A new study shows differences in the structure of the internet between democracies and autocratic countries. While access networks through which most people connect to the internet are similar, in ...

Authoritarian regimes exert control over the internet through transit networks that operate largely out of public view, according to a recent study by researchers in the U.S. and Germany. The work, ...

Years before Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a "no-limits" partnership and the Kremlin launched a wide-ranging censorship campaign following its full-scale ...

Facing an election this weekend and the fallout from Aleksei Navalny’s death and the war in Ukraine, Russia has intensified online censorship using techniques pioneered by China. By Adam Satariano ...

We often think of state surveillance of the internet in terms of the manipulation or censorship of digital information. Yet, authoritarian states can conduct effective internet surveillance at a much ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday released a report on the Russian government’s increasing control over internet infrastructure and digital communication across the country. The report, titled ...

Strong, reliable internet is the bedrock of modern business. Consequently, network latency, outages or packet loss can mean the difference between success and failure. Global organizations looking to ...

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In brief: Automated bots are a dime a dozen on the modern Internet, performing a variety of tasks ranging from helpful to harmful. What you may not realize is just how prolific bad bots are, and how ...