Simon Migliano, who compiled the Top10VPN shutdown report, told me “Iran’s current nationwide blackout is a blunt instrument ...

Russian internet censorship costs economy billions.

Authorities in Russia's Kamchatka Krai announced on Jan. 7 that they had restricted mobile internet access, citing the threat of Ukrainian drone attacks — despite the region being located over 9,000 ...

Russian regulators’ decision to employ artificial intelligence (AI) to censor content on the Internet is likely to affect ...

October 30, 2025: This was a record-breaking year for Ukrainian attacks on the Russian internet. There were nearly 1,500 shutdowns in July alone. Unlike earlier internet attacks, the recent Ukrainian ...

Russia experienced unprecedented internet censorship in 2025, disrupting access for 146 million people and incurring $11.9 billion in economic losses.

A cyberattack carried out by Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) caused over 66 million rubles (approximately $800,000) in damages to Orion Telecom, one of the largest internet providers in Siberia, ...

RUSSIA – Russian authorities have imposed restrictions on FaceTime as part of their ongoing efforts to tighten control over the internet. The state internet regulator accused the service of being used ...

Russia Internet Clampdown A woman looks at her smartphone in central Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) (Copyright 2025 The ...

Russian Duma deputies on Tuesday overwhelmingly supported a bill allowing Russia to create its own autonomous internet. The law will create an independent infrastructure for the Russian internet, or ...