@inex ❌ In Russia, the classifieds platform Avito has blocked a woman’s account after she used it for messaging during internet outages.
The service explained that the listing titled “Strict cat for friends” violated its rules because it did not offer a real product or service. The woman created it solely as a chat workaround, since Avito is included in the “whitelisted” resources accessible during shutdowns.
ℹ️ Residents of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region have been reporting for the third consecutive day a lack of mobile internet and problems accessing websites and banking services, according to “Current Time.” The “whitelists” have been tested since summer 2025, but even they remain unstable.
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#Russia #Avito #InternetShutdown #Censorship #DigitalRights #FreedomOfSpeech #Runet #Whitelist #TechNews #StPetersburg #LeningradRegion #InternetAccess #CyberPolicy #OnlineFreedom #MediaFreedom
@inex ❌ In Russia, the classifieds platform Avito has blocked a woman’s account after she used it for messaging during internet outages.
The service explained that the listing titled “Strict cat for friends” violated its rules because it did not offer a real product or service. The woman created it solely as a chat workaround, since Avito is included in the “whitelisted” resources accessible during shutdowns.
ℹ️ Residents of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region have been reporting for the third consecutive day a lack of mobile internet and problems accessing websites and banking services, according to “Current Time.” The “whitelists” have been tested since summer 2025, but even they remain unstable.
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#Russia #Avito #InternetShutdown #Censorship #DigitalRights #FreedomOfSpeech #Runet #Whitelist #TechNews #StPetersburg #LeningradRegion #InternetAccess #CyberPolicy #OnlineFreedom #MediaFreedom
Awareness Without Action Becomes Helplessness
People can understand how their data is being used—and still feel unable to do anything about it. That’s the trap.
In this episode, Aral Balkan exposes how corporate control of the internet creates that exact feeling, and why reclaiming our digital autonomy is critical.
🔗 Watch the full conversation: https://youtu.be/wUuJ9eE86lI
#DigitalRights #Privacy #Decentralization #BigTech #OnlineFreedom
RE: https://mastodon.social/@pixelsandpulse/116179146118132124
KOSA Goes well beyond the realms of just simple censorship. Any individual cares about privacy and anonymity and it's grave implications for our civil liberties should be worried right now. This legislation is simply orwellian in nature. #KOSA #CivilLiberties #onlinefreedom #BigTech #StopKOSA
Dein Browser kann Leben retten. Du nutzt ihn für Netflix.
Über Informationsfreiheit als Menschenrecht, die Brutalität digitaler Zensur, und was du heute noch dagegen tun kannst.
Wir leben in einer Zeit, in der Information nicht mehr nur Macht ist, sie ist Überleben. Und wer über Information herrscht, herrscht über Realität. Das wissen Diktatoren. Das wissen autoritäre Regime. Das wissen auch einige demokratisch gewählte Regierungen besser, als ihnen lieb sein sollte. Die Frage ist: Wissen wir es auch? [Mehr lesen...]
https://www.christin-loehner.de/blog/dein-browser-kann-leben-retten-du-nutzt-ihn-fuer-netflix
#digitaleRechte #Informationsfreiheit #Iran #Snowflake #Antifaschismus #InternetFreedom #Aktivismus #Tor #Meta #Zensur #InternetFreedom #DigitalFreedom #FreeTheInternet #KeepItOnline #InformationFreedom #DigitalRights #CensorshipIsViolence #NoInternetShutdown #InternetForAll #FreeSpeechOnline #DigitalActivism #HumanRights #StandUpToCensorship #DontMuteTheWorld #ResistCensorship #DecentralizeTheWeb #HumanRightsAreUniversal #StandWithIran #FreeIran #StopDigitalRepression #GlobalSolidarity #ProtestSupport #EqualityForAll #JusticeNow #FreedomToSpeak #RightsNotPrivileges #TechForGood #PowerToThePeople #SpeakTruthToPower #RightsMatter #OnlineFreedom #OpenInternet #DefendDemocracy #EndCensorship #PrivacyIsARight #SurveillanceState #NetFreedom
Über Informationsfreiheit als Menschenrecht, die Brutalität digitaler Zensur – und was du heute noch dagegen tun kannst. Wir leben in einer Zeit, in der Information nicht mehr nur Macht ist – sie ist Überleben. Und wer über Information herrscht, herrscht über Realität. Das wissen Diktatoren. Das wissen autoritäre Regime. Das wissen auch einige demokratisch gewählte Regierungen besser, als ihnen lieb sein sollte. Die Frage ist: Wissen wir es auch? [Mehr lesen...]
Digital Self-Reliance: News & Information
The freedom to share information world wide is what made the internet great. So, why do we allow tech bros, social media, and AI to limit or even control what news and information see. It's time to we rely less on these predatory platforms and curate our own news and information experience with RSS.
https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2026/01/31/digital-self-reliance-news--information/
#tech #technology #rss #indieweb #blogs #blogging #personalsites #news #socialmedia #DigitalSelfReliance #OnlineFreedom #freeweb
A court has blocked a Texas law that would have required age verification for almost every app. Social, messaging, even basic tools.
This matters. Mandatory ID checks online often lead to mass surveillance and censorship, not safety. Once normalised, these laws spread fast.
Watch and decide where you stand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWIglwHLE7w
#Privacy #DigitalRights #FreeSpeech #Surveillance #OnlineFreedom
Why the open social web matters now
https://werd.io/why-the-open-social-web-matters-now/
#HackerNews #openSocialWeb #socialMedia #digitalPrivacy #webCommunity #onlineFreedom
Corruption and Control: Turkmenistan turned internet censorship into a business
https://blog.torproject.org/Corruption-Control-Turkmenistan-internet-censorship-business/
#HackerNews #Corruption #InternetCensorship #Turkmenistan #DigitalRights #OnlineFreedom #BusinessEthics
In Turkmenistan, one of the most isolated regimes in the world, internet censorship has evolved beyond surveillance and control. In an Orwellian twist, the people blocking access to the internet are the same ones secretly selling it back, at a price most Turkmens can't afford.
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