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Turkey has blocked Twitter on a number of its networks according to the internet-monitoring group NetBlocks. This came after many users took to the popular social media platform to express their complaints about the government’s response to Monday’s twin earthquakes. NetBlocks director, Alp Toker, said that the coordinated nature of this action suggests the government … Read more
The UK Intellectual Property Office has just published its 12th wave of Online Copyright Infringement Tracker. One of the topics it discussed is the illegal streaming of live sports in 2022. According to the report, live sports piracy in the country remains high with a 36% overall infringement rate. This marks an increase from 2021 … Read more
Users looking to access pornographic content online in the state of Louisiana now have to submit their state IDs as a way to verify their age. This comes as the new Act 440 has made it illegal for sites to publish and distribute adult-only content without using age verification technology within the state. The world’s … Read more
Netflix has finally started opening the curtain on how it plans to put an end to password-sharing. An update in its help center gave users an idea of what they can expect once the new strategy rolls out. A few years ago, Netflix encouraged users to share passwords. However, the company now believes that over … Read more
Surfshark has introduced some changes to its service, which can offer even better speeds to its customers. In a blog post, the company announced it’s upgrading its 1Gbps servers to 10Gbps in various locations worldwide. The VPN vendor attributes the shift to the recent rises in 5G technology. While it didn’t discuss the technological upgrades … Read more
Surfshark has just taken another big step towards increasing its transparency with customers. The VPN service announced in a blog post that the auditing firm Deloitte performed tests on its no-logs policy, verifying Surfshark doesn’t store user data. Deloitte confirmed that in an official report. “Based on the procedures performed and the evidence obtained, in … Read more
GoTo, the company behind LastPass, has confirmed that hackers stole customer account information in an attack on November 2022. Initially, Last Pass CEO, Karim Toubba, announced the breach, revealing that an unauthorized party stole some customers’ information from a third-party cloud service. Two months later, GoTo released a statement saying the attack impacted several of … Read more
FanDuel customers received an email from the vendor confirming that an unauthorized actor had obtained their names and email addresses. However, the gambling company also stressed that no customer passwords, financial account information, or any other personal details were exposed. FanDuel previously said that this wasn’t a breach of its internal systems. Instead, a third-party … Read more
Today, gamers in China will lose access to a vast majority of games from Blizzard. That includes World of Warcraft and other popular titles, such as Hearthstone, StarCraft, Diablo 3, Overwatch 2, and Heroes of the Storm. The gaming giant’s end of operations in the country comes due to the termination of its licensing agreement … Read more
Following the announcement of Turkey’s new media law, the term VPN saw a 12-month record in online searches in the country. The same goes for the query internet censorship circumvention, which showed a spike of 250% compared to the last 12 months. Data on the actual adoption of VPNs in Turkey shows that nearly a … Read more
