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Russia blocks FaceTime and Snapchat for alleged use by terrorists
Russian telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has blocked access to Apple's FaceTime video conferencing platform and the Snapchat instant messaging service, claiming they're being used to coordinate terrorist attacks.
- December 04, 2025
- 02:12 PM
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Russia blocks Roblox over distribution of LGBT "propaganda"
Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecommunications watchdog, has blocked access to the Roblox online gaming platform for failing to stop the distribution of what it described as LGBT propaganda and extremist materials.
- December 03, 2025
- 12:33 PM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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Russia blocks Viber in latest attempt to censor communications
Russian telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has blocked the Viber encrypted messaging app, used by hundreds of millions worldwide, for violating the country's legislation.
- December 13, 2024
- 01:10 PM
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Tor needs 200 new WebTunnel bridges to fight censorship
The Tor Project has put out an urgent call to the privacy community asking volunteers to help deploy 200 new WebTunnel bridges by the end of the year to fight government censorship.
- November 28, 2024
- 11:50 AM
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Discord blocked in Russia and Turkey for spreading illegal content
Discord has been suddenly blocked in Russia and Turkey since yesterday due to illegal activity residing on the platform, leaving legitimate users in those countries unable to visit the website or connect to the service.
- October 09, 2024
- 09:37 AM
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Proton VPN adds ‘Discreet Icons’ to hide app on Android devices
Proton VPN has announced a series of updates to its Windows and Android apps to help users combat censorship, circumvent blocks, and protect themselves from authoritarian governments due to using forbidden tools.
- August 06, 2024
- 06:00 AM
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DuckDuckGo blocked in Indonesia over porn, gambling search results
Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo has been blocked in Indonesia by its government after citizens reportedly complained about pornographic and online gambling content in its search results.
- August 02, 2024
- 12:16 PM
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Tor’s new WebTunnel bridges mimic HTTPS traffic to evade censorship
The Tor Project officially introduced WebTunnel, a new bridge type specifically designed to help bypass censorship targeting the Tor network by hiding connections in plain sight.
- March 12, 2024
- 12:49 PM
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New CS:GO map bypasses Russia's censorship of Ukraine war news
Finish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat has created a custom Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) map explicitly made to bypass Russian news censorship and smuggle information about the war in Ukraine to Russian players.
- May 07, 2023
- 10:16 AM
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Brave browser’s new Snowflake feature help bypass Tor blocks
Brave Browser version 1.47 was released yesterday, adding the Snowflake extension in the software's settings, enabling users to turn their devices into proxies that help users in censored countries connect to Tor.
- January 14, 2023
- 10:28 AM
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WhatsApp adds proxy support to help bypass Internet blocks
Starting today, WhatsApp now allows users to connect via proxy servers due to Internet shutdowns or if their governments block the service in their country.
- January 05, 2023
- 12:19 PM
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Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube suspended in Turkey after blast
Following yesterday's deadly blast on İstiklal Avenue in Istanbul, Turkish authorities began restricting access to social media including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Telegram.
- November 14, 2022
- 04:17 AM
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Signal calls on users to run proxies for bypassing Iran blocks
Signal is urging its global community to help people in Iran stay connected with each other and the rest of the world by volunteering proxies to bypass the aggressive restrictions imposed by the Iranian regime.
- September 23, 2022
- 11:30 AM
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Pirate sites ban in Austria took down Cloudflare CDNs by mistake
Excessive and indiscriminate blocking is underway in Austria, with internet service providers (ISPs) complying to a court order to block pirate sites causing significant collateral damage.
- August 29, 2022
- 12:22 PM
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Russia's 'Oculus' to use AI to scan sites for banned information
Russia's internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is developing a neural network that will use artificial intelligence to scan websites for prohibited information.
- August 20, 2022
- 10:07 AM
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Movie torrents hijacked to send tips on bypassing Russian censorship
A team of Ukrainian cyber-activists has thought of a simple yet potentially effective way to spread uncensored information in Russia: bundling torrents with text and video files pretending to include installation instructions.
- August 01, 2022
- 07:12 PM
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Steam, PayPal blocked as Indonesia enforces new Internet regulation
The Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Kominfo, is now blocking access to internet service and content providers who had not registered on the country's new licensing platform by July 27th, 2022, as the country begins to restrict access to online content providers and services.
- August 01, 2022
- 01:09 PM
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Tor Browser now bypasses internet censorship automatically
The Tor Project team has announced the release of Tor Browser 11.5, a major release that brings new features to help users fight censorship easier.
- July 15, 2022
- 10:27 AM
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US eases sanctions that may lead to Russia's Internet isolation
Today, the U.S. has announced exemptions on previously imposed sanctions on Russia related to telecommunications and internet-based communications, likely to prevent Russians from being isolated from Western news sources.
- April 08, 2022
- 09:43 AM
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Russians bypass website blocks to access Western news sources
Cloudflare sees signs of Russians increasingly turning to Western news sources to get accurate information about the situation in Ukraine.
- April 04, 2022
- 01:06 PM
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