Myanmar shuts down internet to stifle anti-coup protests

Posted on 06/02/2021 by Engadget

Myanmar’s military leaders are extending their internet restrictions in a bid to limit protests against their coup. According to BBC News, NetBlocks has discovered that Myanmar instituted a “near-total internet shutdown” in the country a of the morni...

FBI sent a team to ‘exploit’ Portland protesters’ phones

Posted on 10/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Federal agents tend to focus their phone cracking efforts on terrorists, but they appear to have shifted their attention to civil disobedience. NYR Daily has learned that the FBI sent its “Fly Team” counterterrorism unit to Portland in mid-July to co...

Belarus is reportedly blocking and throttling Twitter in reaction to protests

Posted on 10/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Twitter has acknowledged that it is being blocked and throttled in Belarus, likely due to protests contesting the legitimacy of recent election results. Alexander Lushenko had won the election with 80 percent of the vote, which have caused thousands...

Demographic report on protests shows how much info our phones give away

Posted on 25/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you marched in recent Black Lives Matter protests in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Minneapolis or New York, there’s a chance the mobile analytics company Mobilewalla gleaned demographic data from your cellphone use. Last week, Mobilewalla released a repor...

Online and independent: The future of journalism is already here

Posted on 18/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The modern news industry is in crisis. For years, formerly stalwart publications have been bought up, hollowed out, and sold for scrap by predatory (and often utterly incompetent) venture capital firms. The recent global outbreak of COVID-19 has furt...

How to protect your identity while protesting police brutality

Posted on 05/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The response to protests against police brutality, ignited by the murder of Geoge Floyd, have been nothing short of draconian. While government forces on the ground gleefully beat protesters and passersby with batons and doused them with tear gas, th...

Activision temporarily pauses new ‘Call of Duty’ seasons

Posted on 02/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Activision has officially announced that the new seasons of Modern Warfare, Warzone and Call of Duty: Mobile have been delayed to an unspecified later date, explaining in a Twitter post that “now is not the time,” and that right now “it’s time for th...

Streaming services join music industry ‘blackout’ over death of George Floyd

Posted on 02/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The music industry will stage a “blackout day” today in support of protests around the alleged murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Organized by music executives Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang, the aim is to pause or shutter...

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