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Biden admin hints at a possible support for India's contentious farm laws – but recognises peaceful protests

Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab and Haryana, have been camping at several Delhi border …

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Zimbabwe reportedly turned off the entire country's internet to shut up people protesting its out-of-control economy

Before the hike the government was effectively subsidising the price of fuel for its citizens, but …

Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock   


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Why are the protests so much more intense?

The reasons for the intensity of the protests following George Floyd's death rang from the militari…

Henry Blodget,David Plotz   


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The Indian government and its supporters are attacking Western celebrities for supporting the farmers' protests

Indian farmers are protesting against the government's proposed agricultural reforms, which they sa…

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UP police targets online CAA protestors - pulls up 19,000 social media accounts and arrests 124

The Uttar Pradesh police came down fast and hard on all those protested against the Citizenship Ame…

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Narendra Modi to lead the first Council of Ministers of the year today— cabinet expansion may be on the cards

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to kick off the new year with his first Council of Mini…

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Iran has been cut off from the internet for almost 72 hours

Iran's government announced Friday that it was rationing fuel and increasing its price, citing econ…

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Why Indians are protesting 2 controversial laws that could leave millions of Muslims stateless

Milan Vaishnav, director and senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: "Indi…

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Indonesia’s listening in on private internet chat groups. WhatsApp with that?

But while the minister appeared happy to publicise his request, he was less forthcoming when it …

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Twitter faces a political disaster in India, where it's taking heat from both the government and protesters over the suspension of accounts

Twitter said it has suspended 500 accounts in India for "engaging in clear examples of platform man…

Isobel Asher Hamilton   


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Government-imposed internet blackouts cost the global economy $8 billion in 2019, and 2020 could be even worse

Often governments cite public safety as a reason for shutting off the internet, or curbing the spre…

Isobel Asher Hamilton   


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Truck drivers held a protest on Friday about some of the biggest issues in the industry

The group's goal is for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to take truckers' s…

Mark Matousek,Rachel Premack   


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Russia officially introduced a 'sovereign internet' law to let Putin cut the entire country from the rest of the web

"It's more about creating a reliable internet that will continue to work in the event of external i…

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A YouTuber documenting deadly protests in Iraq posted a video that appeared to show a rocket-propelled grenade flying just past his head

Live gunfire met protesters in Baghdad on Sunday, resulting in 10 deaths. The total death toll sinc…

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A truck driver protest that was supposed to rock Indianapolis had fewer than 80 trucks - and it's a worrying sign for the vulnerable group of workers

The decline of Teamsters follows a decline in trucking pay and working conditions. A Business Insid…

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Zimbabwe has shut down social media for 7 days straight, prompting claims it is trying to cover up deadly protests that killed at least 12 people

The Ministry of Information blamed the first blackout on Tuesday on internet "congestion," and gove…

Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock   


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China Has Escalated Internet Censorship To A New Level

"Gmail has never been completely blocked until end of last year. Google has never been completely b…

Stephanie Yang   


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100,000 Bangladeshi Protestors Rallied To Demand The Execution Of Atheist Bloggers

The Islamists converged on Dhaka's main commercial hub to protest against what they say are blasphe…

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Amid growing political uncertainty in Pakistan, IMF expresses concern over its financial stability

The IMF noted that despite a coalition government formed by the alliance of Pakistan Muslim League-…

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These 4 GOP senators voted to rip away millions of dollars in federal funding that they had secured for their home states

The vote was unsuccessful, and most of those senators voted for the bill's final passage. But it's …

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