The Internet now feels like if we were on #China, where laws like #AgeVerification are like the #GreatFirewall and the VPN to bypass it are IDs and actual VPNs.
Ciberguerras: o que a China entendeu antes do mundo | Outras Palavras

As guerras no século XXI se iniciam na vigilância massiva, interceptação de dados e controle sobre infraestruturas digital. Foi o que precedeu o ataque à Venezuela. Vale analisar o caso chinês, que se destaca por tecnologias soberanas e ecossistema que garante a segurança nacional

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Ciberguerras: o que a China entendeu antes do mundo

As guerras no século XXI se iniciam na vigilância massiva, interceptação de dados e controle sobre infraestruturas digitais. Foi o que precedeu o ataque à Venezuela. Vale analisar o caso chinês, que se destaca por tecnologias soberanas e ecossistema que garante a segurança nacional

https://outraspalavras.net/tecnologiaemdisputa/ciberguerras-o-que-a-china-entendeu-antes-do-mundo/

Bart Preneel wrote in the print edition of De Standaard: Europe’s push for mandatory online age checks risks a 'Great Firewall.' Protecting youth is vital, but mass verification threatens #privacy, digital inclusion, and freedom, and is easy to bypass. Experts call for a moratorium.
Paywall: https://www.standaard.be/opinies/verplichte-leeftijdsverificatie-zal-in-big-brother-eindigen/138170707.html
#greatfirewall #chatcontrol
"Not just censorship, it’s digital isolation:" Iran plans to cut ties with the global internet — and VPNs may not help this time

Iran is moving towards a permanent whitelisting system to better police the internet

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Saw on #LinkedIn a European tech expert claiming that the #US is "by far the worst in the world in terms of privacy violations"

I honestly feel like #Asia doesn't exist to a lot of Europeans. Do they really not know how bad privacy and data laws are in many countries here? Have they not heard of the #GreatFirewall or how #Chinese users have basically zero data privacy?

Lots to critique in the US and of big tech, but that's not the way to do it.

Digitale Unterdrückung: So schalten Staaten das Internet aus

https://netzpolitik.org/2026/digitale-unterdrueckung-so-schalten-staaten-das-internet-aus/

Internetabschaltungen sind mittlerweile eine verbreitete Methode, vor allem in autoritären Regimes, die Bevölkerung und Informationen zu unterdrücken. Welche Formen dieser Informationskontrolle gibt es? Wie funktionieren sie? Und was hilft dagegen? Eine Analyse.

#autonomesysteme #china #digitaleunterdrückung #greatfirewall #internet_shutdown #internetabschaltung #internetsperre #iran #menschenrechte #protest #repression #russland #sozialebewegungen #uganda #zensur #netzpolitik

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It’s strange while I’m in China. My personal iPhone won’t always correctly figure out where it is. I’ve once had it think it was in Poland while I was in Zhengzhou. On the other hand, my company iPhone will recognize where it is instantly. The only difference is I have a VPN on my personal phone. But the phone never thinks it’s in one of those places. Point is, I can’t set alarms to wake up on my personal phone here. I have to use my company phone. It’s just weird.

#greatfirewall

Need more testing but it seems that international roaming data bypass the #greatfirewall

I can't connect to Telegram from airport WiFi but no issues when I switch to roaming mobile data

First time flying a Chinese airline, their air marshalls are in uniform and walking the aisle.

China Eastern's inflight magazine is 216 pages

Happy to know that #mastadon works behind the #greatfirewall