Sources: US-based Sandvine, which canceled its deal with Belarus after criticism, supplies tech to censor the internet in over a dozen countries
Company recently abandoned business in Belarus, but its equipment was used in other nations to block online information Tweets: @rj_gallagher , @fabiochiusi , @accessnow , @aaschapiro , @netblocks , @rj_gallagher , and @faseehmangi Tweets: Ryan Gallagher / @rj_gallagher : Our series of stories on Sandvine: Aug 28: https://bloomberg.com/... Sept 11: https://bloomberg.com/... Sept 15: https://www.bloomberg.com/... Oct 8: https://www.bloomberg.com/... Fabio Chiusi / @fabiochiusi : Sandvine's Technology Used for Web Censoring in More Than a Dozen Nations — among them, Algeria, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Eritrea, Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, the UAE and Uzbekistan https://www.bloomberg.com/... @accessnow : Sandvine's role in #InternetShutdowns reaches much further than Belarus. Algeria, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Eritrea, Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, and Uzbekistan are all casualties writes @rj_gallagher: https://www.bloomberg.com/... Avi Asher-Schapiro / @aaschapiro : How did a private equity firm in the heart of San Francisco, end up helping a Middle Eastern monarchy censor gay websites? New details in the saga of Francisco Partners & Sandvine—including former, remorseful executive on the record— from @rj_gallagher https://www.bloomberg.com/... @netblocks : Two weeks ago we documented how #Azerbaijan restricted its own citizens' internet access as conflict broke out with #Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh. Today @rj_gallagher writing for Bloomberg reveals how the censorship technology was procured and deployed🗞 https://www.bloombergquint.com/ ... Ryan Gallagher / @rj_gallagher : New: Tech from US company @Sandvine used to censor the internet in more than a dozen countries w/ a record of political repression. We've uncovered Sandvine's deals w/ likes of Algeria, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE & Uzbekistan: https://www.bloomberg.com/... Faseeh Mangi / @faseehmangi : In Jordan, Sandvine's equipment was used to censor an LGBTQ website. Egypt's government relied on Sandvine equipment to block access to independent news sites. In Azerbaijan, it was deployed for a social media blackout. It has been used in Pakistan too https://www.bloombergquint.com/ ...
Sandvine's Technology Used for Web Censoring in More Than a Dozen Nations — among them, Algeria, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Eritrea, Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, the UAE and Uzbekistan https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Sandvine's role in #InternetShutdowns reaches much further than Belarus. Algeria, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Eritrea, Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, and Uzbekistan are all casualties writes @rj_gallagher: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
How did a private equity firm in the heart of San Francisco, end up helping a Middle Eastern monarchy censor gay websites? New details in the saga of Francisco Partners & Sandvine—including former, remorseful executive on the record— from @rj_gallagher https://www.bloomberg.com/.…
Two weeks ago we documented how #Azerbaijan restricted its own citizens' internet access as conflict broke out with #Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh. Today @rj_gallagher writing for Bloomberg reveals how the censorship technology was procured and deployed🗞 https://www.bloombergquin…
New: Tech from US company @Sandvine used to censor the internet in more than a dozen countries w/ a record of political repression. We've uncovered Sandvine's deals w/ likes of Algeria, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE & Uzbekistan: https://www.bloomberg.c…
In Jordan, Sandvine's equipment was used to censor an LGBTQ website. Egypt's government relied on Sandvine equipment to block access to independent news sites. In Azerbaijan, it was deployed for a social media blackout. It has been used in Pakistan too https://www.bloombergquint…
Our series of stories on Sandvine: Aug 28: https://bloomberg.com/... Sept 11: https://bloomberg.com/... Sept 15: https://www.bloomberg.com/... Oct 8: https://www.bloomberg.com/...