Internet Shutdowns and the Law
When governments order the internet off: legal justifications, international law, accountability, and why no VPN can restore a full shutdown.
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VPN Bans and Regulation: What the Law Actually Does
How laws restrict VPNs without always banning them outright: blocking obligations, app store pressure, licensing, and the gap between regulation and technical blocking.
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Internet Censorship in China
Inside China's Great Firewall in 2026: DNS poisoning, SNI and QUIC filtering, VPN crackdowns, and what still gets through.
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Internet Censorship in Iran
Inside Iran's internet controls in 2026: national shutdowns, DNS and SNI filtering, throttling, tiered access, and what still gets through.
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Internet Censorship in Russia
How Russia filters the internet in 2026: TSPU inspection, VPN blocking, mobile whitelist shutdowns, and what still gets through.
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What Is Hysteria2?
Hysteria2 is a QUIC-based proxy built for lossy links. What its congestion control, HTTP/3 masquerade and obfuscation buy, and where each one stops.
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