Source: India orders ISPs and app stores to block 25 streaming services, like Ullu and ALTT with millions of downloads, for allegedly promoting obscene content
India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services — many with millions of viewers and even paying subscribers …
Cloudflare starts blocking access to pirate sites in the UK; previously, blocking was almost entirely done by local ISPs
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ThinkBroadband: 78%+ of UK properties have access to full-fiber broadband, up from 12% in January 2020, which experts trace to Ofcom pushing competition in 2021
If that chucklefuck worked any harder for ISPs they'd have to list him as a line item on your cable bill. [embedded post] Dominik Picheta / @dom96.picheta.me : A rare thing in the UK that's actually ...
Vietnam orders ISPs to block Telegram over its failure to prevent illegal content and activities, including fraud, drug sales and suspected terrorism on the app
Vietnam authorities have instructed local telecoms and internet service providers to block the Telegram messaging app in the country …
New York's law requiring ISPs to offer $15 or $20/month broadband has inspired Vermont, Massachusetts, and California to guarantee affordable internet access
We recommend targeting these affordability laws on the largest and most profitable ISPs, not small and rapidly growing ones. Mastodon: @ax6761@freeradical.zone : don't threaten me with a good time ......
The FCC votes 3-2 to reinstate the US' net neutrality rules, expanding government oversight of ISPs and aiming to protect consumer access to the internet
Oh right, there wasn't one. Telecomms are fuming about the restoration of rules that prevent them from gouging their customers. Us. … Chuck Darwin / @cdarwin@c.im : FCC votes to restore net neutrali...
AT&T, Charter, Comcast, and Verizon quietly lobby to weaken a $42.5B program to improve US internet access, aiming to block new rules on poor customers' bills
As Washington readies the largest burst of broadband funding in U.S. history, AT&T, Verizon and their allies are lobbying hard against lower prices for consumers Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social ...
The FCC says all but the smallest ISPs must now publish broadband “nutrition labels” on all their plans, ending an eight-year battle between ISPs and the agency
Starting on Wednesday, all but the smallest ISPs will be required to publish broadband “nutrition labels” on all of their plans, the regulator announced.
Gaza's internet and telecoms have been fully shut down for seven straight days, the longest time since October 2023; 12 of its ISPs are down since October 2023
For seven consecutive days, internet and telecommunications services have been fully shut down in the Gaza Strip.
Documents: Turkey told ISPs to block access to 16 VPN services, fueling concerns of the government stifling news and information before elections in March 2024
Adam Samson / Financial Times : X: @suzanne_cummins X: @suzanne_cummins : Reminds me of India.