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Türkiye blocks websites and accounts and arrests activists... a sweeping crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community

4 min

Levant & Turkey

Turkey blocks websites and accounts, dozens arrested in a wide-scale LGBTQ crackdown

A judicial decision to block websites and accounts of LGBTQ organizations, coinciding with raids and arrests of activists in Istanbul amid mounting human rights criticism

Read time: 4 min.


A cleric speaks on his cellphone next to a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei during a pro-government gathering near the residence where his father, former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed during U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 18, 2026.

3 min

Iran & Eastern States

Iran used 'wartime conditions' as cover for mass arrests, executions, and an 88-day internet blackout - report

Since the US-Israeli strikes on Iran in February, authorities have arrested more than 6,500 people, carried out at least 39 political executions, and imposed the longest internet shutdown on record

Read time: 3 min.


Two women use a smartphone in northern Tehran, Iran, Sept. 28, 2025

3 min

Iran & Eastern States

Internet fully restored in Iran following historic 88-day nationwide blackout

NetBlocks confirmed early signs of life on digital networks after record-breaking 88-day blackout, but media affiliated with the IRGC questioned the gov't legal authority to lift restrictions

Read time: 3 min.


Le PDG de Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, s'adresse au public lors d'une audience du Comité judiciaire du Sénat à Capitol Hill à Washington, le mercredi 31 janvier 2024, pour discuter de la sécurité des enfants

4 min

US / Canada

Meta refuses to provide details on its Gaza war censorship - report

In the days after October 7, the Facebook and Instagram owner said it removed over 2 million pieces of Hebrew and Arabic content, but didn’t break down the data

Read time: 4 min.


King Abdullah II of Jordan in Washington, the United States.

2 min

The Gulf

Rights groups urge Jordan to drop cybercrime bill fearing censorship

The amendments would toughen penalties for those seen to have committed cybercrimes including spreading disinformation

Read time: 2 min.


A man on his phone at a mall in Tehran, Iran.

3 min

Technology & Science

Iranians pushed to homegrown apps amid tight internet restrictions

Iranians are accustomed to using virtual private networks to evade restrictions and access prohibited websites or apps, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube

Read time: 3 min.


People from the cities of Sistan-Baluchistan province gather in Tehran, Iran.

3 min

Iran & Eastern States

Internet blocked in Iran’s restive southeast amid renewed protests, activists say

'Listen to the people and the opposition. If you cannot solve the problems of the people, step aside and let someone who can come and solve the problems'

Read time: 3 min.


Jewish men cross a street in Lakewood, New Jersey

2 min

US / Canada

Nearly 90% of American Jews think antisemitism is a problem in U.S. - survey

Over 80 percent of respondents believe that antisemitism has increased, with 43 percent saying it has increased 'a lot'

Read time: 2 min.


Des juifs ultra-orthodoxes prient à l'intérieur du tombeau du roi David dans la vieille ville de Jérusalem, le 12 mai 2014.

2 min

Society

Israel: Ultra-Orthodox Jews to make up 16% of population by 2030

The ultra-Orthodox community will represent 16 percent of the total Israeli population by 2030

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Iranians during an address by President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran, Iran, on December 27, 2022.

3 min

Iran & Eastern States

Musk says almost 100 Starlinks active in Iran; Raisi vows 'no mercy'

'The embrace of the nation is open to everyone, but we will show no mercy to those who are hostile'

Read time: 3 min.


A woman uses her mobile phone to check Facebook and other mobile apps in Yangon on February 4,2021 as Myanmar's generals ordered internet providers to restrict access to Facebook, days after they seized power.

8 min

Technology & Science

Analysis: Social media outages and totalitarian governments

Social media became crucial in geopolitics and communications. How do governments react when users encourage protests on social media platforms?

Read time: 8 min.


View of the Microsoft offices in Herzliya, Israel, on May 28, 2021.

3 min

Africa

Microsoft seeks to bring internet to millions in Africa by satellite

The biggest holdup to internet access is the lack of electricity, which is not reliable for half of Africans

Read time: 3 min.


ESA President Josef Aschbacher (R) listens as Belgium's Raphael Liegeois (L) delivers a speech after being appointed ESA newly recruited class of career astronaut during a ceremony to unveil the European Space Agency five new class of career astronauts in Paris, France on November 23, 2022

2 min

Europe

European Space Agency names 5 new astronauts

Record budget of $17.5 billion agreed to

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The spray-painted slogan “woman, life, freedom”, used by Iranians protesting over the death of Mahsa Amini, erased on a wall of the former United States embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, on October 12, 2022.

3 min

Iran & Eastern States

Iran suffers ‘major’ internet disruption amid ongoing unrest

Internet is a weapon of Iranian protestors used to show the world the extent of the regime's crackdown

Read time: 3 min.


Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, DC, the United States, on March 9, 2020.

2 min

Technology & Science

Elon Musk wants to bring satellite internet to Iran

‘Starlink will apply for an exemption from sanctions against Iran’

Read time: 2 min.


Dozens of bank customers protest a capital controls draft law they said would further restrict their trapped savings in the banks, in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 30, 2022.

3 min

Levant & Turkey

Internet shutdowns hit cash-strapped Lebanon

'All we have left is to sell our homes, but then we would end up on the streets'

Read time: 3 min.


Minister of Communications Yoaz Hendel speaks during a Conference of Heads of Local Authorities, in Ramat Negev, southern Israel, July 22, 2021.

3 min

Technology & Science

70% of Israelis to get access to fiber optic internet by end of year - Comms Minister

Over 1.6 million households in Israel already have access to fiber infrastructure

Read time: 3 min.


A picture shows the US online social media and social networking service Facebook's logo on a smartphone screen in Moscow, Russia, on November 19, 2021.

3 min

Technology & Science

US funds software for Russians to slip past censors

'It's so very important for Russians to be connected to the whole world wide web, to keep resistance going'

Read time: 3 min.


People gather for a protest outside the UN mission in Sudan's capital Khartoum on June 1, 2022.

2 min

Africa

Internet cut in Sudan's capital ahead of pro-democracy protests

There have been daily neighborhood protests recently in the build-up to Thursday's rallies

Read time: 2 min.


A man surfs the internet in a computer lab in central Jerusalem, on November 5, 2019.

3 min

Technology & Science

Israeli firm redefines online data storage

'We'll show you who knows what about you… what is the risk,' and how to exercise your right to be forgotten

Read time: 3 min.


A worker of the Google Artificial Intelligence center in Ghana, Africa, on April 10, 2019.

2 min

Technology & Science

Google internet lands in Africa for faster, cheaper connection

As of 2020, sub-Saharan Africa was the world's least-connected region

Read time: 2 min.


A child wears a pair of oversized glasses as Romania's Jewish community celebrates Purim at the Coral Temple synagogue in Bucharest, Romania, March 16, 2022.

2 min

Culture

Baby name revolution: From traditional to unique

'Popular just means well-liked. We are trying to express something individual'

Read time: 2 min.


Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas, in the United States, on February 10, 2022.

2 min

Technology & Science

Elon Musk activates Starlink in Ukraine after minister's plea

'While your rockets successfully land from space - Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people!'

Read time: 2 min.


Un enseignant brandit son téléphone portable à l'entrée d'une école ultra-orthodoxe à Jérusalem, le 6 mai 2020.

2 min

Society

Israel: non-smartphone sales jump amid phone-hacking concerns

'These are simple phones that have seen a crazy increase in sales. It came out of nowhere'

Read time: 2 min.


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