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Internet censorship in Germany is practised directly and indirectly through various laws and court decisions. [1] German law provides for freedom of speech and press with several exceptions, including what The Guardian has called "some of the world's toughest laws around hate speech ". [ 2 ]
In July 2012, the Russian State Duma passed the Bill 89417-6 which created a blacklist of Internet sites containing alleged child pornography, drug-related material, extremist material, and other content illegal in Russia. [28] [29] The Russian Internet blacklist was officially launched in November 2012, despite criticism by major websites and ...
Virtual private network (VPN) is a network architecture for virtually extending a private network (i.e. any computer network which is not the public Internet) across one or multiple other networks which are either untrusted (as they are not controlled by the entity aiming to implement the VPN) or need to be isolated (thus making the lower network invisible or not directly usable).
Detailed country by country information on Internet censorship and surveillance is provided in the Freedom on the Net reports from Freedom House, by the OpenNet Initiative, by Reporters Without Borders, and in the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
Last week's alert at a NATO base in Germany housing the Western alliance's fleet of AWACS surveillance planes was due to a potential drone threat, a security source said on Monday. Geilenkirchen ...
Germany's crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech and events has also impacted anti-war Jewish activists and vigils organized by Jewish groups. [55] On 14 May and 1 July 2024, Björn Höcke, the leader of the AfD in Thuringia was fined by a courts for using the Nazi slogan "Everything for Germany". [56] [57] [58] [59]
The Federal Republic of Germany guarantees freedom of speech, expression, and opinion to its citizens as per Article 5 of the constitution.Despite this, censorship of various materials has taken place since the Allied occupation after World War II and continues to take place in Germany in various forms due to a limiting provision in Article 5, Paragraph 2 of the constitution.
Searches for virtual private networking software are spiking in Texas this week after Pornhub suspended service in the state over a law forcing adult websites to verify the age or identities of ...