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5 September 2016

Indians Ask: Is Visiting a Torrent Site Really A Crime?

Written by Subhashish Panigrahi · Censorship

"Thousands of cases pending, criminals roaming scott free. That's fine. Lets arrest people who download #torrents"

1 February 2016

New Ukrainian Draft Bill Seeks Extrajudicial Blocking for Websites Violating Copyright

Written by Tetyana Lokot · Censorship

A new bill in the Ukrainian parliament wants to replace the common pre-court notice and takedown procedure for copyright violations online with a faster blocking mechanism bypassing the courts.

19 January 2016

Arrrrrr! Putin's New Internet Advisor Tied to Online Piracy

Written by Kevin Rothrock · Piracy

Vladimir Putin's new Internet advisor is known as a hardliner against foreign online resources that break Russian law. Now German Klimenko has been tied to a questionable torrent tracker.

22 July 2015

Russia's Internet Censor Threatens New YouTube Block

Written by Tetyana Lokot · Access

Roscomnadzor says the latest block, spurred by uploaded unauthorized copies of two Russian TV shows, may make all of YouTube unavailable to some RuNet users at the end of July.

28 May 2015

Netizen Report: Rights at Risk Under Trans-Pacific Trade Deal

Written by Netizen Report Team · Access

The TPP battle continues, China’s “Weibo Inquisition” stumbles on a robot mix-up, and a pro-Kremlin think tank launches a “demon” social media monitoring system.

19 May 2015

Lost in the Web: Navigating the Legal Maze Online

Written by Nani Jansen · Censorship

Media lawyer and human rights expert Nani Jansen gives an overview of censorship and online speech regulation across the globe.

23 March 2015

Russia Will Deploy “Digital Fingerprinting” to Enforce Copyright Online

Written by Tetyana Lokot · Advocacy

A new intellectual property register, based on the principle of digital fingerprinting, is in the works in Russia to track and protect copyrighted files online.

18 December 2014

The Russian Internet is Not Free. A New Tax Might Make it Even Worse.

Written by Tetyana Lokot · Censorship

The Russian government is now considering its own variant of an Internet tax, and wants to make all Russian Internet users pay for consuming copyrighted content online.