The US adds Sandvine to its entity list, banning the networking equipment company from obtaining US tech, for supplying Egypt with equipment used for censorship
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Internet censorship tech provider Sandvine says it is pulling out of Russia; internal records show it had deals with two ISPs, including Russia's second largest
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Profile of PE firm Francisco Partners, whose portfolio includes companies like Sandvine and NSO Group, which have both pursued deals with authoritarian regimes
Don Bowman, co-founder of Sandvine Inc., was always aware of the risks his company's products posed. Tweets: @jshilad , @gwbstr , @techwontsaveus , @bradstone , @aaschapiro , @elinor_carmi , @bw , @na...
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 , @...
Netflix Now The Largest Single Source of Internet Traffic In North America
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