Russia aims to ready its own web to both survive a global internet shutdown and defend against foreign cyber-attacks and intrusion on its data infrastructure On Monday a key initiative undertaken by the Russian government for over the past year to establish a ‘sovereign internet’ will face a major test. That’s when the country and its information systems will be intentionally disconnected from... 

Internet and media personalities have come out in force against YouTube’s crusade against “harassment,” worried that the extremely vague and ill-defined new rules will be used to selectively target users for their political views. Announcing the move in a blog post on Wednesday, YouTube said it was revamping its harassment rules in response to criticism, taking aim at “implied threats,”... 

Restricting Russia’s access to the SWIFT international banking payment system would virtually mean a declaration of war, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has warned. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Medvedev recalled the West once seriously considered the option, and Moscow is aware of it. “This would in fact be a declaration of war, but nevertheless it was discussed,” the Russian prime minister... 

Tech titans Google and Facebook employ “surveillance-based business models” that threaten human rights and erode privacy worldwide, Amnesty International said in a new report, calling for an end to the data-grabs. Published on Wednesday, Amnesty’s “Surveillance Giants” report outlines how Facebook and Google, and their many affiliated platforms, operate in ways that are simply incompatible... 

The liberal media may be happy to proclaim that the sexualization of children is “the future,” but ordinary people aren’t buying it. A video celebrating a crossdressing child has united Twitter in revulsion. We live in a permissive age, but even in 2019 some limits remain intact. Enter ‘Desmond is Amazing’, a 12-year-old New York boy whose appearances at gay pride parades – and even at... 

Using the pretext of the recent attack in Halle in which no Jews were even hurt let alone killed, Germany’s Interior Minister announced a new six-point plan to combat antisemitism on Thursday: Speaking to the federal parliament, the Bundestag, Interior Minister Horst Seehoffer acknowledged that “antisemitism is anchored in parts of our society.” His plan includes an obligation to report hate... 

A federal appeals court has backed the decision to ditch net neutrality, and President Donald Trump is touting the victory; others warn net neutrality is key to an open internet. Now, does anyone remember what net neutrality was? President Donald Trump hailed the DC appeals court’s decision to uphold the Federal Communications Commission’s 2017 move to axe net neutrality as “a great win for... 

There was another YouTube purge this week. Maybe you heard about it, maybe you didn’t. With each major act of no-platforming this hellish dystopia becomes more “normal.” Which is exactly what Big Tech wants. On Sunday, James Allsup who had nearly half a million followers, was banned along with other Youtubers for no reason and without warning. This was a new behavior for YouTube which normally... 

The FBI released a trove of documents related to Hillary Clinton’s email investigation, revealing among other things that information from her private server was found on the Dark Web. The 427-page FBI report concluded that Romanian hacker “Guccifer” compromised Clinton’s server through colleague Sidney Blumenthal’s own server, and suggested that foreign actors like Russia possess copies... 

Online gambling is a growing business. The number of gamblers is skyrocketing thanks to the availability of reliable online casinos like 13 wins. Clearly, it is an industry that is growing and will continue to receive a lot of love from the enthusiastic gamblers. This can be attributed to the fact that it comes with so much convenience, the players get access to tons of games and also there is the... 

Aliexpress has become one of the largest online shops in the world competing with the likes of Ebay and Amazon. On all platforms there are scammers but nowhere like on Aliexpress. After all its a Chinese-only platform and the Chinese people just love to scam Westerners one way or another. The following scams are common on ebay Chinese sellers too but this is more common on Aliexpress since on Aliexpress... 

Not very long ago, it was a sin, a moral crime to admit to having gambled online. It was one thing to frequent a land based establishment as people had the option to assume you went to see a show, perhaps you went to one of the live events but never, oh no never would you stoop to the addiction of gambling. Then one day, some average Joe discovered online gambling and hit a few million in winnings.... 

In stark contrast to attempts in numerous western countries to stifle free speech online, Russian President Vladimir Putin defended Internet freedom during a conference earlier today. When rulers of authoritarian regimes are more pro-freedom than western leaders, you know we’re in trouble. Putin told the Russian Internet Governance Forum, “I am confident that we should continue to follow the principle... 

This is beyond USSR levels. Why would those rich old freaks care about what peasants do online? They have their millions of Euros, mansions, pools, luxury cars and all but you the peasant can’t even have a freaking laugh on the internet according to these SOBs. Why do they even care what we plebeian peasants do? Why can’t they just enjoy all the stuff they stole and received in bribes... 

Internet users around the world may experience network connection failures on Thursday as the main domain servers and related infrastructure controlling the web will be powered down for some time. The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which is responsible for maintaining the registry of domain names and IP addresses, will be changing the cryptographic key that helps protect...