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When the World Wide Web went live in the early 1990s, its founders hoped it would be a space for anyone to share information and collaborate. But today, the free and open web is shrinking. The ...

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Today, an estimated 2.2 billion people still have either limited or no access to the internet, largely because they live in ...

The Iranian regime has made progress on its plans to “retire” access to the international internet, according to experts, who warn Iran is entering “a new age of digital isolation.” ...

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The Iranian regime’s internet shutdown, initiated on Jan. 8, 2026, has severely diminished the flow of information out of the ...

In August 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin added a digital stick figure behind the second "o" in Google to signal they were out of the office at the Burning Man festival. That playful tweak became the ...

By cutting internet access during uprisings, the Iranian regime turns connectivity itself into a mechanism of control.

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As protests swelled around the country, Iran’s internet was shut down, and the heads of its judiciary and its security services warned of a harsh response amid calls for “freedom, freedom.” By Farnaz ...