カテゴリー: Internet
Residents rush to erase digital footprints as law gives police powers over online activityAt midnight on Tuesday, the Great Firewall of China, the vast apparatus that limits the country’s internet, appeared to descend on Hong Kong.Unveiling expanded po…
Netflix and Amazon Prime series such as Rasbhari highlight sexual violence, caste inequalities and Hindu nationalism There was little fanfare when Rasbhari landed on Amazon Prime on 25 June. The Indian TV series, about a seductive teacher arriving in t…
Refugees said to be avoiding getting tested amid fears about being sent into isolationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageRohingya leaders have urged Bangladesh to lift an internet ban imposed on a million refugees in the city o…
Experts say Russia, Iran and China likely to be behind cyber-attacks on universitiesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHostile states are attempting to hack British universities and scientific facilities to steal research relat…
The e-RMB has reportedly been adopted into the monetary systems of several citiesChina will begin trialling payments in its new digital currency in four major cities from next week, according to domestic media.In recent months, China’s central bank has…
Kiwis are keeping their spirits – and sartorial standards – up by working from home while dressed in suits, business attire or full evening-wearProving that clothes maketh even the virtual man, many New Zealanders are spending their second day of a nat…
Wide range of speech about virus and Covid-19 references is being tightly controlled, report findsChinese social media censors blocked neutral information about the coronavirus outbreak when they targeted references to the outbreak on WeChat and other …
Hospitals, banks and travel companies to get broadband after five-month shutdownInternet is to be partially restored in Kashmir after an unprecedented five-month blackout, but only for institutions providing “essential services”, while social media sit…
Seven million people are still unable to go online after a ban first imposed from Delhi last AugustFor many in Kashmir, it has been more than 150 days of agony. The internet blackout which was imposed on the disputed Himalayan region by the Indian gove…
Amazon have arrived in force in rapidly expanding Hyderabad, with designs on the currently almost non-existent Indian e-commence marketThe futuristic lobby of the new Amazon building in Hyderabad feels as though it should have a permanent orchestra bla…
As internet use has surged, especially in developing world, so have attempts to switch off flow of informationOn Thursday, internet shutdowns came to the capital city of the world’s largest democracy.The suspension of data services, phone calls and tex…
Leader feels city authorities can handle situation but says no option can be ruled out Hong Kong’s leader has said she would not rule out asking for Chinese government help in putting down the long-running protests “if the situation becomes so bad”, bu…
Major telecoms company bans access to far-right site in wake of El Paso shooting manifesto that praised Christchurch attackOne of New Zealand’s largest telecommunications providers, Spark, has banned the far-right site 8chan after the country’s chief c…