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Don’t Be Evil: Forsaken by Google, Upheld by Employee

A Google employee has resigned from the company after it was discovered that it has agreed to the censorship demands of the Chinese Communist Party in order to gain access to the domestic market. The company’s move has sparked widespread protests, not just from employees within the company, but also from Internet rights activists. The ...

Nspirement Staff

How Do VPNs Punch Through Government Firewalls?

Cyber-theft, and by that dint, cyber-security, are daily concerns for people with information that is coveted, or feared, by others. Virtual private networks (VPNs) are networks that are constructed using public wires — usually the Internet — to connect remote users or regional offices to a company’s private, internal network. A VPN secures the private network, ...

Jack Roberts

Internet security padlock for VPN.

Whatsapp Undergoing Censorship in China

Whatsapp is now undergoing the same censorship in China as Gmail. A few years ago, a woman who lives in Switzerland traveled to China to see her mother. She sent an email to a friend of hers in China asking that friend to contact her after she arrived so they could see each other. The ...

David Jirard

The last major instant messaging app available for use in China had some of its features blocked on July 19. (pixabay.com)