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Brazil X Ban

Musk's X skirts Brazil ban and returns to some users with change to server access

Brazil Musk X Shutdown

Brazil's X ban drives outraged Bolsonaro supporters to rally for 'free speech'

Brazil X Shutdown

With Musk's X banned in Brazil, its users carve out new digital homes

Brazil X Shutdown

Brazil Supreme Court panel upholds judge's decision to block X nationwide

Hong Kong China Talent Influx

Beijing's crackdown fails to dim Hong Kong's luster, as talent scheme lures mainland Chinese

Porn Age Verification Utah

Law requiring porn sites verify user ages takes effect in Utah

FTX Bankman Fried

Bankman-Fried might use flip phone under stricter bail plan

FTX Bankman Fried

Sam Bankman-Fried summoned to NYC by judge over bail rules

<p>VPNs can be used to mask a person's IP address and location</p>

Labour urges government to consider crackdown on VPNs

The £6 billion merger between British cybersecurity company Avast and US rival NortonLifeLock has been provisionally given the green light by the UK competition watchdog (Alamy/PA)

Avast’s £6bn cybersecurity merger given provisional approval

Koreas Information Blockade

SKorea to lift ban on NKorea TV, newspapers despite tensions

Russia Life in Wartime

After 3 months of war, life in Russia has profoundly changed

<p>VPNs encrypt user data while giving them access to an IP address on the internet in a country of their choice</p>

VPN companies threaten to pull out of India amid new data law

Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO of Netflix, speaks during a keynote address at the 2016 CES trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 6, 2016

Thousands of people sign petition against Netflix's VPN blocks

Netflix terms of use threatens to terminate accounts using VPN

The blackout comes in the hope of disrupting militant group Isis

Iraq government orders 'total internet shutdown' in 25% of country,