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

21.04.2026

Apple Just Made the Apple ID an ID: iOS 26.4 Ships Mandatory UK Age Verification on the iPhone

21.04.2026

Sony Forces Age Verification on PlayStation UK and Ireland: No ID, No Voice Chat, No Discord, No Streams

21.04.2026

China Starts Physically Unplugging VPN Infrastructure: Carriers Ordered to Cut Cross-Border Access

20.04.2026

Durov on EU-UK Censorship Playbook: 'Protect the Children' as Cover

20.04.2026

Basic-Fit Loses 1 Million Members' Bank Details: What a European Gym Chain Breach Teaches About Digital Footprint Discipline

20.04.2026

Russia's VPN Blockade Backfires: How One Filter Took Down Sberbank, Moscow Metro and 'Digital Resistance' Was Born

20.04.2026

Section 702 Surveillance Cutoff Averted Within Hours: How Close We Came to a Mass-Collection Blackout and What It Means for VPN Users

20.04.2026

US DOJ Refuses to Help France Investigate Elon Musk's X: What This Political Clash Over Platform Regulation Means for Digital Rights and VPN Users

18.04.2026

US Launches freedom.gov with Built-In VPN to Bypass European Censorship

18.04.2026

Post-Quantum Encryption Is Entering VPN Standards: What Changed

18.04.2026

FISA Section 702 and VPN: How Your Privacy Tool Could Strip You of Legal Protection

17.04.2026

Russian Telecoms Freeze Internet Channel Expansion to Europe: The End of Fast VPNs?

17.04.2026

EU Age Verification App Hacked in 2 Minutes - Durov Warns of Surveillance Risk

17.04.2026

Durov Upgrades Telegram Protocol to Beat Russia Blocks and Blasts WhatsApp Encryption

29.03.2026

Germany's Draft ISP Data Retention Bill 2026: What It Could Mean for Privacy