{"id":463107,"date":"2025-09-30T12:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/463107\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T12:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:57:15","slug":"how-do-restrictions-on-internet-access-affect-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/463107\/","title":{"rendered":"How do restrictions on internet access affect you?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Internet shutdowns and blackouts can disrupt daily life, threaten safety, skew elections and damage economies. <\/p>\n<p>Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/worldpopulationreview.com\/country-rankings\/countries-that-censor-the-internet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">major restrictions are imposed External link<\/a>for example in China, where Google, Facebook and other social media platforms are blocked; in Iran, which cut access and banned social media during the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/foreign-affairs\/iran-will-respond-firmly-if-us-gets-directly-involved-in-israeli-strikes-says-un-ambassador\/89537422\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Iran-Israel war in 2025<\/a>; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/foreign-affairs\/behind-russias-digital-iron-curtain-how-the-west-and-switzerland-look-online\/89910342\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in Russia, where authorities tightened controls on sites and virtual private networks (VPNs) <\/a>which mask an IP address after the invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/449249498_highres.jpg\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" alt=\"On\u00a0August\u00a013, Roskomnadzor, the state media regulator, restricted calls on\u00a0WhatsApp and Telegram, calling them \u201cmain voice services used to\u00a0deceive and extort money, and to\u00a0involve Russian citizens in\u00a0sabotage and terrorist activities\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Foreign Affairs\n        <\/p>\n<p>        Behind Russia\u2019s digital Iron Curtain: how the West and Switzerland look online    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Aug 29, 2025                    <\/p>\n<p>                We\u00a0demonstrate how Russia\u2019s digital Iron Curtain works with and without a\u00a0VPN. [Spoiler: Swissinfo\u2019s website doesn\u2019t load in the country without one.]            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/foreign-affairs\/behind-russias-digital-iron-curtain-how-the-west-and-switzerland-look-online\/89910342\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Behind Russia\u2019s digital Iron Curtain: how the West and Switzerland look online<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Freedom House estimated in 2022 that in 76% of countries worldwide, individuals were arrested or imprisoned for what they posted online.<\/p>\n<p>Have you faced bans, blocks or shutdowns? How did it affect you? Share your story in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p>Edited by Virginie Mangin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Internet shutdowns and blackouts can disrupt daily life, threaten safety, skew elections and damage economies. 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