24 December 2015

Stories from 24 December 2015

Advox by the Numbers: 2015 in Digital Rights

Advox  24 December 2015

In 2015, Turkey blocked 166 websites for publishing one controversial image, Thai activists knocked 5 government websites offline in a virtual "sit-in", and Mexico spent $6.3 million on surveillance software.

Is Christmas Really Banned in Brunei?

  24 December 2015

Yes and no. Non-Muslims can celebrate in their homes and places of worship. And as one netizen commented, "Why is the supposed Christmas 'ban' only reaching Western media now?"

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