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- 92% of top parental control apps wrongly block LGBTQ and sex-ed sitesIn this piece for Forbes, Jamie Wareham looks at our research into parental control apps, specifically how they wrongly block sex-ed and LGBGTQ+ sites.Jan 19, 2022
- New York businesses must tell their workers that they're being spied onIn the first half of 2020, we recorded a 54% jump in demand for employee surveillance software. Our data is cited in this piece for Protocol.Jan 27, 2022
- Internet censorship cost the global economy $5.5 billion in 2021Business Insider covered our Cost of Internet Shutdowns report for 2021, which showed that internet shutdowns that year cost the global economy $5.5BN(USD.) Jan 10, 2022
- Slowdowns and shutdowns: Africans challenge internet restrictionsKim Harrisberg covered our research into internet shutdowns and VPN demand in this piece on restrictions in Zambia.Aug 11, 2021
- UK report says products sold by US tech firms help China’s surveillance stateSCMP covered research into China's surveillance state produced by recipients of our Research Grant, Valentin Weber and Vasilis Ververis. Aug 6, 2021
- Gen Z deserves more support from employersOur research into employee surveillance during the pandemic was cited in this piece by the Financial Times about mental health in the workplace.Feb 10, 2021
- Myanmar's military has cut off the internet and FacebookOur Head of Research, Simon Migliano, provided comment to ABC News on Myanmar's internet shutdown as well as data on VPN demand in the region.Feb 5, 2021
- Uganda social media ban raises questions over regulation in AfricaDickens Olewe at the BBC references our Global Cost of Internet Shutdowns report in this piece on the impact of internet restrictions across Africa.Jan 15, 2021
- WhatsApp scrambles as users in big Indian market fret over privacyWe provided data to Reuters on the growing popularity of Signal in the wake of WhatsApp's privacy policy update. Jan 14, 2021
- You should never use a free VPN. Here's why.Our Head of Research, Simon Migliano, spoke to Business Insider about the privacy risks associated with free VPNs. Dec 13, 2020
- Authoritarian Tech In this video series by Coda Story our Head of Research, Simon Migliano, spoke to Rachel Sherman about our research into remote learning platforms.Nov 3, 2020
- Nigerians fear an internet shutdown amid protestsWe provided VPN demand stats to Quartz for this piece on a possible internet shutdown in Nigeria during the SARS protests.Oct 21, 2020
- False Panacea: Abusive Surveillance in the Name of Public HealthFreedom House referenced our Covid-19 Digital Rights Tracker in this article about increased surveillance during the pandemic. Oct 15, 2020
- Lockdown learning platforms ‘put children’s privacy at risk’Forbes covered our investigation into government-recommended remote learning platforms which showed that over half put children's privacy at risk.Sep 22, 2020
- Chinese cameras blacklisted by US being used in UK school toiletsOur Digital Rights Lead Samuel Woodhams worked with journalist Stephanie Kirchgaessner on this article about the use of Hikvision surveillance tech in the UK.Sep 21, 2020
- Free VPNs are a privacy nightmare. You shouldn’t download themWired quote our Head of Research Simon Migliano in this piece explaining the dangers of free VPNs.Sep 13, 2020
- Pandemic caused significant shift in buyer appetite in the dark webMalwarebytes wrote about our Dark Web Market Price Index for 2020 which shows how the pandemic has impacted the dark web markets.Sep 10, 2020
- Demand for employee surveillance software soarsZDNet wrote about our employee surveillance research which revealed demand for the software was up 55% since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown.Jun 27, 2020
- Growth in surveillance may be hard to scale back after pandemicOur Covid-19 Digital Rights Tracker is cited in this piece by The Guardian on whether public surveillance will continue after the pandemic. Apr 14, 2020
- COVID-19 and children’s digital privacyOur Covid-19 Digital Rights Tracker is referenced in this UNICEF article on children's digital rights being under threat as a result of the pandemic.Apr 7, 2020
- VPN use surges during the coronavirus lockdown, but so do security risksCNET refer to our Covid-19 VPN Demand Statistics report, where we reveal global VPN demand has increased exponentially as a result of the pandemic. Apr 23, 2020
- A digital tracker that monitors new surveillanceTop10VPN Digital Rights Lead Samuel Woodhams appeared on BBC World Service's podcast 'Digital Planet' to discuss our Covid-19 Digital Rights Tracker.Mar 25, 2020
- What to look for in a work-from-home VPNOur head of research Simon Migliano gave advice to Fortune magazine on how to pick the best work-from-home VPN.Mar 20, 2020
- Blacklisted Chinese surveillance giants to appear at US security trade showBusiness Insider covered our report on the promotion of controversial Chinese tech companies at a US trade show.Mar 5, 2020
- The reason working from home could be here to stayWe spoke to Fast Company about the new strains companies are experiencing as their employees are forced to work from home as a result of the novel coronavirus. Mar 23, 2020
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The Dangers of Free VPNs
COVID-19 Digital Rights Tracker
VPN Demand Surges Around the World
Global Mobile VPN Report 2019