While reports suggested Iran is ready to lift the ban, Durov's platform remains restricted. An Iranian lawmaker said the VPN industry is to blame this time.

Social media platforms have been blocked in Cameroon amid escalating post-election protests. Many citizens are turning to VPNs, with Proton VPN reporting a 3,000% surge in signups.

While reports suggested Iran is ready to lift the ban, Durov's platform remains restricted. An Iranian lawmaker said the VPN industry is to blame this time.

Social media platforms have been blocked in Cameroon amid escalating post-election protests. Many citizens are turning to VPNs, with Proton VPN reporting a 3,000% surge in signups.

Your digital life is more exposed than you think. A new study from security firm Surfshark has quantified the astonishing scale of data breaches since 2004, revealing that tens of billions of personal data points, from passwords to physical addresses, are now in the wild.

Age checks force privacy-focused Brits to find potentially risky workarounds

New research on VPN adoption reveals that China ranks last, but only in terms of downloads from Apple App Store and Google Play Store

VPN services have been a key tool for Russians trying to avoid state surveillance in the latest clampdown

Your digital life is more exposed than you think. A new study from security firm Surfshark has quantified the astonishing scale of data breaches since 2004, revealing that tens of billions of personal data points, from passwords to physical addresses, are now in the wild.

Age checks force privacy-focused Brits to find potentially risky workarounds

New research on VPN adoption reveals that China ranks last, but only in terms of downloads from Apple App Store and Google Play Store

VPN services have been a key tool for Russians trying to avoid state surveillance in the latest clampdown

Russians could soon lose their anonymity on the internet, required to upload ther passport to access a wealth of online content.

Now in the Senate, the Wisconsin bill adds to the proposal threatening VPN usage in the name of child safety online – and experts are worried.

Jordan’s Discord outage triggers a 250% surge in Proton VPN Free signups as users seek ways to safely bypass the block.

Proton VPN Free's coverage gets bigger, with Norwegian and Canadian servers the latest addition. Users still cannot choose the server, but the service automatically connects to the fastest available.

Signa said it could leave Europe instead of weakening encryption if the controversial Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) proposal were to pass.

A 500 GB breach uncovers how China is selling its ready-made internet-blocking kits to Pakistan, Myanmar, Ethiopia, and Kazakhstan regimes.

A new NordVPN survey reveals that most people in the UK know how to spot a phishing website. However, many knowledge areas are still lagging, such as privacy issues related to using AI for work.

Michigan's proposed "Anticorruption of Public Morals Act" would force internet service providers to monitor and block VPN connections. Here, what's at stake.