internet



STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 14, 2021 • 3 min read

Podcast The Anakut podcast: Cambodia’s controversial internet gateway

By Andrew Haffner • Jul 14, 2021
Proposals for an internet gateway in Cambodia have inevitably drawn comparisons to China's Great Firewall. In this episode of Anakut, we speak with digital security expert Moses Ngeth and James Griffiths, author of The Great Firewall of China, to hear what this plan could mean in practice

STORY OF THE DAY • Feb 16, 2021 • 3 min read

Myanmar coup Myanmar junta cuts internet again to grind down anti-coup rallies

By Agence France-Presse • Feb 16, 2021
Myanmar's generals imposed a second straight overnight internet shutdown going into February 16, as they ignored international condemnation of the coup and worked to grind down a popular uprising fermenting in the country

Jan 22, 2021 • 9 min read
Covid-19

In Laos, children kept from learning by world’s most expensive internet

Broadband internet became indispensable during the pandemic, facilitating ways to study, work, and socialise online. But rural Laos lags badly behind with its patchy connectivity and expensive broadband internet, jeopardising education and harming development
By Christine Redmond • Jan 22, 2021

Aug 22, 2013 • 5 min read
Censorship

Killing them softly

Singapore’s approach may be more subtle, but its new internet laws echo the strong-arm tactics used by regional governments to silence free speech
By Chris Swanicke • Aug 22, 2013