Privacy, censorship and VPN news

Blocking, data breaches, age-verification and surveillance laws. We work from primary sources, not press releases.

Articles in total: 296

21.05.2026

Russia Postpones VPN Traffic Surcharges Again - Billing System Not Ready Until October

21.05.2026

Police Seize "First VPN" Used in Ransomware Attacks: 506 Users Deanonymized

21.05.2026

France Orders ProtonVPN to Block Piracy Sites

20.05.2026

Discord E2EE: 150 Million Users Get Default Encryption for Voice and Video Calls

19.05.2026

Switzerland Surveillance Law: ProtonVPN Moves Servers to EU

29.04.2026

Russia's VPN Double-Bind: 40% Use VPNs but Are Blocked From Their Own Services

29.04.2026

BePrime Hack: Security Firm's Missing MFA Exposed Live Cameras at Starbucks and Iberdrola

27.04.2026

Manitoba Bans Social Media and AI Chatbots for Youth: Canada's Privacy Wake-Up Call

26.04.2026

Rituals Cosmetics Data Breach: 41 Million Loyalty Members Exposed

24.04.2026

Durov Threatens to Pull Telegram from France as Crypto Kidnapping Wave Exposes State Data Risks

24.04.2026

Discord Delays Age Verification After 70,000 Passports Were Leaked by Its Vendor

23.04.2026

SECURE Data Act: Republicans Move to Strip Privacy Rights From 20 States

23.04.2026

France's National ID Agency Hacked: Data of Up to 19 Million Citizens Up for Sale on Dark Web

22.04.2026

ACLU and Coalition Oppose Surveillance in Digital ID

22.04.2026

Google Silently Handed Activist's Bank Data to ICE, Violating Its Own Privacy Promise