VPN Usage Surges as Belarus Remains Offline

People in Belarus are discovering anti-censorship tools as the country experiences a major internet outage

Free Speech vs. Cancel Culture: Reasons for Optimism

From social media to controversial statues, the free speech debate is more alive than ever. New tech can help safeguard history while letting us live our values.

Jack Dorsey Has Floated Decentralized Fact-Checking at Twitter. Here’s What That Could Look Like

Twitter's CEO has endorsed the idea of decentralized fact-checking. We looked at some prototypes to see what that might look like.

Blackballed by PayPal, Scientific-Paper Pirate Takes Bitcoin Donations

Bitcoin has been used by outlaws of all sorts, but this time the outlaw is a young scientist from Kazakhstan breaking through the paywalls of academic journals.

Tearing Down Monuments Isn’t Censorship – It’s Speech

Removing monuments to fit the values of the day is not censorship. It is an act of speech in and of itself, says our columnist.

Unstoppable Domains Launches Censorship-Resistant Blogging Platform

Decentralized blogging is coming to a .crypto URL near you thanks to a partnership between Unstoppable Domains and Protocol Labs.

‘We Need 30 Different Words for Censorship,’ Feat. Andreas M. Antonopoulos

The rallying cry of the totalitarian is "He farted first", but if both systems have produced similar outcomes, is there much of a difference? Today's wide-ranging discussion features Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan, Adam B. Levine and Andreas M. Antonopoulos

InterPlanetary File System Is Uncensorable During Coronavirus News Fog

Digital citizens are turning to decentralized protocols like IPFS to share news during the coronavirus outbreak.

Russia Seeks to Block ‘Darknet’ Technologies, Including Telegram’s Blockchain

A Russian government agency has requested contractor bids to find ways to block censorship-resistant internet tech, including one blockchain: Telegram's.