On July 22, the State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament) passed (306 votes to 67) in its third reading a law imposing fines for searching the internet for what the Kremlin classifies as ...

The Russian authorities carry out mass scale censorship online, throttle websites and online platforms they deem subversive, and increasingly carry out arbitrary and internet shutdowns intensified in ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) joined eighteen other human rights organizations on Monday in condemning the Turkish government for escalating internet censorship, stating that the measures were a ...

Freedom House reports global internet freedom declined for the 16th consecutive year amid censorship, surveillance and ...

Russia is doubling down on its VPN crackdown. With a 60 billion ruble budget for internet censorship over the next three years and a proposed fee on international traffic, the Kremlin is intensifying ...

(Istanbul, October 12, 2026) – The Turkish authorities over the last month have substantially escalated internet censorship, Human Rights Watch said today, along with ARTICLE 19, the Freedom of ...

The State Department has not signed off on new funding for programs that help Iranian citizens evade government restrictions on the internet and communications, potentially crippling a policy that has ...

Russian authorities are doubling down on their efforts to quash freedom of expression, including access to information, by increasingly suppressing tools to circumvent draconian censorship laws, Human ...

Freedom on the Net 2026 reports declining internet freedom worldwide. Autocrats isolate networks; age limits and AI create ...

Rights groups including BIRN press Turkish authorities to cease sweeping internet restrictions and call on social media companies to resist censorship orders targeting journalists, independent media ...

IFEX joins other signatories in urging social media platforms to take meaningful steps to uphold their human rights responsibilities and avoid contributing to the violations of freedom of expression ...

ISLAMABAD, Oct 9 2024 (IPS) - Over the past few months, Pakistan has been grappling with a persistent and disruptive internet slowdown, leaving millions of citizens frustrated. The disruptions are ...