Digital freedom

To combat fake pandemic news, countries beef up censorship

ExpressVPN survey reveals streaming is the most popular entertainment for Americans in lockdown

Not so (artificially) intelligent: 8 times machine learning got it wrong

What is cybertorture? How our minds are vulnerable to online experiences

Maybe it’s time to dump social media, just for a little bit

The EU wants you to have the ‘right to repair’ your electronic devices

Why isn’t Big Tech embraced in its own backyard?

Silicon Valley and San Francisco’s Bay Area have long been synonymous with Big Tech. It was the center of the dot-com boom of the ’90s, which ushered in the fastest adoption of new technology in m...

8 anti-spam techniques your email uses to prevent spam

It’s difficult to define exactly what constitutes email spam. What might be a useful newsletter to one person could be unwanted advertising to another, and a welcome business opportunity will be ill...

Organizations push Google for tighter control over bloatware

Is your Android device glitchy and unresponsive? Part of the problem could be bloatware: pre-bundled apps and software that can’t be deleted, no matter how hard you try. Despite Android dominating g...

Global Internet and Social Media Censorship Report, 2020

NOTE: This post was originally published on January 24, 2020 Around the world, internet censorship remains a popular tool of authoritarian governments to prevent information from spreading, to stop pe...