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Russian legislation in 2025 has sharply expanded state control over online speech and platforms, introducing criminal and administrative penalties tied to broadly defined “extremist” searches, mandato...
Laws that govern whether courts can force VPN providers to hand over user data vary by country and rest on three legal levers: whether VPNs are legal at all, whether providers are required to log or r...
Several national governments and subnational authorities have either ordered blocked or prompted the site to self-block for legal reasons that fall into two broad categories: criminal law concerns abo...
The evidence shows concrete examples where or amplify disinformation, and governments — including the executive branch — are actively shaping AI policy in ways opponents say could enable political mes...
Russia’s “sovereign internet” framework forces social media companies to operate inside a legal and technical system designed to grant the state centralized control over traffic, content removal, user...
Russian authorities have blocked access to the U.S.-owned gaming platform Roblox; Roskomnadzor cited “extremist” materials, child safety risks and alleged “LGBT propaganda” as reasons, and users in Ru...