Russland-Internetprovider-blockieren-Google-News-9196943.html
another year, another block
#algerian government blocks network access nation wide to "stop kids from cheating", but the real reason is that they keep leaking the exam papers due to corrupt officials, so they say it's because "kids are cheating" ( Yes that's somewhat true, kids cheat in exams, all over the world, yet their government doesn't block their network access )
#privacy #keepiton #netblocks #algeria #africa
@netblocks https://mastodon.social/@netblocks/110533061650002184
ℹ️ #NetBlocks #Confirmed: Twitter is experiencing international outages for some users; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering #TwitterDown @netblocks
⚠️ Le metriche di rete mostrano che le piattaforme di social media e messaggistica Facebook, Messenger, TikTok e Telegram sono state limitate in #Etiopia 🇪🇹 a causa delle proteste antigovernative per una scissione nella Chiesa ortodossa etiope di Tewhado #EOTC
#NetBlocks
https://netblocks.org/reports/social-media-and-messaging-apps-restricted-in-ethiopia-amid-religious-tensions-DA3RJz8W
Pour contourner la censure d'internet en Iran, WhatsApp permet aux utilisateurs de passer par des serveurs intermédiaires pour communiquer. La messagerie intégrera une option permettant de choisir, manuellement, un serveur proxy. #DigitalRights #CensureInternet #WhatsApp #netblocks https://lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2023/01/05/whatsapp-lance-une-nouvelle-fonctionnalite-pour-contourner-les-blocages_6156763_4408996.html
Everybody!
Esteemed #Fediverse
“Twit” blocks accounts of journalists and competitors.
We are fully aware of the #mastodon bans at Elmo.
As elected Policy Lead for #ActivityPub I have expressed my deepest concerns and strong protest in a Telephone Call with the Assistant to @EC_Commissioner_Vestager this morning. #EU
It was promised that it will be communicated directly to @vestager
If you are an EU Citizen, please contact your elected Official or the Commissioners Breton and Vestager.
[EN]
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/technology/twitter-suspends-journalist-accounts-elon-musk.html
[DE]
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/elon-musk-twitter-sperrt-konten-journalisten-mastodon-1.5716640
/ cc
Eugen Rochko, mastodon
@Gargron
Drew Harwell, Washington Post
@drewharwell
Donie O’Sullivan, CNN
@donieosullivan
Steve Herman, VOA
@w7voa
Micah Lee, Intercept
@micahflee
Tony Webster
@tony
Matt Binder, Mashable
@MattBinder
#PressFreedom #HumanRights
#netblocks #musk #twitter #censorship
